First meeting you, when did we first meet
I'm trying to remember. Was it that interview that we did? Okay, so the first time I met you in person was 2023
Yeah. You were coming off the national championship. Yep. And LSU was playing in Vegas
You all were playing Colorado. It was the season opener. And you all lost that game
Do you remember? I think I remember now. Yeah, I remember. Yeah, but that was the first time I met you in person
Yeah. Yes. And I remember it, honestly, so vividly because obviously, you know, I have always been an
Angel Race fan and it was really fun watching you during that championship run
And I was like, oh my God, I'm going to get to really have a real conversation with her
doing this game. So yeah, I remember it. It was in 2023
Then we crossed paths briefly at like some panel event in LA
Yeah. And I got to meet you and take a pic. but that was the real meeting was in Vegas. No. Yeah. I do remember that. That was actually really
fun. But I think, yeah, the only one I really remember is the panel. Like when we sat and
talked a little bit on the panel, I was like, I don't really, I remember a little bit of Vegas
but like not the full vivid thing. For sure. Yeah. No, you were, I just remember
and I've always had this thought about you, but you just have a unique resolve and perspective
and like point of view for somebody who at the time and of course still now you are young but you
just always I think understood the world differently because I think that the world has understood you
a little bit differently yeah and it just shines through I think in how you treat people
your perspective when you answer questions and your thoughtfulness and that was like such a big
stage and big moment for somebody that you know was in school figuring out what their life looked
like and you were phenomenal when we did that so I've just always I've just always really admired
the way that you you know attack the world um and always bring yourself to it well thank you I feel like when I look at you and see like a Black woman being a reporter and you being able to network and talk to everybody worldwide like it like you do it for us like the
people that look like us, the people, the women and the men that look like us. And it's just like so inspiring to see someone like you, because when I was younger, my Maryland
days, I tried broadcasting and I was like, I think I like it, but I don't know if I could
do it and sit on the sideline. And you remember all that stuff because I've shadowed Holly before
And I saw all the stuff that she has to write down on the side. And I'm like, I can't do this
Like, there's absolutely no way I can do this. So did you always figure yourself out, like, wanting to do broadcasting, like, and speaking in front of, what, millions of people at a time
Yes. Honestly, yes. Like, I've – you know, like, when people say, oh, my gosh, if you spoke to Young You, would they even imagine you were doing what you were doing
My answer is absolutely. Absolutely. Young me would actually be so mad if we didn't end up doing, you know, exactly the thing that we wanted
But no, I've always loved people. I've always loved asking a billion questions
I enjoy being in front of the camera. I think it's really cool to, you know, tell stories and like reach the masses of people
I've always enjoyed it. Like I used to set up a little camcorder and like ask myself questions or like if my friends, parents would come over
I would really be the annoying kid that had 80 billion views. But it absolutely paid off. And
shout out to my parents for, you know, nourishing me being a yapper, because it ultimately worked
out. But yeah, I've always wanted to do this. And I would also say that to you, funny thing
you thought you weren't going to be broadcasting in your Maryland. Look, you know, I know. Look
at me now, right? Yeah, you are in the media, my girl. And where it paid off. Yeah. Starting
Starting from the beginning, though, like what got you to where you are now? Because I feel like you always see the journey to get you where you are
And I've only seen you in the bright light. I've never seen your journey and understanding like where you've come from and how it started
for you So what does that look like The younger Taylor You still young and fine but don don worry But like the younger Taylor that got you to the big screens and just being able to talk to all the who who who who
Yeah. I mean, it's certainly been like, it really is, I think a lifelong journey
You know, you you're young and you're you're kind of honing, you know, your people skills, your understanding how to speak to others, how to make other people feel good and feel seen, feel heard
I think that's something that that really happens when you're a child
And for me, a lot of it was treating people and talking to them the way that I wanted to be talked to and understood
And that was something that I really honed in on when I was young
And then when I went to college, transparently, and I say this to everybody, when I went to college and I was in journalism classes, it just came more naturally to me than the people that were in class
And I realized, you know, maybe this is something I really could do. If I dedicate myself to this, I can attack this field
And so I did that. All throughout college, I covered Illinois football and basketball recruiting
I was able to break a lot of stories, make a lot of connections. and then when I graduated school, my first job was at the Big Ten Network. So I covered Big Ten
athletics for two years. Then I moved to New York and worked at a station there for another two years
VR and TNT, and now Amazon. But I think the thing that sticks out to me about every single one of
those stops is I was able to make it to the next stop because of something that I decided to do
and at each stop that was interviewing. And for me, talking to people and having them sit down
and be on my podcast or my show, in many ways was a workaround to me feeling like
I wasn't receiving like the assignments or the jobs that I felt like I should be getting
And so following the thing that I wanted to do ultimately led to me progressing in my career at every step
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