As he waits to see how the fraud charges against him turn out, Craig Carton is launching a new podcast called Hello, My Name Is Craig. Carton tells The New York Daily News the podcast will be more than sports. “It will be people that interest me — entertainers, politicians, sports figures, and special guests that many people have probably never heard of.”
Carton tells the paper that the biggest challenge — other than figuring out how to upload a podcast — is recording his show, as opposed to doing live radio. “I’ve not mastered the podcast by a long shot. My teenage son knows a lot more about podcasts than I do. It’s a work in progress. I guess the biggest difference is I’m recording it. The beauty about live radio is that, good or bad, you can’t go back and edit it. I’m going to be true to what I’ve always been. Everything you’ve heard in the last decade, I’m going to stay true to what I brought to the show.
Carton was arrested in September, for allegedly being part of a Ponzi scheme to help pay off millions in gambling debts. He’s denied the charges. Shortly after his arrest, Carton resigned from his position of morning show co-host on WFAN. Carton told The News he wishes he was still working with Boomer Esiason on WFAN, but he’s been more immersed in his kids’ lives the last two months.
