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A New Conversation Series

The Score Podcast

Two arenas. One conversation. A premium series about the shared psychology of athletes and musicians — the rituals, the pressure, the crowd, the cost.

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People who perform in front of massive crowds understand each other in ways the rest of the world doesn't. This show sits in that room.

Matt Noveskey in the studio
In the room where it gets made.
Hosted By

Matt Noveskey

Bassist of Blue October. Two decades on the road, in arenas, in front of the kind of crowds this show is about. Producer, songwriter, owner of Orb Recording Studios in Austin. Equally fluent in the language of stage lights and stadium pressure — and the only person who could host this conversation without it feeling like an interview.

Produced By
Walkout Studios LLC
Recorded At
Orb · Austin, TX
Matt on stage
The arena. The bass. The light.
Matt performing live
Twenty years. Counted in nights like this.

What it sounds like.

01 / The Format

Cinematic conversations.

Seventy-five minutes with a musician and an athlete — or one of each — about the things they only talk about with each other. Filmed like a Netflix doc. Edited like a feature.

02 / The Guests

First-name basis.

Touring artists. NFL quarterbacks. UFC fighters. Iconic drummers. Country singers with championship rings. Pitchers with walkout songs they wrote themselves. The crossover is the show.

03 / The Lane

Not a debate show.

No hot takes. No analytics overlays. No bro-podcast theatrics. The pre-show ritual. The injury. The crowd. The cost of greatness — and what it feels like when you finally win.