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THE POLITICAL TRADE
News, Comedy & Gambling on Politics Plus sex, drugs and rock & roll—this podcast has it all! By Jeff Joseph
The guys at Barstool Sports’ Hard Factor podcast cover a lot of ground, and they’re avid prediction market traders who tie the markets into each of their daily shows. Luckbox sat down with Wes, Mark, Will and Pat to talk about their charttopping podcast and political wagering prowess.
Have any of you done any broadcast work before? Will: After moving to Austin,
Texas, to pursue independent sketch comedy and filming, we then went into different career paths. Pat had been doing music producing and movie producing. Mark and I had been in the corporate world, and Wes had been running his own videography company. So professionally, not much broadcast experience. But,
practically, we have been hobbyists at comedy and sketch comedy for a long, long time. Pat: Yeah, I did a college radio show. I think that’s probably the extent of traditional broadcast. Will: Also, I was the soccer announcer in high school for the varsity soccer team. And how did you guys hook up with Barstool? Will: Wes, Mark and I had a podcast
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