Changing the Way NFL Games Are Called, the Debate Over the Debate, and the DNC Notebook Dump
26 August - 55 minsHello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the show by discussing the state of sports color commentary and whether or not analysts should be ex-players (0:30). Then Bryan recaps his four nights at the upper deck of the United Center in Chicago (10:30). They also discuss the following from the Democratic National Convention:
Their favorite moments that stuck out (19:26)
Some media grumbling (30:17)
The branded media place to hang out (36:00)
Then, in the notebook, they discuss the following:
Rece Davis introduces college football (42:17)
ESPN brings back 'The Sports Reporters' (44:41)
And then, in Only in Journalism, they discuss Deion Sanders’s reaction to an only-in-journalism...
Series Episodes
Politico’s Eugene Daniels on a Fifty-Fifty Race, Kamala Harris’s Underdog Campaign, and Playing College Football
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
48 mins
10 October Finished
Politico’s Eugene Daniels on a Fifty-Fifty Race, Kamala Harris’s Underdog Campaign, and Playing College Football
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43 mins
10 October Finished
Kamala Harris Is Coming to Your Podcast, Players Are Trying to Eject Reporters From the Locker Room, and Our National Bit Crisis
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hour
7 October Finished
Bomani Jones on the Election, Working at ESPN in the 2010s, and How We Watch College Football Now
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49 mins
3 October Finished
Instant Reactions to the Tim Walz–JD Vance Debate With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin. Plus: Gabriel Sherman on Writing 'The Apprentice.'
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hour 5 mins
2 October Finished
A Veep Debate Cheat Sheet, a WNBA Controversy, and More on Zach Lowe and ESPN
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
46 mins
30 September Finished
