
Raj Mathai
American journalist
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Aug 19, 2026
They Changed My Name to 'Roger' | Raj Mathai on the Future of News
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Uh, uh, but what, why did you transition from sports journalism into main-

Raj MathaiGUEST
Um, I knew early on, obviously, since I was seven years old, I wanted to be a journalist.

Raj MathaiGUEST
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.

Raj MathaiGUEST
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.
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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.
