John Brenkus on "SportScience," Marcellus Wiley, Brinx. TV, and more

Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews executive producer and host of "SportScience," John Brenkus. Brandon and John discuss a wide range of topics including creating and hosting "SportScience," how the science community reacted to the show, creating and running Brinx. TV, and more.

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-:43: Legacy of “SportScience”

-2:36: TV aspirations?

-4:00: Start of “SportScience”

-4:58: Building set and producing “SportScience”

-6:50: Desire to find this info out

-8:38: Did “SportScience” influence how teams measure players?

-10:21: Reaction from Science community

-11:45: Episode that stands out?

-13:03: Experiments that went wrong?

-14:13: Why pro athletes weren’t paid to participate?

-15:40: Coming up with ideas

-16:25: Format of the show

-18:07: Not hosting “SportScience” segments

-18:50: Brinx. TV

-21:46: Content with Brinx Bux

-24:08: Measuring viewership

-26:00: Marcellus Wiley

-26:38: “GOAT Code”

-27:35: “The Perfection Point”

-28:28: Most room for performance growth among the “big four” American sports

-29:42: How much of a great athlete comes down to genetics and hard work/effort/training?

-30:57: Any unfulfilled passion projects?

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