Jonah Keri has a tête-à-tête with his childhood idol, Sports Illustrated’s Michael Farber, about his career in sports journalism; the benefits of multilingualism as a reporter; Montreal’s festival culture; the old days of the Expos; the Montreal Canadiens; the future of hockey in light of lower scoring and greater concussion awareness; the problem with salary caps; debating the greatest hockey player of all time; PEDs and drug abuse; Tim Raines; the time Michael was Jonah’s professor; changing approaches to journalism; Jonah’s and Michael’s brushes with mortality; and Michael’s Life Tip.

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