Mondays with Scott Raab on "The Prophet," Andrew Bynum, Jimmy Haslam and more - WFNY Podcast - 2013-07-15

Something a little different today to start. We talked about the business of writing, specifically Esquire's decision to experiment with asking readers to pay for a feature rather than giving it away for free. “The Prophet” by Luke Dittrich and the fact that Esquire was charging for it Scott has been at Esquire since 1997 How do you delineate between what’s worth charging for? Tom Junod’s three movie star cover story series with Matt Damon, and Leonardo DiCaprio My Rolling Stone subscription and my wall of covers Nate Jackson’s book called “Slow Getting Up” about the NFL Nate Jackson’s take on Eric Mangini and his reign in Cleveland Willie McGinest and what he would say about Eric Mangini and Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick Andrew Bynum and the tone of the coverage How can you criticize the Bynum move without the alternative? The Jimmy Haslam story and the continuing coverage The Aaron Hernandez picture taken down in the Pro Football HOF The World Trade Center and the fetishization of tragedy The Indians heading into the all-star break Danny Salazar and his performance in his debut The four foul ball guy and the one in a trillion odds If a guy can catch four foul balls maybe we can all see a championship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices