Jacques Talk

By: Jacques Doucet
  • Summary

  • Jacques Talk is a weekly podcast featuring WAFB 9News Sports reporter Jacques Doucet. Every Wednesday he will have a new guest to talk with about... who knows! From sports to 90s rock, you never know where the conversation will go.
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Episodes
  • WALKER HOWARD – LSU QB commitment from STM Cougars
    Oct 5 2021

    Walker Howard is a 5-star quarterback prospect for the Class of 2022 from St Thomas More High School in Lafayette. Howard is an LSU verbal commitment and the ringleader of the Tigers 2022 recruiting class, in terms of landing new recruits and making sure the current commits stay committed. His father Jamie played quarterback for STM and LSU as well.

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    15 mins
  • JACQUES TALK: SPORTSCASTING LEGEND HANNAH STORM
    Oct 5 2021
    Hannah Storm is an award-winning journalist, producer and director, is a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting for women, a published author, an advocate for children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks, and most importantly, a mother of three. Storm, joined ESPN in 2008 and currently serves as an ESPN SportsCenter anchor. She also leads the network’s coverage of significant events across the sports world such as the recent celebration of life services after the passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant. She also previously hosted and executive produced ESPN’s primetime interview specials - In Focus with Hannah Storm and Face to Face with Hannah Storm - where she interviewed various newsmakers in sports. In 2018, Storm made sports broadcasting history once again when she, along with veteran sports broadcaster Andrea Kremer, became the first female duo to call a NFL game as part of Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football. The duo is set to embark on calling their fourth season of NFL games for Amazon in 2021. Prior to ESPN, Storm had successful TV stints at CBS as host of The Early Show, CNN and NBC Sports. In 2008, Storm added to her creative passions with the creation of Brainstormin’ Productions, a production company that creates documentaries, short films and branded content. Recent projects include Danica, a documentary in conjunction with EPIX on racing superstar Danica Patrick that won an honor at New York Film Festival award, and content for brands such as Under Armour and Secret. Also in 2008, she launched the Hannah Storm Foundation which advocates for children and parents of children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks. Storm’s passion for this cause stems from her personal experience with it: she was born with a port wine stain underneath her left eye.
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    11 mins
  • NIRVANA 30 YEARS LATER MICHAEL AZERRAD
    Sep 10 2021

     September 10, 2021 marks the 30-year anniversary of one of the biggest game-changers in the history of popular music. A somewhat unheard of grunge band called Nirvana unleashed the single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” - a bombastic, relentless, driving anthem that thundered across America like a giant earthquake. Lead vocalist Kurt Cobain became a rock superstar overnight, while the album Nevermind would sell over 10 million copies. Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician. A graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. His Nirvana biography Come As You Are has been named one of the greatest books in rock history.

     

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    41 mins

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