Mondays with Scott Raab on “The Prophet,” Andrew Bynum, Jimmy Haslam and more – WFNY Podcast – 2013-07-15

Something a little different today to start. We talked about the business of writing, specifically Esquire’s decision to experiment with asking readers to pay for a feature rather than giving it away for free.

• “The Prophet” by Luke Dittrich and the fact that Esquire was charging for it
• Scott has been at Esquire since 1997
• How do you delineate between what’s worth charging for?
• Tom Junod’s three movie star cover story series with Matt Damon, and Leonardo DiCaprio
• My Rolling Stone subscription and my wall of covers
• Nate Jackson’s book called “Slow Getting Up” about the NFL
• Nate Jackson’s take on Eric Mangini and his reign in Cleveland
• Willie McGinest and what he would say about Eric Mangini and Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick
• Andrew Bynum and the tone of the coverage
• How can you criticize the Bynum move without the alternative?
• The Jimmy Haslam story and the continuing coverage
• The Aaron Hernandez picture taken down in the Pro Football HOF
• The World Trade Center and the fetishization of tragedy
• The Indians heading into the all-star break
• Danny Salazar and his performance in his debut
• The four foul ball guy and the one in a trillion odds
• If a guy can catch four foul balls maybe we can all see a championship

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