Oct 9, 2026 · 41 min · 14 segments
John talks to Tom about his role hosting multiple podcasts, and how it is very different from voice overs.
Hey, so Tom, we're back.
We're back, and I, and I, I said we're gonna do this, so let's talk about...
I wanna talk about your podcast hosting, because you actually, i- if we include this one-
Mm-hmm
... you host three podcasts.
Yeah.
It's, it's a, it- it's, it's a, again, one of these things, being in the right place at the right time.
Um, I know previous episode we talked about how I did my first commercial being in the right place at the right time.
The podcasting thing, same idea.
Um, just quick background, uh, when I was, uh, probably 14 or 15 years of age, uh, I learned to play foosball, um, in a local, uh, Italian restaurant, and got-
Oh
... got pretty ob- obsessed over the, the, the sport of foosball, and played all the way through college.
And, uh, when I finally got, uh, my f- first gig or two in broadcasting, I fell, fell out of it, but got back into it once broadcasting ended.
A neighbor had purchased a table, and he asked me to come over and hang out, and we started playing.
And a friend of his came over at one point and said, "Hey, guys, you know, there's a whole bunch of people who play every Wednesday night in Clifton Park, New York.
Why don't you check it out?"
Yeah.
So I got super obsessed and did it every Wednesday night.
Um, and I'm still playing once a week, at least.
But, um, I'm now playing professionally.
So I-
Oh, wow
... travel across the country-
Oh, you do?
... playing foosball on what's called the Foosball Tour.
Hey, so Tom, we're back.
We're back, and I, and I, I said we're gonna do this, so let's talk about...
I wanna talk about your podcast hosting, because you actually, i- if we include this one-
Mm-hmm
... you host three podcasts.
Yeah.
It's, it's a, it- it's, it's a, again, one of these things, being in the right place at the right time.
Um, I know previous episode we talked about how I did my first commercial being in the right place at the right time.
The podcasting thing, same idea.
Um, just quick background, uh, when I was, uh, probably 14 or 15 years of age, uh, I learned to play foosball, um, in a local, uh, Italian restaurant, and got-
Oh
... got pretty ob- obsessed over the, the, the sport of foosball, and played all the way through college.
And, uh, when I finally got, uh, my f- first gig or two in broadcasting, I fell, fell out of it, but got back into it once broadcasting ended.
A neighbor had purchased a table, and he asked me to come over and hang out, and we started playing.
And a friend of his came over at one point and said, "Hey, guys, you know, there's a whole bunch of people who play every Wednesday night in Clifton Park, New York.
Why don't you check it out?"
Yeah.
So I got super obsessed and did it every Wednesday night.
Um, and I'm still playing once a week, at least.
But, um, I'm now playing professionally.
So I-
Oh, wow
... travel across the country-
Oh, you do?
... playing foosball on what's called the Foosball Tour.
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