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Raj Mathai

Raj Mathai

American journalist

Aug 19, 2026

26:03
Uh, uh, but what, why did you transition from sports journalism into main-
26:09
Um, that's a good question.
26:10
Um, I knew early on, obviously, since I was seven years old, I wanted to be a journalist.
26:15
I wanted to go into sports because it's just of great interest to me.
26:19
I love it.
26:20
Um, but as I started developing as a, as a teenager and then as a young man, I realized the n- the overwhelming majority of people covering sports were just about the bottom line, the score, the statistics, and I thought, "Gosh, that's just, that doesn't seem interesting to me." I could tell you a World Cup score.
26:43
I could tell you a so- you know, a, a baseball score, but when I was doing sports full time, that was the last thing I cared about.

11 MINS LATER

37:30
What was the experience like and how did you come about saying, "I reclaim my name the way it was"? Tell us, uh, walk us through that episode.

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