#901 - All Talk with Danika Mason
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You are listening to the Outlaw Sport Podcast. What's up Hunters and Dribblers? Welcome back to another episode of All Talk. Brought to you by Good Day Daily Multivitamins as Eddie's phone falls to the floor. Joining us on the episode this week is the great and powerful Danica Mason. One of the icons of Channel 9. Not just the Rugby League coverage, right? Straight and open coverage. No, well not just Freddie in the 8th. You know, but the Australian Open tennis, the Winter Olympics, Vegas, the Today Show. She helms the sport coverage on the Today Show. Sure does. At Sparrows Fart every single morning. Yeah. She's part of the furniture over at Nine now, Tom.
Who is Danika Mason and what are her credentials?
She's part of- Who do in- Well, she's part of the furniture on your televisions. That's right. You know what I'm saying? But she's also just an absolute weapon at what she does, and she's very cool. And we've been meaning to do this for a while, so it's been nice to finally make it happen. Take it away, Danica. It's a lot of chair.
It's a lot of chair. It's a lot of chair. And don't be afraid to give feedback on the chair as well. Because we're about to move studios.
Oh, are you? Yeah.
Yeah, we're moving to a fresh world.
Going up in the world.
Weird. Yeah, moving to freshy. Yeah. Moving north in the world.
Yeah. Yeah, do you know what, though? Where are you guys? Are you still based on the northern beaches?
I'm in Willara. He's in Newport. I've just moved to the beaches.
Yeah, right, okay. Let's get out of here. Newport's a bit of a drive here.
Yeah, it is. And the traffic was fucked today.
Yeah.
Actually fucked. Hour and 20. Wow. Yeah. That's thick. Tuesdays are the worst day of the week because everyone takes Monday. Yeah, I've heard that. And then Tuesday is just a mongrel.
Fridays and, like, no one's on the road anymore on Fridays. No.
And even yesterday I got in here in like 45, 50 minutes or something.
Yeah.
What is Danika's preparation routine for the Today Show?
Isn't that the dream?
Well, yeah, it is. I don't even think about that anymore. My wife does. My wife doesn't. She doesn't go in Monday or Friday, I don't think. But like. Crazy. Yeah, it is. It's fucking insane. Back when we were working, when we had real jobs.
Mate, back in my day, if you had a Monday off, you'd be shot.
Well, literally, if you're like, I remember I'd always text him to work and I'd be like, oh, hey, sorry, traffic's really bad because you'd be like 10 minutes late. Yeah. Yeah, you had to be there.
That's why I messaged Riley before this morning because I was like, I'd left my house at 8. 30-something. And I was like, oh, this should be all right. And then I'm just sitting on the Waco's parkway and I'm like, holy fuck, dude. Danica's going to be sitting in the studio and I'm going to be like, well, this is unprofessional.
If you're late to the Today Show, what happens? Like do you get a reprimand?
Well, you sort of have to be there because you have to get hair and makeup. So it would just be like you'd be looking just uglier. That's it. That's it.
So you're incentivising it as well.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's like literally I'd be the only person in this office.
What time is that? Is it four?
So I get in, I have to be in for hair and makeup at 4.30. Fuck.
Yeah. Like as a woman who does her own hair and makeup, say on like a Saturday night before you go out, does it take longer?
I'm like, I'm the worst. Like I wouldn't honestly, I wouldn't even know how to curl my hair. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But so you need to have full hair for like-
Oh, if I'm going out, I'm like 14 minutes. I can be 14 minutes showered, gone, out the door. Oh, that's elite. That is.
I've not seen numbers like that as your gender before.
Yeah, no, it's impressive. When we were travelling overseas, it was the best thing. Liam's like, he's like, oh, my God, I've never seen someone get ready so quickly. Because I'm like, come on, let's go.
Holy shit. So how long is it in hair and makeup then?
About half an hour.
Okay, so it's not crazy bad.
No, so you're half an hour, maybe 40 minutes, and then you've got to get dressed and you've got to get downstairs to the studio on your laptop, mic'd up, you've got to check your scripts and, yeah.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:45
2
Who is Danika Mason and what are her credentials?
0:45–1:50
3
What is Danika's preparation routine for the Today Show?
1:50–8:25
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How does Danika handle emotional interviews with athletes?
8:25–9:22
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What challenges does Danika face as a sports journalist?
9:22–14:17
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How does Danika feel about her Logie nomination?
14:17–41:43
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How does Danika balance her work across multiple sports?
41:43–43:43
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What insights does Danika share about the Winter Olympics?
43:43–58:25