![]() This style is holistic, sometimes impressively, other times excessively. Miller used Origins’ first season to delightfully rehash the 17-years-and-counting of Curb Your Enthusiasm, using the same balance of interviews and contextual narration he does in the new season. This is familiar territory for Miller, who co-authored the sprawling book ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun with Tom Shales, as well as oral histories of Saturday Night Live and the Creative Artists Agency. ![]() Origins: ESPN, the new season of James Andrew Miller’s podcast devoted to the histories of entertainment institutions, is interested in both sides of this coin: the four-decade durability of the sports empire and the controversies that have made ESPN look increasingly fallible over the last five years. While mentioning ESPN once summoned images of Monday Night Football and the charismatic stars of SportsCenter, it’s now equally likely to evoke the company’s coziness with Roger Goodell or its mishandling of Jemele Hill and Bill Simmons. But the internet-and ESPN’s consistently square reactions to it-has eroded that good will, offering space for smarter sports analysis and for an airing of grievances against the network. ![]() ![]() As recently as 10 years ago, sports fans were grateful for the existence of a 24/7 outlet where they could tune in to find a familiar face yelling about Brett Favre. ![]()
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