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New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: Super Bowl Breakdown Farewell, Will Lewis Savannah Guthrie Do You Believe in Mixed Doubles Curling? Plus: JASON ZENGERLE on the long, strange trip of Tucker Carlson. open.spotify.com/episode/695j...

It's feels cathartic to be mad at the Democrats. I asked the Bulwark's Tim Miller: What exactly should people be mad at the Democrats for? Full interview with Miller here: open.spotify.com/episode/55G4...

How Jon Stewart parachuted into CNN, humiliated Tucker Carlson, and helped inspire the creation of YouTube. Full interview with Jason Zengerle here: open.spotify.com/episode/695j...

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: Super Bowl Breakdown Farewell, Will Lewis Savannah Guthrie Do You Believe in Mixed Doubles Curling? Plus: JASON ZENGERLE on the long, strange trip of Tucker Carlson. open.spotify.com/episode/695j...

New PRESS BOX w/ the Bulwark's Tim Miller: How Trump Changed Pop Culture JD Vance's Superpower The Shitposting Era of American Politics How to Be Mad at the Democrats What Bezos Still Wants w/ the Post + much more open.spotify.com/episode/55G4...

New PRESS BOX w/ the Bulwark's Tim Miller: How Trump Changed Pop Culture JD Vance's Superpower The Shitposting Era of American Politics How to Be Mad at the Democrats What Bezos Still Wants w/ the Post + much more open.spotify.com/episode/55G4...

The Bulwark’s Tim Miller stopped by Ringer HQ to talk about the Patriots’ left tackle…I mean politics. New pod out tonight!

Nancy Guthrie’s Abduction Set Off a Storm. This Sheriff Is Riding It Out. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

"It is a decent pixelated hagiography...an endless sunny cutscene, inoffensive but interminable." www.ft.com/content/b120...

We are going all-in on hometowns tonight.

After Sunday, Cris Collinsworth will have called a Super Bowl with Al Michaels and a Super Bowl with Mike Tirico. We asked him to explain how they're different. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/1JAd...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: More on the WaPo Bloodbath --What Happened to Features ESPN/NFL Don Lemon Tina Brown + the Files James Talarico open.spotify.com/episode/06Lj...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: More on the WaPo Bloodbath --What Happened to Features ESPN/NFL Don Lemon Tina Brown + the Files James Talarico open.spotify.com/episode/06Lj...

After Sunday, Cris Collinsworth will have called a Super Bowl with Al Michaels and a Super Bowl with Mike Tirico. We asked him to explain how they're different. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/1JAd...

Wes Moore’s “comments, made during a podcast appearance last week, prompted questions from lawmakers in both parties and exposed uncertainty among state leaders about whether Maryland’s iconic flag…could once again become a political flashpoint.” foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on...

Today is the 15th anniversary of "What time is the Super Bowl?" www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

WaPo editor Will Lewis spotted on NFL red carpet day after killing paper’s sports desk awfulannouncing.com/newspapers/w... @awfulannouncing.bsky.social

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: They Tore the Heart Out of the Washington Post open.spotify.com/episode/54mv...

“The way to feel today is to be angry at the people who run the Washington Post. We live in a timeline where (Jeff Bezos’s company) paid $40 million reportedly for a Melania doc & today the Post laid off people who cover the Middle East” @bryancurtis.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A (former) Washington Post sportswriter told me: “It’s like a football team where they say, after they’ve lost 10 games, ‘We got to find our identity.’ For two years, we just didn’t have an identity—and had no idea if we were ever going to find one.” www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

New PRESS BOX: @dannyheifetz.bsky.social and @dannyheifetz.bsky.social stoped by Ringer HQ for the Super Bowl of Super Bowl storylines. Easiest story to write from Santa Clara. Coach most likely to enter the McVay Zone with NFL insiders. Collinsworth. Tons more. open.spotify.com/episode/6HDk...

New PRESS BOX: @dannyheifetz.bsky.social and @dannyheifetz.bsky.social stoped by Ringer HQ for the Super Bowl of Super Bowl storylines. Easiest story to write from Santa Clara. Coach most likely to enter the McVay Zone with NFL insiders. Collinsworth. Tons more. open.spotify.com/episode/6HDk...

When Charles McGrath worked at the New Yorker, William Shawn, the magazine's editor, told him that publishing IN COLD BLOOD was the thing he most regretted. More in our JANUARY ISSUE: In Cold Blood and the Invention of True Crime: open.spotify.com/episode/2F9u...

