The Fox Sports Broadcaster on the USMNT, MLS, Voice Lessons, Losing Friendships Over His Work Opinions, Buying His First House with Poker Winnings and Much More
What a SIMPATICO man Stu is! LOVED your interview with him. I had the chance of meeting him in late August of 2019 when I was in Portland, Oregon attending a THORN match on Saturday evening and then a TIMBERS match on Sunday evening. I was also in town to give a talk on my just-released book Women in American and Soccer and European Football: Different Roads to Shared Glory for which -- incidentally -- you had me on your podcast a few weeks before. I was having brunch with friends at my hotel on Sunday morning when Stu walked into the restaurant. We had a lovely chat: totally unpretentious, very kind, very nice. I have always liked the man's broadcasts -- and to think that some folks do not give him a chance by dint of his American accent! Wonderful interview, Grant, as per usual!
I am a huge fan. I want you and all my favorites on Substack. The downside is no audio engineer or producer or editor who says, "We can't post that. Somebody's hands or something else was all over the mic. The sound issues are not professional." I am going to keep paying and hope more people pay for your content.
My apologies for the sound quality on the audio podcast, which will be fixed in the future. This was my first in-person podcast interview in two years, and one of the microphones had a problem. I would add that the audio podcast you're referring to is free and not part of my Substack site, and the decision was made with the podcast producer that the issues were not so bad that we should not post the audio. We stand by that decision. As for the written interview that did post on my Substack site for paying subscribers, there are zero issues with that. FWIW, there is also an editor for the magazine-style written stories on my site, and I run a tight ship editing the other written stories. I'm proud of the professionalism here, and I appreciate your paid subscription.
What a SIMPATICO man Stu is! LOVED your interview with him. I had the chance of meeting him in late August of 2019 when I was in Portland, Oregon attending a THORN match on Saturday evening and then a TIMBERS match on Sunday evening. I was also in town to give a talk on my just-released book Women in American and Soccer and European Football: Different Roads to Shared Glory for which -- incidentally -- you had me on your podcast a few weeks before. I was having brunch with friends at my hotel on Sunday morning when Stu walked into the restaurant. We had a lovely chat: totally unpretentious, very kind, very nice. I have always liked the man's broadcasts -- and to think that some folks do not give him a chance by dint of his American accent! Wonderful interview, Grant, as per usual!
Thanks Andy! Your experience with Stu is the same as a lot of people have had when meeting him in person.
I am a huge fan. I want you and all my favorites on Substack. The downside is no audio engineer or producer or editor who says, "We can't post that. Somebody's hands or something else was all over the mic. The sound issues are not professional." I am going to keep paying and hope more people pay for your content.
My apologies for the sound quality on the audio podcast, which will be fixed in the future. This was my first in-person podcast interview in two years, and one of the microphones had a problem. I would add that the audio podcast you're referring to is free and not part of my Substack site, and the decision was made with the podcast producer that the issues were not so bad that we should not post the audio. We stand by that decision. As for the written interview that did post on my Substack site for paying subscribers, there are zero issues with that. FWIW, there is also an editor for the magazine-style written stories on my site, and I run a tight ship editing the other written stories. I'm proud of the professionalism here, and I appreciate your paid subscription.
Thanks. You are right. The podcast is free. With headphones on it was rough.
I am glad! Am anxiously awaiting the next games he will be calling! Very nervous!