Robert Silverman
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119 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 11 Jun
Robert Silverman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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to tell him to go, quote unquote, stick to his knitting.
So that was, to mix sports metaphors, that was a real brushback pitch, and there hasn't been as much activity afterwards.
There has been a lot of talk in local political circles, however, about
You know, whether James Dolan deserves some of the special treatment he gets from New York City.
And he does get special treatment.
Madison Square Garden doesn't pay property taxes.
And it's a benefit that's over the years has been estimated to be worth over a billion dollars.
Should he continue to get that?
There's been a lot of questions about that.
Since our story has come out, the mayors, Ramamdhani, the attorney general, Tish James, have said they're going to look into this further.
We'll see if that goes anywhere.
I'm a Knicks sicko.
You're a Knicks sicko.
Look, I mean, this current run of success, regardless, usually being a Knicks fan is more like an addiction than an enjoyable experience.
You know, I've thought a lot about this, and I think that if you're to be a sports fan and really to be a fan of almost any entertainment in 2026 means separating out the ownership from the product you're seeing or from the artists that are creating it.
And I think, look, more broadly light, right, we're in this age of media consolidation, billionaire power controlling what we watch and, you know, the kind of music we listen to.
And, you know, you can hate the Paramount-Warner merger and still want to see the next HBO show and enjoy it.
And so I think there is, you know, you do have to kind of divorce –
how you feel about ownership with how you feel about the product.
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