"Hamnet is Meghan Markle-like in its power to unhinge the otherwise calm and well-adjusted." www.ft.com/content/bcf9...

A scene from a recent media podcast: Van Lathan and @joelanderson.bsky.social argue about who has the tougher dad. Full pod here: open.spotify.com/episode/6XT1...

Our JANUARY ISSUE is live: On the 60th anniversary of In Cold Blood, we revisited Truman Capote's great sentences and invented scenes, and talked about how Capote paved the way for Serial and Dateline NBC. Cover by the great @davidshoemaker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2F9u...

Bonus PRESS BOX: @joelanderson.bsky.social and I talked to Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social about ICE and Minneapolis, Dems in 2026, the next Black president, Jay-Z power rankings, and why it was time for John Harbaugh to go. open.spotify.com/episode/0aku...

Bonus PRESS BOX: @joelanderson.bsky.social and I talked to Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social about ICE and Minneapolis, Dems in 2026, the next Black president, Jay-Z power rankings, and why it was time for John Harbaugh to go. open.spotify.com/episode/0aku...

New PRESS BOX: A lot of Democrats are sort of running for president. So @joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked Van Lathan to put together a Democratic Depth Chart. open.spotify.com/episode/6XT1...

New PRESS BOX: A lot of Democrats are sort of running for president. So @joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked Van Lathan to put together a Democratic Depth Chart. open.spotify.com/episode/6XT1...

New PRESS BOX: @joelanderson.bsky.social and @davidshoemaker.bsky.social and I talked Minnesota. Then we spent a few minutes on the coming evisceration of the Washington Post sports section. open.spotify.com/episode/7kEb...

New PRESS BOX: @joelanderson.bsky.social and @davidshoemaker.bsky.social and I talked Minnesota. Then we spent a few minutes on the coming evisceration of the Washington Post sports section. open.spotify.com/episode/7kEb...

Truman Capote, on the moment he embraced his inner journalist. Our JANUARY ISSUE, In Cold Blood and the Invention of True Crime, is coming Friday. Illo by the great @matt-james.bsky.social

Thank you, Washington Post Opinions

If you're a sportswriter seeking Malcolm Butler this week, you should know that Ringer H'wood Bureau Chief @alansiegella.bsky.social already found him. www.theringer.com/2025/02/05/n...

"Why are they dressed like that?" @captmarkkelly.bsky.social says of ICE agents. Full interview with Kelly here: open.spotify.com/episode/019T...

This Washington Post regime has a knack for doing extremely unpopular things at the last possible moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...

During his face-off with Pete Hegseth, Sen. Mark Kelly mentioned that he'd been shot at while flying combat missions during the first Gulf War. I asked him to describe one such mission. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/019T...

Pod is live! open.spotify.com/episode/019T...

Senator Mark Kelly dropped by Ringer HQ in Los Angeles today to talk about Trump’s Greenland adventure, ICE raids, his own combat missions in Iraq, the future of the Democrats, and 2028 plans. New pod out tonight!

Status reported that Bari Weiss has been making her case to media reporters about the delayed 60 Minutes story. Shouldn't she try winning over the newsroom at CBS first? @joelanderson.bsky.social and I discuss here: open.spotify.com/episode/4CRp...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Greenland "A Piece of Ice, Cold and Poorly-Located" CBS Damage Control A Feisty Bills Press Conference Final Thoughts on the Natty Sideline Reporter for Senate open.spotify.com/episode/4CRp...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Greenland "A Piece of Ice, Cold and Poorly-Located" CBS Damage Control A Feisty Bills Press Conference Final Thoughts on the Natty Sideline Reporter for Senate open.spotify.com/episode/4CRp...

We're at the point in the Greenland news cycle where we should be rediscovering Smilla's Sense of Snow. Old wounds between Greenland and Denmark. The search for rare earth (well, space) minerals in the former. Julia Ormond. cc: The Rewatchables

I asked the New Yorker's Susan Glasser: What's a reasonable criticism of the Democrats in Year 1 of Trump 2? She had several. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/584v...

Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social) once asked Donald Trump why he wanted to acquire Greenland. Here's what he said. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/584v...

Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social) once asked Donald Trump why he wanted to acquire Greenland. Here's what he said. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/584v...