The Press Box

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Kamala Harris Vs. Bret Baier, Who Will Run the Next Administration, and Being a Campaign Embed With NOTUS’s Jasmine Wright Oct 17, 2024

Show notes

Hello, media consumers! Bryan welcomes NOTUS's Jasmine Wright, who is the journalist you need to read to understand Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign. She comes on to discuss the following about the campaign:

Highlights of the VP’s interview with Bret Baier (1:45)
How the VP feels about adversarial settings (0:00)
Reasons for the current media blitz (11:15)
The quiet planning of her transition team (13:11)
Things that worry Team Harris in the closing stretch (21:10)

Then she closes out with how she got into political journalism (24:10).

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Host: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Jasmine Wright

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Kamala Harris and Joe Rogan, Democratic Panic, and Tom Brady in Week 6 Oct 16, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David return to discuss Kamala Harris podcast appearances and her upcoming sitdowns with Fox News and Joe Rogan (5:39). Then they discuss Bob Woodward's new book and the “vibes switch” (17:41). They close with discussing Tom Brady’s growth as an announcer and local angles (32:20). Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Stefan Anderson

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Politico’s Eugene Daniels on a Fifty-Fifty Race, Kamala Harris’s Underdog Campaign, and Playing College Football Oct 10, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan is joined today by Politico’s White House correspondent and Politico Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels to get into the latest on this upcoming election and more, including:

Does the Harris campaign really believe they’re underdogs in this race (01:47)?
Are they running a “risk-averse” campaign (16:18)?
What is it like covering the White House and writing Playbook (21:19)?
Leaping from college football to journalism (30:46).

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Host: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Eugene Daniels

Producers: Brian H. Waters and Eduardo Ocampo

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Kamala Harris Is Coming to Your Podcast, Players Are Trying to Eject Reporters From the Locker Room, and Our National Bit Crisis Oct 07, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David open with two contradictory ideas: “The return of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog” and “there are too many bits (0:36).”Then they get into the following:

Kamala Harris's current podcast tour (10:12)
NFL players wanting to kick reporters out of the locker room (22:54)
Kate Winslet playing a war correspondent in the movie 'Lee' (31:03)
Everyone is introducing a paywall (36:27)

Later they react to breaking news, as Shams Charania joins ESPN as the new senior NBA reporter (44:34).

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Bomani Jones on the Election, Working at ESPN in the 2010s, and How We Watch College Football Now Oct 03, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Today, Bryan is joined by Bomani Jones—host of ‘The Right Time With Bomani Jones’—to discuss all things politics, media, and sports, including:

Thoughts on the vice presidential debate (03:11)
Democrats’ lean-into-football strategy (Coach Walz) (08:06)
What to make of the coverage around Kamala Harris (11:50)
Zach Lowe and ESPN in the 2010s (21:15)
College football, the 12-team playoff, and NIL (30:53)
Looking back on ‘High Noon’ (40:31)

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Host: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Bomani Jones

Producers: Brian H. Waters and Eduardo Ocampo

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Instant Reactions to the Tim Walz–JD Vance Debate With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin. Plus: Gabriel Sherman on Writing 'The Apprentice.' Oct 02, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! In a special bonus edition of The Press Box, Bryan has two guests. First, he speaks with Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin for instant reactions to the Tim Walz–JD Vance vice presidential debate. They discuss the following:

The biggest surprise of the debate (1:22)
Who looked more confident, Tim Walz or JD Vance (9:35)
The January 6 exchange (16:40
Whether or not this will be the last debate (26:04)

Then he speaks with screenwriter Gabriel Sherman about writing 'The Apprentice,' a story about Donald Trump (30:44). He discusses the following about the film:

How he went about writing the story (31:10)
Trump’s relationship with Roy Cohn (32:36)
How Cohn’s rules of winning influenced Trump (37:04)
Deciding on Sebastian Stan to play Trump (47:02)

Hosts: Bryan Curtis

Guests: Benjy Sarlin and Gabriel Sherman

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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A Veep Debate Cheat Sheet, a WNBA Controversy, and More on Zach Lowe and ESPN Sep 30, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David open the show by discussing Zach Lowe’s departure from ESPN (0:34). Then they preview the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance (12:34). Later, they react to DiJonai Carrington’s postgame interview about Caitlin Clark (28:37). Then they talk about Only in Journalism classics following the story about New York City Mayor Eric Adams (37:56).

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Zach Lowe Leaves ESPN and the Kelce Backlash With Jason Gay. Plus, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac on Elon Musk and Twitter. Sep 27, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan sits with not one, not two, but three guests this week. First he speaks with The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay and they they discuss the following:

Zach Lowe getting laid off by ESPN (1:47)
How everyone has been covering Travis Kelce’s bad play (20:45)
A possible Kamala Harris podcast tour (30:30)

Then he speaks with Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, the authors of ‘Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter,’ and they get into the following:

Elon changing the block feature (35:20)
Turning Twitter headquarters into a long-stay hotel (44:23)
Elon removing journalists’ verified check (49:00)
Twitter/X losing it’s value (59:59)

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis

Guests: Jason Gay, Kate Conger, and Ryan Mac

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr., the Candidate Who Couldn’t Stop Posting, and the 'Megalopolis' Scandal Sep 23, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David have a scandalous episode coming up. They discuss the following:

Mark Robinson’s post on an adult website (0:35)
Oliva Nuzzi being placed on leave after a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (7:12)
The controversy surrounding 'Megalopolis' (22:46)

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Election Talk, More Woj, and the Top 5 Campaign Movies With Sean Fennessey Sep 19, 2024

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan welcomes The Ringer’s head of content, Sean Fennessey, this week. First they discuss Woj’s shocking announcement and the value of the sports insider (1:39). Then they discuss the latest with the election and what they expect in the remaining months (16:3 0).

And to stay on theme with election season, they close the show with their top 5 campaign movies (30:54).

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Sean Fennessey

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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