Exclusive | The driving forces behind Mike Francesas sports talk renaissance

Mike Francesa has had a torrid run of content in recent months.With the Mets making a surprise run to the NLCS, the Yankees making the World Series and nightmare seasons for the Giants and Jets, Francesa has had a lot to talk about in the world of New York sports.The timing has been fortuitous as it coincided with a boost in production capability from the BetRivers podcast network.

“As we moved into a new realm with the company, I just started doing more — and doing them much more after events,” Francesa, 70, said in an exclusive conversation with The Post on Wednesday.When Francesa had his legendary run in afternoon drive at WFAN, first with Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and later as a solo host, fans had to wait until 1 p.m.

the day after games to hear his musings.For the first two years of his podcast, there would also often be a lag until his show was up.

Now, he goes live on YouTube right after games — such as the Yankees and Mets playoff series, and nearly every Giants and Jets game this season — as well as when major news breaks, and the podcast gets posted to various audio platforms shortly after.“We started doing a lot of stuff right after the games, which we had not been doing.

I knew when that was the case that it would be very popular,” Francesa said.“That was really the biggest change more than anything else — we started reacting right after events.That’s what I always wanted to do.

I just didn’t have it available with the company to do them all the time as topical as that.They have people available to me whenever I want now.

“A lot of times now, the fans have a chance to hear stuff from me before they hear from almost anybody else in New York, other than maybe somebody on a postgame show because I put stuff out that quickly.” Francesa said that the YouTube channel was always in the company’s plans, but that they had to take time to build up the network first.One moment that stuck out came when Francesa went live with Bars...