Entercom’s Cadence13 Partners with NBA Star JJ Redick for Exclusive Podcast Company Partnership
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New York NY, USA—Cadence13, a leading premium podcast company that is part of Entercom’s podcast network, today announced an exclusive podcast partnership with veteran NBA star JJ Redick and his new podcast company ThreeFourTwo Productions. Redick, a shooting guard for the New Orleans Pelicans and the first active NBA player to host a podcast, will launch his new show, The Old Man & the Three from the NBA bubble in Orlando. The weekly show will be co-hosted by Redick and Tommy Alter, producer/writer for Showtime’s Desus and Mero and HBO’s The Shop.
Launching from inside the NBA bubble in Orlando, FL, The Old Man & the Three with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter will bring fans and listeners behind-the-scenes and inside the world of the NBA, offering unprecedented access to the league and a backstage pass to the new season. Each week, Redick and Alter will discuss all things NBA, current events and talk to biggest names from the worlds of basketball, entertainment, politics and beyond.
Redick and Alter’s starting lineup of guests for The Old Man & the Three with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter include Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States and the founder of the voting rights groups Fair Fight Action and Fair Fight 2020; Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard; and three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade, among others.
The Old Man & the Three with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter will launch on August 5, 2020 with Episodes One and Two, featuring guests Stacey Abrams and Damian Lillard, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RADIO.com and everywhere podcasts are available.
“Tommy and I are excited to launch our new show, ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ from inside the NBA Bubble. Listeners will be given behind the scenes access to life in the NBA thru stories and conversations with some of the biggest names in basketball. Additionally, I have always sought to bring voices from different fields and backgrounds onto my podcast and ‘The Old Man and the Three’ will be no different. We were looking for the right partner to launch this show with and Cadence13 was a perfect fit. We are thrilled to be working with them on ‘The Old Man and the Three,’” said JJ Redick.
“JJ is as natural and compelling off the court in this medium as he is on it,” said Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer, Cadence13. “He and Tommy have such a great chemistry, and it’s going to be a lot of fun to build this with them as we get underway with this unprecedented NBA season from the bubble.”
JJ Redick is a 14-year NBA veteran and current guard for the New Orleans Pelicans. Before joining the Pelicans in 2019, Redick played for the Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Philadelphia 76ers. A graduate of Duke University, Redick is also the all-time leading scorer in Duke basketball history.
Tommy Alter is a producer and writer for Showtime’s Desus and Mero, a producer for HBO’s The Shop and Seeing America, as well as a founding member of the voting rights organization More Than A Vote.
About Cadence13:
Cadence13, a leading premium podcast company, is part of Entercom’s podcast network and was named one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019.” Our roster of critically-acclaimed shows and personalities reflects the diverse conversations and interests happening in the world, led by a collection of voices that include Sophia Amoruso, Lili Anolik, David Axelrod, Rachel Brathen, Brené Brown, Dean Budnick, Emma Chamberlain, Deepak Chopra, Gotham Chopra, Lauren Conrad, Remi Cruz, Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, David Dobrik, Ethan Dolan, Grayson Dolan, Jon Favreau, Emily Jane Fox, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joe Hagan, Andrew Jenks, Tony Kornheiser, Michael Lewis, Payne Lindsey, Michael Lombardi, Jon Lovett, Alisha Marie, CJ McCollum, Jon Meacham, James Andrew Miller, Mike Murphy, Leon Neyfakh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Peck, David Plouffe, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, Paul Rabil, JJ Redick, Ben Reiter, Rhett and Link, Rick Rubin, Tommy Vietor, Adnan Virk, Ashley West, iO Tillett Wright, Andrew Yang, and many more. These storytellers represent both established and emerging personalities across sports, business, tech, politics, entertainment and news. Cadence13 is the home of C13Features and the Peabody Award-nominated C13Originals documentary studio, and has a broad range of programming partners including Comments by Celebs, Crooked Media, Entertainment Weekly, Girlboss Media, goop, Granity Studios, Headspace, HISTORY, Meredith, Mythical Entertainment, Pushkin Industries, Ramble, Seven Bucks Productions, Smosh, Sports Illustrated, Tenderfoot TV, theSkimm, The Try Guys, TNT, Up and Vanished, Vanity Fair, Who? Weekly and Yoga Girl, among others. Cadence13 is headquartered in New York, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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