{"podcast":{"title":"what's this button do?","slug":"what-s-this-button-do-6698176","podcast_index_feed_id":6698176,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/dexdigi/","website_url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/78a711e2-fe03-4349-9b37-4f506cd136d7/wtbd-logo.jpg","author":"Dexter Thomas","episode_count":30,"summary":"technology for people who think they aren't nerds","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T06:20:59.623023+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176"},"episode":{"title":"Are athletes killing sports journalism? with Joshua Hersh","slug":"are-athletes-killing-sports-journalism-with-joshua-hersh","published_at":"2024-04-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/are-athletes-killing-sports-journalism-with-joshua-hersh","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176","url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm/episode/are-athletes-killing-sports-journalism-with-joshua-hersh","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/dce6767a-8c37-49cb-88bd-044734c8608f/Twitch-2024-04-02-Main-Edit-Hersh-Sports-Journalism.mp3","summary":"As respected sports shows like HBO’s Real Sports die, and ESPN and Sports Illustrated are continually gutted, a new form of sports coverage is rising: shows run by the athletes themselves. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily, but there are some caveats. This session’s guest is Joshua Hersh, former correspondent and senior producer at VICE News, and current editor at Columbia Journalism Review. You can see his article here at: https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/sports-journalism-survival-foul-territory-mcafee-braun-mlb.php And Jay Kang’s article: https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/online-gambling-is-changing-sports-for-the-worse I do these every Tuesday: twitch.tv/dexdigi","meta_description":"As respected sports shows like HBO’s Real Sports die, and ESPN and Sports Illustrated are continually gutted, a new form of sports coverage is rising: sho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1768,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/episodes/are-athletes-killing-sports-journalism-with-joshua-hersh/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/are-athletes-killing-sports-journalism-with-joshua-hersh.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}