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Joe Battaglia, Emmy-winning sports journalist discusses Olympics, his first novel, and more

February 16, 2026 • Tammy Takaishi • Season 1 • Episode 192

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Joe Battaglia is a seasoned and award-winning journalist who spent years in The Olympics arena. With over two decades in sports media, Battaglia has led content creation across news, politics, and athletics, including a role on the NBCOlympics.com team that earned a Sports Emmy for the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Joe sat down to discuss his journalism career, his pivot to fiction, his fave authors, and more.

More information about Joe and his novel, BENEATH THE RINGS here

Creator/Host: Tammy Takaishi

Audio Engineer: Tammy Takaishi

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