Three years ago, Audrey Martin, a senior digital producer at Turner Sports, walked into the office of Craig Barry, the chief content officer at Turner Sports, and presented him with an idea for a podcast series focusing on the history of the program. “Three years ago, when we knew the 30th anniversary of ‘Inside the NBA’ was fast approaching, we wanted to find a way to celebrate the longevity of the show,” Martin said. “Given the fact that I was actually born in 1989, there was so much about the history of ‘Inside’ that I didn’t know. I assumed that had to be a story fans would love to hear as well. The original idea was to release an oral history as a podcast. We sat (host) Ernie (Johnson) and TK (longtime show producer Tim Kiely) down in a sound studio for what was supposed to be a 30-minute conversation. They talked for almost two hours, laughing and sharing stories of how the show came to be. I immediately knew we had something special.”
