The Will Leitch Experience

Will chats with Newsday's Neil Best about the New York media scene, social media and media reporting, along with what it takes to be a good sportswriter. Follow Neil on Twitter.

Today's guest Rany Jazayerli, co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, talks all things Kansas City Royals -- what their prospects (both actual and abstract) look like, the benefit of low expectations and why the team still needs to make the playoffs in order to justify the Wil Myers for James Shields trade. Follow Rany on Twitter.

Will catches up with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist about his path to media stardom (which included Tucker Carlson and driving a liquor truck … not necessarily related), "selfie" news, the identity of Brooklyn Nets fans and Illini basketball.

Will catches up with Chuck Culpepper, who covered the Kentucky Derby this weekend and lived to tell about it. They talk Orb, Triple Crown and whether there should be a dress code at Churchill Downs.

Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks to Will about Jason Collins, John Amaechi, changing attitudes in sports and the positive reaction to gay professional athletes coming out.

Joe Sheehan, baseball writer extraordinaire for Sports Illustrated, talks with Will about the problems with MLB managers, Ron Washington's relative handsomeness to Mike Matheny and how Jeffrey Loria is the product of a broken system.

Paul Klee from the Colorado Springs Gazette joins the podcast today to talk about the riveting (and chippy) Nuggets-Warriors series, Steph Curry and the test for Denver's unconventional roster building. And then more Steph Curry.

Will talks with basketball legend "Earl The Pearl" Monroe about the state of the New York Knicks, Jason Collins' big announcement, trash talking in the 1970s, hippie Phil Jackson and smoking angel dust at Bubba Smith's house. Yes, pretty much the best podcast ever.

After a strike-induced shortened season, the NHL playoffs are finally here and hockey columnist Joe DeLessio helps Will break down the first round games. Is the Vancouver goalie situation Tebow-like? Will the suddenly hot Rangers make it past Washington? Should Don Cherry ever be allowed to talk again?

With the number one pick, the Chiefs take ... Zzzzzzz. In the aftermath of a forgettable draft, Will talks with Mike Tanier (again) to assess the first round, make some predictions for what should be a more engaging second round and make fun of the Arizona Cardinals.

It's NFL draft day and Will caught up with Sports on Earth's NFL columnist Mike Tanier to talk about the first round, cheering for "ephemeral moments of optimism" and yes, okay, Manti Te'o. Stay tuned for more from Mike tomorrow in Part 2!

It's NFL draft day and Will caught up with Sports on Earth's NFL columnist Mike Tanier to talk about the first round, cheering for "ephemeral moments of optimism" and yes, okay, Manti Te'o. Stay tuned for more from Mike tomorrow in Part 2!

Today, Will talked with Sports On Earth's own Emma Span, to check in on the first three weeks of the baseball season and which teams are for real and which aren't. Also: John Sterling home run calls.

Today, Will talks with Dan Shanoff, founder of Quickish and the director of audience development for USA TODAY Sports, about the new site For the Win, Kobe's tweets and the complicated relationship between players and the media these days.

Seth Rosenthal, editor of the great Knicks blog Posting and Toasting, talks to Will Leitch about the Knicks-Celtics series, avoiding New York media negativity and how Isiah Thomas might have brought on his puberty. Click on the link below to subscribe through iTunes.