Hosting a podcast is a dangerous business. Sure, it might bring you fame and fortune, but it also might torch your career, because just like Tweets, YouTube videos, or your college Tumblr, old podcasts can come back to haunt people. Just ask Bean Dad—or Mike Richards, newly anointed Jeopardy! host, whose podcasting past has raised alarming questions about his suitability for one of the most iconic jobs in television. In a bombshell report at The Ringer, Claire McNear, the author of Answers in the Form of Questions, unearthed all 41 episodes of The Randumb Show, a podcast Richards hosted from 2013 to 2014 during his time as an executive producer on The Price Is Right. The podcast ostensibly took listeners behind the scenes of Price, but as McNear illuminates, it reveals less about Price and more about Richards. Richards repeatedly used offensive lan… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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Jeopardy! Host Mike Richards’ Offensive Podcast Commentary Has Been Unearthed by The Ringer
