Helwani: I book every show guest myself without any booking agent
Ariel Helwani · Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How. · Oct 29, 2021 · at 30:09
Ariel Helwani, combat sports journalist, explains his workflow and production strategy to Sam Parr and Shaan Puri.
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“In, in the what is it now? 12 years of me doing this, like hosting this type of weekly show and all this stuff, shows, I've never had a person book the guest for me. I book every single guest. Every single name that you see on my show on, on Wednesday, Rose, and Jan Bochowicz, and Fedor, I book those people myself. I do not have a booker.”
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