EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 43 MIN
1. Tim McGhee: "I Thought People Who Said They Loved Their Job Were Either Crazy or Lying"
from Forks in the Road · host Jared Pine
Tim McGhee has spent 25 years at the center of sports marketing. He started on Wall Street, hated it, and briefly tried stand-up comedy before figuring out what he actually wanted to do.I talk to Tim about leaving finance for business school, the dumb luck of standing in the right hotel check-in line, and why he twice turned down jobs rather than uproot his family — a decision he has never second-guessed.
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Tim McGhee has spent 25 years at the center of sports marketing. He started on Wall Street, hated it, and briefly tried stand-up comedy before figuring out what he actually wanted to do.I talk to Tim about leaving finance for business school, the dumb luck of standing in the right hotel check-in line, and why he twice turned down jobs rather than uproot his family — a decision he has never second-guessed.
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