DiscoverThe Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason KellyHow Barstool's Ex-CEO Built a Brand Amid Controversy
How Barstool's Ex-CEO Built a Brand Amid Controversy

How Barstool's Ex-CEO Built a Brand Amid Controversy

Update: 2025-10-16
Share

Description

In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with Erika Ayers Badan, the former chief executive of Barstool Sports and current CEO of Food52, about what she’s learned from leading two “turnaround” companies. Badan tells the hosts how she led a company often laden with controversy, why she’s happy to grow talent that leaves and why she thinks it’s important to fail.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comments 
loading
00:00
00:00
1.0x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

How Barstool's Ex-CEO Built a Brand Amid Controversy

How Barstool's Ex-CEO Built a Brand Amid Controversy

Bloomberg