This show is an artist's take on sports — I believe both art and sports have the power to translate and help us reconsider the largest social issues we face. On each episode, we will be discovering and discussing the many connections between the two alongside artists, athletes, journalists, commentators, critics and fans.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis show is an artist's take on sports, I believe both art and sports have the power to translate and help us reconsider the largest social issues we face. On each episode, we will be discovering and discussing the many connections between the two alongside artists, athletes, journalists, commentators, critics and fans.
Recent episodes include "Episode 102: Laughing with Henry Abbott" (1 October 2026, 95 minutes), "Episode 101: Lou Matz has a problem with your moving screens + cheap fouls!" (23 August 2026, 70 minutes), and "Episode 100: Can you believe it??" (25 July 2026, 123 minutes).
Dear Adam Silver publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 75 minutes across 97 episodes.
Booking probability for Dear Adam Silver is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dear Adam Silver requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dear Adam Silver's contact route on record: public web form.
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Writer, author, thinker, storyteller and True Hoop mastermind Henry Abbott makes his debut on Dear Adam Silver as we move ahead into our next 100 episodes. Henry is a friend of the show and I am so excited to have him...
Hello everyone! We are officially well into the second century of Dear Adam Silver. Episode 200, here we come. This month's episode features a conversation with Lou Matz who is the Department of Philosophy Chair at...
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This is a big one! Dear Adam Silver is officially 100 episodes old! And to celebrate, we brought on some past, recurring guests who have always supported the show and whose work I admire! Join for some banter, strong...
Sister of the Co- Host, Meg Smithson, is on to discuss her own journey with basketball and her on the ground takes on Knicks fever! Works Cited: Link to article about Mitchell Robinson's political beliefs. Please share...
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We are excited to welcome back Emmy Award-winning writer, comedian and producer James Hamilton to the show! James is the host of the Posters Basketball Show (season II coming soon...) and has worked with NBC Sports...
Dear Adam Silver favorite Maria Molteni is back on the show! Previously a guest on episodes 32 (and introduction to their art practice) and 85 (featuring a conversation about the collaborative Senda/Sedna zine ), Maria...
<p>Blake Gillespie, H-O-R-S-E nemesis and the thinker/writer behind Spirit of Hoops is on the show to discuss his recent essay Will Basketball In Concentration Camps Wake You To Action? This episode focuses on a call to...
<p>Author and editor Rafi Kohan returns to the show to discuss some recent happenings in regards to a keynote speech he gave this past fall at a conference for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. </p><p>Rafi...
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<p>Artist and educator Ivan Salcido is back on the show to discuss his artwork about basketball, how his family history informs his work and his all time favorite logo design. Ivan was first featured in Episode 59 of...
<p>Maryam Amirvagehfi is back on the show (first featured in episode 28) to discuss her art practice in the context of a book that Abigail and Kyle are writing about basketball and art (more on this soon!!!!)...
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<p>Kyle Green cohosts as we welcome Emmy Award-winning writer, comedian and producer James Hamilton to the show. We talk about aging as a basketball fan and player, favorite jerseys, dusty GOAT lists and what keeps us...
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<p>Austin Bell joins the show to talk all about his project and book Shooting Hoops, where he documented 2,549 in Hong Kong. Whew. That's a lot. </p><p>We dig into the process, the visuals, the energy of each court and...
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<p>The collaborative team from Whereas Hoops, Noah Cohan and John Early, are back on the show to discuss the recent opening of basketball courts in Forest Park. Are you interested in history? Public space? Social...
<p>Hey Dear Adam Silver listeners! We are back with a new interview with writer and New York Times Bestselling author Mirin Fader who is on the show to talk about her new book Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem...
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<p>Dear Adam Silver listeners! It has been awhile. After a cross country move and settling into my new home in northern northern California, we are back with our 88th episode. </p> <p>Author Rafi Kohan joins the show to...
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<p>New York Times Bestselling author Andrew Maraniss is back on the show to discuss Inaugural Ballers, his 2022 book that tells the story of the first US women's Olympic basketball team that played in the 1976 games...
<p>The always charming and witty Kyle Green (Ph.D. in Sociology) and Tunisha Singleton (Ph.D. in Media Psychology) join the show to discuss the sports stories from the summer that are on our minds! Topics range from Las...
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<p>Dear Adam Silver listeners! It has been a minute! I am glad to be back at the mic and sharing a conversation that touches on themes of family, expectations of gender and health trauma all via the topics of basketball...
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<h1>Journalist, photographer and writer Blake Gillespie is back on the pod to discuss his article for SLAM entitled In War-Torn Ukraine, these Ukrainian Hoopers are Trying to Uplift Others Through the Power of the Game...
<p>Dr. Johanna Mellis is an Assistant Professor of History at Ursinus College where her research focuses on international sport during the Cold War, namely in the Eastern Bloc and Hungary especially, in order to connect...
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