Sports Media With Richard Deitsch

Episode 316 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features director Rob Ford and Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza on Showtime’s three-part documentary series examining the life, career and impact of Wilt Chamberlain. The film makes its Showtime debut on July 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. In this podcast, Ford and Espinoza discuss why this was the right time to explore Wilt Chamberlain’s life and legacy; how the project was conceived; the research that goes into this kind of examination; using AI to recreate Wilt’s voice so he could narrate his own story with archival footage provided by the Wilt Chamberlain Estate; the narrative of how Chamberlain was portrayed during his playing years and why that should be reexamined; his claims of having sex with 20,000 women and how that was approached in the film; his years in Kansas and how that impacting him; how Showtime and Ford will determine success, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To lear