Host Brandon Contes interviews Craig Carton, host of "The Craig Carton Show" podcast as well as the new WFAN afternoon drive show, "The Carton Show with Chris Carton and Chris McMonigle." Brandon and Craig discuss a wide range of topics including FS1 canceling "Breakfast Ball," if Craig could ever work with Mike Francesa, turning down a coaching opportunity from Bill Belichick, and more.

-1:53: “Breakfast Ball” cancellation/Doing TV

-11:09: Returning to WFAN

-23:13: Radio industry/Calling Yankees games

-31:32: Working on “Breakfast Ball”/“The Craig Carton Show” podcast

-41:49: Stephen A. Smith/Bill Belichick/Boomer Esiason

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Host Brandon Contes interviews Brandon Tierney, who hosts a new show on his YouTube page called "BT Unleashed." The two Brandon's discuss a wide range of topics including being replaced by Craig Carton at WFAN, working with Stephen A. Smith before "First Take," getting in a shouting match with Mike Francesa in the WFAN offices, and more.

-2:32: Looking back at WFAN tenure

-18:10: End of “BT and Sal”

-30:51: Working with Sal Licata, Spike Eskin, and Stephen A. Smith

-53:42: Radio

-1:01:22: YouTube

-1:15:55: Mike Francesa altercation

-1:26:08: Stugotz disagreement, getting thrown out of Little League game

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It's a special episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast. We had some great discussions with many incredible people in sports media over the past year and we put together a collection of clips from 2025. We thank you for listening/viewing the podcast, and have a happy 2026.

-:19: Howie Rose on not being comfortable hearing his Pete Alonso home run call on Mets plane (Episode 83)

-9:50: Andrew "McLovin" Perloff on why he left "The Dan Patrick Show" (Episode 85)

-12:45: Larry McReynolds on Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s fatal crash and praise of Mike Joy leading broadcast (Episode 87)

-18:37: Tony Reali on reaching out to Jay Mariotti over the years (Episode 94)

-25:02: Mike Greenberg on the success of "Mike and Mike" (Episode 101)

-30:34: Dan Orlovsky on praying for Damar Hamlin while on ESPN (Episode 107)

-34:51: Verne Lundquist on "Happy Gilmore 2" and meeting Post Malone (Episode 108)

-43:09: Jordan Schultz on Pablo Torre's journalism (Episode 119)

-49:49: Joe Davis on claims of Dodgers bias on Fox MLB broadcasts (Episode 120)

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