Gerard Whateley | Kicked Out Of A Stadium, Best Ever Calls + More | Howie Games Podcast
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
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The countdown to the Olympics is on. And on the eve of heading to Paris to be the lead commentator, broadcaster Gerard Whateley shares his media journey.
He has mastered his craft, and his insights into journalism, commentary and sport are as good as any broadcaster we have been joined by.
His attention to detail, literary genius and preparation should not surprise you.
🎧 The Howie Games is Australia's #1 Sports Podcast. Where the biggest names in the world of sport go one-on-one with sports journalist Mark Howard. From ultimate highs to tear-jerking lows, Howie lifts the lid on the real stories behind the headlines. He sits down with the biggest names in Australian & world sport, finding out how they started out, what makes them tick, how they deal with the big wins and the big losses, and how they take on sport and life from here.
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Clicked on this faster than any footy story. 2 masters in a room just has unlimited potential for awesome.
Great interview to you both lads. 👏 Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I am a massive fan of both of these two great Australian sporting broadcasters.
What an absolute cracking episode
This and Gillys ep with Howie are 2 of my favourites.
Listened to this twice today👍👍👍
Awesome ep! Gerard is a wizard!
A few things.
First, my honest gut reaction to stumbling on an online Ad for this interview, featuring the bit at Colonial Stadium was one of unalloyed excitement.
For a star athlete, that might be understandable. Expected even.
For a journo?
There’s only one who I’d be anywhere near as keen to listen to, in anticipation. That would be Bruce. In hindsight I would ad Jo Griggs to that list, because her talk with Howie was rolled anecdotal gold. But for a very long time Gerard has been the guy who could push my buttons.
He knew what to write as a fledgling Editor of Herald Sun’s Hit Entertainment Section in 1996 to make this university wastrel and emerging cinephile forget about the Art, and lust after the prospective spectacle of Independence Day… then unapologetically write it off after we had actually all (everyone in the world seemingly) seen it… because it actually wasn’t very good… and yet did so without retreating from his initial Preview Inspired enthusiasm.
His addresses to the ‘Dearly Sporting Beloved’ found a way to encapsulate the totality of whatever contest had inspired his prose for that particular piece, while picking precise cuts to illustrate different facets of the overall mosaic, like sunlight might as it traverses a cathedral dome through the day.
His dedication to a hierarchy of both expectation and observation could at times be infuriating to me because where Gerard might have been authentically worshipping an idea inspired by an event, or the anticipation generated by a prospective outcome, and was only just inviting those of us watching or listening to join in, he could catch me in a headspace where his devotion came across and didactic, or worse, sanctimonious.
But the point remains, he never failed to make me think about the ‘event’ and honestly evaluate my feelings about it, whether I agreed with him or not.
And for me, that is Gerard’s greatest achievement as a broadcaster - getting those watching or listening, whether they are inclined to wax rhapsodic harmoniously, or to have a crack antagonistically, the focus remains The Ball, not The Man.
Ironically enough, while The Man was the focus of this podcast, Howie and Gerard managed to blend so neatly that not a single note ended up being about trumpeting the self, but instead savouring the journey through the diverse range of sporting happenings and contests that Gerard has brought to us, in his own way.
Thank You both for a great listen and Thanks especially to Gerard for almost 30 years of reading and viewing engagement, so far.
May there be many more.
-g
PS - Good Luck with Paris. After a couple of consecutive Olympics where the traditional topliners were overwhelmed by better performances in the surrounding athletic firmament. This time Noah Lyles, looks like he might be bolting into Legendary consideration.
It seems the moment knows his name, but will he be able to answer?
I've never forgotten that scene at Colonial stadium when the Security Guard man handled you Gerald 😂, and I already knew who you were before that too, you are one of the best ❤
fantastic chat!
Monday means test is the sauna ritual for me as well Howie. What a fantastic podcast!
Probably my two favourite sports broadcasters. Thanks guys.
I would pay good money to watch a reality series behind the scenes of such a professional. I love hearing him interview and understanding what goes into being a true genius at what he does. Great interview
And definitely need a F1 segment with Howie as that is my other true love besides afl
So interesting hearing the stuff about the text line on SEN. It's so similar to UA-cam comments. "No one is interested in this" is a classic.
I only allocate a small number of likes per year, as I don't want them to become meaningless. However you just got 1 Howie and Gerald
I was hoping they were going to push the mics aside, climb across the table and make out
Darth Sidious, Absolute wrongun.
What was Gerard paying to say 'Wankfest' in the intro?