Ben Gilbert

So in my headphones, I have, are you ready for some football?

Yeah, I was listening to that too.

Yes.

Dude, it gets you so pumped up.

It totally does.

I feel like I grew up on the Fox Sports theme.

That always makes me think of Thanksgiving.

It makes me think of, I think it was a Jock Jams tape that I bought.

Welcome to this special remastered edition of Acquired, the podcast about great companies and the stories and playbooks behind them.

I'm Ben Gilbert.

I'm David Rosenthal.

And we are your hosts.

Three years ago, in January of 2023, we released an episode on the National Football League, which, David, I think is absolutely an essential part of Acquired canon.

But, listeners, a few things have happened since then.

One, the NFL has become even more of a juggernaut.

Two, Acquired's audience grew a lot, so many of you never heard that episode.

And three, the ultimate Acquired universe crossover happened between the NFL and Taylor Swift.

Yes, we are.

Listeners, details on how and when you can watch that are in the show notes.

So to help us come up to speed and prepare for that, and to help you get pumped for the Super Bowl, we decided to remaster our NFL episode to today's acquired production quality standards.