Dave Davies

Those guys are all in a deep state now. It just isn't a great gig, really, which is surprising, you know, because, I mean, look, this is a dream come true. You're a member of this body that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy served in. Why was it a bad gig?

Those guys are all in a deep state now. It just isn't a great gig, really, which is surprising, you know, because, I mean, look, this is a dream come true. You're a member of this body that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy served in. Why was it a bad gig?

I was also just surprised to read that a lot of members sleep, don't rent apartments. They actually sleep in their offices and then shower in the members' gyms.

I was also just surprised to read that a lot of members sleep, don't rent apartments. They actually sleep in their offices and then shower in the members' gyms.

I was also just surprised to read that a lot of members sleep, don't rent apartments. They actually sleep in their offices and then shower in the members' gyms.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I want to talk with a basic staple of sports reporting, and that's the locker room interview after the game when guys gather around athletes. And I want to just call on my limited experience here. Back in the 1980s, NPR relied on its member stations for a lot of its sports reporting. And although I mostly covered politicians and elected officials, I did cover some big sporting events.

I want to talk with a basic staple of sports reporting, and that's the locker room interview after the game when guys gather around athletes. And I want to just call on my limited experience here. Back in the 1980s, NPR relied on its member stations for a lot of its sports reporting. And although I mostly covered politicians and elected officials, I did cover some big sporting events.

I want to talk with a basic staple of sports reporting, and that's the locker room interview after the game when guys gather around athletes. And I want to just call on my limited experience here. Back in the 1980s, NPR relied on its member stations for a lot of its sports reporting. And although I mostly covered politicians and elected officials, I did cover some big sporting events.

And what I noticed in the athletes' locker rooms was how relatively timid the sports reporters seemed to be about asking a tough question. And it occurred to me that elected officials and politicians need the media. They have some obligation to talk. Athletes really don't need sports journalists, do they?

And what I noticed in the athletes' locker rooms was how relatively timid the sports reporters seemed to be about asking a tough question. And it occurred to me that elected officials and politicians need the media. They have some obligation to talk. Athletes really don't need sports journalists, do they?

And what I noticed in the athletes' locker rooms was how relatively timid the sports reporters seemed to be about asking a tough question. And it occurred to me that elected officials and politicians need the media. They have some obligation to talk. Athletes really don't need sports journalists, do they?

Right. And a lot of your book is about the business of getting meaningful access to players and coaches, moments in which they may be candid. How did you learn that?

Right. And a lot of your book is about the business of getting meaningful access to players and coaches, moments in which they may be candid. How did you learn that?

Right. And a lot of your book is about the business of getting meaningful access to players and coaches, moments in which they may be candid. How did you learn that?