Brett Rapkin - Founder, Podium Pictures

PODCAST: Brett Rapkin, Emmy-Award winning Founder of Podium Pictures, joins Sports Business Radio to discuss his latest media project - “Dinners with DeMar”, featuring Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan interviewing athletes such as Draymond Green, Damian Lillard and Dwyane Wade about the importance to #mentalhealth. Rapkin has also produced documentaries and docu-series that include sports stars Michael Phelps Steve Nash, Bode Miller Carmelo Anthony, Shawn White, Candace Parker and Mikaela Shiffrin. Rapkin discusses the crowded athlete content space, the importance of shining a spotlight on mental health for athletes and how his 501c3 is funded to produce his projects. Also on this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio, Keith Forman, Sports Business Radio Co-Founder, joins Host Brian Berger to discuss the bizarre unfolding story around Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and gambling and theft allegations made against his longtime friend and interpreter. We peel back the many layers to this story and tell you how it will impact MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the future of sports gambling and even how elite athletes may manage their finances in the future. LISTEN to Sports Business Radio on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts. Give Sports Business Radio a 5-star rating if you enjoy our podcast. Click on the plus sign on our Apple Podcasts page and follow the Sports Business Radio podcast. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram, Threads and Tik Tok @SportsBusinessRadio. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment - the Exclusive Financial Partner of Sports Business Radio. Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment is a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management dedicated to serving the unique and sophisticated needs of elite and professional athletes, entertainers, executives, creators, and other top talent and professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. The division consists of over 200 Financial Advisors with the Global Sports & Entertainment Director/Associate Director designation, several of whom are former professional and collegiate athletes who once embarked on a similar journey to that of today’s talent, leaders, executives and creators. Visit morganstanley.com/gse to learn more. #ShoheiOhtani #MLB #SportsGambling #SportsDocumentary #DeMarDeRozan #AthleteContent #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices