The Run: 2016 Cubs is the first collaboration between Audacy’s 2400Sports and Major League Baseball. The show will tell the story of the year the Chicago Cubs broke the curse of the billy goat and finally won the World Series.
The podcast has some real name recognition working for it. It will be hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr. and 670 The Score afternoon co-host Matt Speigel. The series is being produced by Jody Avirgan, formerly of ESPN’s 30 for 30 podcast series and FiveThirtyEight. David Ross, Theo Epstein, and Joe Madden are all set to make appearances on The Run as well.
Not only will the show follow the Cubs, it will put the championship run in historical perspective. Segments of episodes will be dedicated to what was happening in Chicago and around the country during the playoff run as America was nearing the contentious 2016 presidential election.
“I believe this moment of the Cubs winning was the last pure, joyful, optimistic moment in the history of this nation,” Spiegel jokes in the trailer for the show.
Starting Monday, September 27, The Run: 2016 Cubs will break down every moment, game, and controversy the team endured in route to its first title in 108 years. There will be ten episodes in total with new shows being released every Monday.
