About this episode

Mike Sielski discusses his writing career and Philadelphia fandom while revisiting his controversial columns.

Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist and author Mike Sielski joined Make A Difference with Phil Martelli to discuss his writing career, what makes Philadelphia fandom so unique, and revisits some of his most inflammatory columns, including why Wawa is overrated. How does Mike Sielski Make A Difference? Listen to find out! Produced by Jared Phillips. Music by Nick Capperella. Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OXKRJSQITiA Check out our website and social media here: https://linktr.ee/makeadifferencepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Phil Martelli

Guest: Mike Sielski

Topics covered

• writing career
• Philadelphia fandom
• sports journalism
• Wawa
• inflamatory columns

Keywords

• Mike Sielski
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Wawa
• sports columnist
• writing career
• Philadelphia fandom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philadelphia Inquirer, Wawa, Acast

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