Sports columnist Bill Simmons (”The Sports Guy”) also puts out the most downloaded podcast on the ESPN.com website, called the B.S. Report. Usually, his guests center around sports, but I want to recommend two recent podcasts to those interested in media and writing generally.

The first recommendation is his June 29th two-part interview with pop culture observer and author Chuck Klosterman (Fargo Rock City; Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs). They have a great discussion on writing, the use of Twitter (Simmons does @sportsguy33, Klosterman doesn’t) and celebrity. One particularly interesting point made is that the advent of the internet has required people to write more and has also encouraged people to write more via blogs, Twitter etc., than ever before. Think about the number of emails we send, blogs we write, Twitter posts and Facebook musings.

The second recommendation is his July 8th interview with ESPN radio and TV personality, and former Portland sports personality, Colin Cowherd. It is fun listening to two sports commentators talk about their different approaches to communicating, how the prep for shows and columns, and how they got their start.

You can download the BS Report for free from iTunes or from ESPN.com.

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