Ep. 117 I Peter Gigliotti explains the spark of ‘Pats with Pete’ and pursuement of sports media career

Do ideas always spark in your mind? Is it tough to continue that consistency or is it more so just, it's a professional team.

There's always some kind of news.

Where can I find it? And how do I get it to my audience in the most authentic way possible?

Uh, that's definitely the content.

Like ideation part is a lot harder than people realize.

Uh, I think right now, especially, you know, in the off season, in the dog days of the summer, the July when there's nothing going on between mini camp OTAs and the start of training camp, it's a little bit tough, but there's always something to talk about, right? Especially when you pay attention to the team as much as I have for the last however many years of my life.

But one thing that actually Pats with Pete I'm grateful for is it's brought me closer to the team.

It's forced me to kind of pay attention a little bit more than I used to, you know, looking at the practice squad, like looking at all the undrafted free agents a little bit closer than I was when I was in high school or middle school and days before that.

But the content ideation, man, for me, it's I'll usually think about it the day before I have a big doc with a ton of ideas.

But for me, I like to go on walks and kind of listen to what other people have to say as well and bounce ideas off of that.

Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of the same way in a sense with this platform.

It's more so I have a passion for interviewing people like yourself and just learning where all that stuff comes from, their upbringing, and then getting into the nitty-gritty of what they truly do and how it came about.

It's really, really interesting, and I love making those little – you know, minute long reels or however long it is, just breaking down like instances from the show and whatever we talk about.

I like that a lot.

And I'm trying to do I'm thinking of stuff because you inspired me a little bit, too, to just do individual things like when Mitchell Robinson signed with the Celtics or just certain things that I'm interested in.

I'm like, oh, maybe I should do something like individually.

So I'm still thinking of ideas to try to get off the ground while I have this free time.

But did you ever think of doing your own style podcast like this and extending what you talk about on Pats with Pete?

So, you know, I got to give you props because the long form content is hard.

That stuff is not as easy as it looks.

Big props to you for that.

I've thought about it.

I've really wanted to get into it.

I tried it a couple of times, but it was hard balancing school and long form and short form, plus all the stuff that I was doing outside of it.

But now that I'm home and I'm still, you know, in the process of applying to a full time job, I'm thinking about bringing it back or at least getting it off the ground a little bit, especially with the season coming up.

Do ideas always spark in your mind? Is it tough to continue that consistency or is it more so just, it's a professional team.

There's always some kind of news.

Where can I find it? And how do I get it to my audience in the most authentic way possible?

Uh, that's definitely the content.

Like ideation part is a lot harder than people realize.

Uh, I think right now, especially, you know, in the off season, in the dog days of the summer, the July when there's nothing going on between mini camp OTAs and the start of training camp, it's a little bit tough, but there's always something to talk about, right? Especially when you pay attention to the team as much as I have for the last however many years of my life.

But one thing that actually Pats with Pete I'm grateful for is it's brought me closer to the team.

It's forced me to kind of pay attention a little bit more than I used to, you know, looking at the practice squad, like looking at all the undrafted free agents a little bit closer than I was when I was in high school or middle school and days before that.

But the content ideation, man, for me, it's I'll usually think about it the day before I have a big doc with a ton of ideas.

But for me, I like to go on walks and kind of listen to what other people have to say as well and bounce ideas off of that.

Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of the same way in a sense with this platform.

It's more so I have a passion for interviewing people like yourself and just learning where all that stuff comes from, their upbringing, and then getting into the nitty-gritty of what they truly do and how it came about.

It's really, really interesting, and I love making those little – you know, minute long reels or however long it is, just breaking down like instances from the show and whatever we talk about.

I like that a lot.

And I'm trying to do I'm thinking of stuff because you inspired me a little bit, too, to just do individual things like when Mitchell Robinson signed with the Celtics or just certain things that I'm interested in.

I'm like, oh, maybe I should do something like individually.

So I'm still thinking of ideas to try to get off the ground while I have this free time.

But did you ever think of doing your own style podcast like this and extending what you talk about on Pats with Pete?

So, you know, I got to give you props because the long form content is hard.

That stuff is not as easy as it looks.

Big props to you for that.

I've thought about it.

I've really wanted to get into it.

I tried it a couple of times, but it was hard balancing school and long form and short form, plus all the stuff that I was doing outside of it.

But now that I'm home and I'm still, you know, in the process of applying to a full time job, I'm thinking about bringing it back or at least getting it off the ground a little bit, especially with the season coming up.