Mike Ryan

He's wonderful, super funny, thoughtful, smart. In terms of the executing of a radio show and being a radio talent, taking direction, knowing to hit his marks. Has learned nothing. Keenly aware. No, he's somehow gotten worse. He's not, but that's part of the charm.

He's wonderful, super funny, thoughtful, smart. In terms of the executing of a radio show and being a radio talent, taking direction, knowing to hit his marks. Has learned nothing. Keenly aware. No, he's somehow gotten worse. He's not, but that's part of the charm.

But you can imagine, like, when you consider his shtick, and our legacy listeners, the people listening to this, know what his shtick is, and it's a great default. Usually, if we wanted... Okay, I got nothing to talk about. Let me just talk about LeBron James and the Miami Heat because that's easy.

But you can imagine, like, when you consider his shtick, and our legacy listeners, the people listening to this, know what his shtick is, and it's a great default. Usually, if we wanted... Okay, I got nothing to talk about. Let me just talk about LeBron James and the Miami Heat because that's easy.

I know they're your defaults actually became when we brought in all these voices, their idiosyncrasies, and no one was more idiosyncratic than Greg Cody. So it had a lot of great, wonderful qualities to it. But if you just dropped Greg Cody in a like a one time sample, which we were doing early on. you'd say, what the hell is this? This guy's bad.

I know they're your defaults actually became when we brought in all these voices, their idiosyncrasies, and no one was more idiosyncratic than Greg Cody. So it had a lot of great, wonderful qualities to it. But if you just dropped Greg Cody in a like a one time sample, which we were doing early on. you'd say, what the hell is this? This guy's bad.

If you were a program director, why are we putting this guy on the air?

If you were a program director, why are we putting this guy on the air?

Your friendship with Greg was sweet. It gave our show a bit more charm, and our show could certainly still do for more of that. From a producer's perspective, initially, I really struggled trying to see the fit in having Greg outside of the obvious, which was Dan's general comfort level, which was always my North Star when it came to these things.

Your friendship with Greg was sweet. It gave our show a bit more charm, and our show could certainly still do for more of that. From a producer's perspective, initially, I really struggled trying to see the fit in having Greg outside of the obvious, which was Dan's general comfort level, which was always my North Star when it came to these things.

But it took a while for me to figure out, this is going to sound terrible, truly the extent of how bad Greg Cody was. To the point that like that eventually became my default. Oh no, it works because he's bad. Let me just accentuate. Let me somehow turn this huge weakness into a strength. And I think even for Dan on the air hosting, that took a while too.

But it took a while for me to figure out, this is going to sound terrible, truly the extent of how bad Greg Cody was. To the point that like that eventually became my default. Oh no, it works because he's bad. Let me just accentuate. Let me somehow turn this huge weakness into a strength. And I think even for Dan on the air hosting, that took a while too.

For an entire show, like how do we make you being bad the joke? That comes over time. So I remember like the first like 13 appearances being a real struggle. We even took a couple of weeks off because I didn't necessarily think it was a fit. Dana and I had some discussion as to whether or not we'd continue it.

For an entire show, like how do we make you being bad the joke? That comes over time. So I remember like the first like 13 appearances being a real struggle. We even took a couple of weeks off because I didn't necessarily think it was a fit. Dana and I had some discussion as to whether or not we'd continue it.

And certainly once we went to ESPN, how do we bring this Miami Herald writer along with us? It was a struggle, I thought.

And certainly once we went to ESPN, how do we bring this Miami Herald writer along with us? It was a struggle, I thought.

It was a struggle from a production standpoint, too, because he started with us. Keep in mind, Greg's been with us in every incarnation of the show. Greg's been there either as a guest or as a co-host. He's been in every studio that we've ever created content. And that's key because the first studio that we were creating content out of when we were trying to get Greg as a regular co-host.

It was a struggle from a production standpoint, too, because he started with us. Keep in mind, Greg's been with us in every incarnation of the show. Greg's been there either as a guest or as a co-host. He's been in every studio that we've ever created content. And that's key because the first studio that we were creating content out of when we were trying to get Greg as a regular co-host.

You remember the studio set up? I was looking at you directly in your eyes. Yeah, it was weird. I had a profile of Sugat's and I was looking at the back of Greg's head. Yes. This dude doesn't know where he is in terms of clocks and stage direction. This is a young Greg Cody. When I'm looking straight at him. So imagine how oblivious Greg Cody is when he's just locked in on you.

You remember the studio set up? I was looking at you directly in your eyes. Yeah, it was weird. I had a profile of Sugat's and I was looking at the back of Greg's head. Yes. This dude doesn't know where he is in terms of clocks and stage direction. This is a young Greg Cody. When I'm looking straight at him. So imagine how oblivious Greg Cody is when he's just locked in on you.