FM Mike Klein is an old friend of mine.\xa0He also is a guy who has been involved in many facets of the chess industry. Mike was a scholastic champion, he's a great chess teacher, he was recognized as chess journalist of the year in 2012, and now he writes, edits, and creates content for\xa0chess.com\xa0and\xa0chesskid.com\xa0(for the latter he goes by the moniker "Fun Master Mike").\xa0Here is what Mike and I discussed: Mike's newest project, an entertaining and informative chess-free podcast, called\xa0Extreme Travel Odysseys Chess advice relating to competing in, studying, and teaching chess Stories from his reporting assignments, including the times he spent playing tennis, soccer, and basketball with the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Rex Sinquefield and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and others.\xa0Thanks to Mike for joining me. You can reach him via\xa0chess.com\xa0here. Subscribe to his podcast\xa0here.\xa0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices