{"id":1165,"date":"2022-05-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:18:45","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-erik-erock-nagel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-erik-erock-nagel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John &#8211; Erik &#8220;E-rock&#8221; Nagel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1165\" class=\"elementor elementor-1165\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41de6e03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41de6e03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2191c5e6\" data-id=\"2191c5e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa6709a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fa6709a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show that allows <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/server.ashoresystems.info\/~sportsgrumblings\/john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big John<\/a> <\/strong>to pick the brains of people he finds interesting, regardless of their field of expertise or celebrity. In this episode, Big John chats with radio personality <strong>Erik &#8220;E-rock&#8221; Nagel<\/strong> (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opie_and_Anthony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Opie &amp; Anthony<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itseriknagel.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Erik Nagel<\/a><\/strong>\u201d, \u201cWould You Kindly\u201d) to discuss his start in radio, war stories from his time on O&amp;A, the current climate in the radio industry, cancel culture, and 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Splintered relationships<br>24:00 Erik&#8217;s start in radio<br>29:00 Advice for aspiring radio jocks<br>32:00 Is a college education still valuable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>37:00 Being content in life<br>41:00 The economics of radio, running a satellite channel<br>49:00 Radio vs. Podcasting<br>53:15 Reuniting with Anthony Cumia at Compound Media<br>1:00:00 How much of a Trumper is Anthony?<br>1:04:15 The media&#8217;s need to label people<br>1:09:45 Free speech and comedy in the age of cancel culture<br>1:17:50 Gilbert Gottfried was an underrated genius<br>1:21:45 Erik&#8217;s favorite O&amp;A comedians<br>1:24:00 The personal nature of radio vs. TV<br>1:25:45 The most difficult O&amp;A guests<br>1:27:45 People Erik would have like to work with<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big John chats with radio personality Erik &#8220;Erock&#8221; 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