{"id":1772,"date":"2021-09-09T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:10:57","slug":"episode-89-nfl-films-nfl-network-with-travis-vogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1772","title":{"rendered":"Episode 89: NFL Films &#038; NFL Network with Travis Vogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5316\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1772-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1772-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Inside_the_Box_ep_89_NFL_Films_Vogan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Inside the Box<\/em> is back with an all-new limited episode season! We kick things off in conversation with sports media scholar, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanstudies.uiowa.edu\/people\/travis-vogan\">Dr. Travis Vogan<\/a> to discuss his book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Keepers_of_the_Flame\/D-_kAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=keepers+of+the+flame&amp;printsec=frontcover\">Keepers of the Flame: NFL Films and the Rise of Sports Media<\/a><\/em>. In fitting with this season&#8217;s focus on history and collective memory that often goes beyond the television screen (or &#8220;box&#8221;), Travis and Jonathan discuss NFL Films&#8217;s role in crafting how we think about the league, in what ways that has changed with the newer emphasis on the NFL Network, and the role databases and metadata has played in helping to structure this mindset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve listened to the episode and want to read more about NFL Films&#8217;s SABER system, here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/slideplayer.com\/slide\/4158897\/\">presentation<\/a> by David W. Franza from 2013 on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then be sure to check back in two weeks for our next brand-new free episode in the main feed. Although, if you&#8217;re interested in listening to the show&#8217;s archive of episodes (1 through 87) or any of the new BONUS episodes (beginning September 16), please head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tvhistorypod\">Patreon.com<\/a> and provide a small donation in order to gain access to this content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It feels great to be back, and we hope you all join us for the ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1773\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/travis_vogan-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/keepers-of-the-flame-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/keepers-of-the-flame-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1777\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/keepers-of-the-flame-cover.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1777\" class=\"wp-image-1777\" 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class=\"wp-image-1774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Boxing-Cover.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Boxing-Cover-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Boxing-Cover-155x240.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Travis&#8217;s newest book on the cinema of boxing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1779\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1779\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols.png 612w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sabols-240x240.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Steve Sabol (1942-2012) and his father Ed Sabol (1916-2015), the founders of NFL Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ebay-image_cite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ebay-image_cite-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1775\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1778\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1778\" class=\"wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Philadelphia-Inquirer-photo_cite-240x160.jpg 240w, 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We kick things off in conversation with sports media scholar, Dr. Travis Vogan to discuss his book Keepers of the Flame: NFL Films and the Rise of Sports Media. In fitting with this season&#8217;s focus on history and collective memory that often goes beyond the television screen (or &#8220;box&#8221;), Travis and Jonathan discuss NFL Films&#8217;s role in crafting how we think about the league, in what ways that has changed with the newer emphasis on the NFL Network, and the role databases and metadata has played in helping to structure this mindset. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[455,457,451,454,456],"tags":[21,160,453,458,8],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1200_628_01.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}