Bryan Curtis
@bryancurtis.bsky.social
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Editor-at-large of The Ringer Host of the Press Box podcast Mailing list:
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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...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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Repeat until 2028: Stephen A has *every* incentive to tease a presidential run and *zero* incentives to rule one out.
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New PRESS BOX w/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
: Nancy Guthrie Joel's Olympic Takes How to (or Can We) Fix the NBA PLUS:
@loganmmurdock.bsky.social
's Tales from the Warriors Locker Room
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Why the Nancy Guthrie Case Captivates America, Joel’s Winter Olympics Takes, and Tales From an NBA Locker Room With Logan Murdock
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Kn6wOv0tAG916cRzlL1w9
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You're a Warriors beat writer. How do you ask Steph Curry if you can get his number? Full interview with
@loganmmurdock.bsky.social
here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Kn6...
@joelanderson.bsky.social
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about 8 hours ago
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This is about as good as you can do with a headline about cobalt.
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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.
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A Super Bowl Review, the Will Lewis Era Ends With a Thud, and the Long, Strange Journey of Tucker Carlson.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/695jl1xNkCr8UTtN24l6bq
2 days ago
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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:
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How Jon Stewart parachuted into CNN, humiliated Tucker Carlson, and helped inspire the creation of YouTube. Full interview with Jason Zengerle here:
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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.
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A Super Bowl Review, the Will Lewis Era Ends With a Thud, and the Long, Strange Journey of Tucker Carlson.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/695jl1xNkCr8UTtN24l6bq
2 days ago
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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
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The Bulwark's Tim Miller on What Can Stop Trump, JD Vance's Superpower, the Epstein Files Fallout, and More
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/55G4zyZdvZaHTqynqaZrcl
3 days ago
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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
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The Bulwark's Tim Miller on What Can Stop Trump, JD Vance's Superpower, the Epstein Files Fallout, and More
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/55G4zyZdvZaHTqynqaZrcl
3 days ago
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The Bulwark’s Tim Miller stopped by Ringer HQ to talk about the Patriots’ left tackle…I mean politics. New pod out tonight!
4 days ago
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Nancy Guthrie’s Abduction Set Off a Storm. This Sheriff Is Riding It Out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Nancy Guthrie’s Abduction Set Off a Storm. This Sheriff Is Riding It Out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/nancy-guthrie-pima-county-sheriff-chris-nanos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.kxJM.rjZo7jCSMhhS&smid=url-share
4 days ago
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"It is a decent pixelated hagiography...an endless sunny cutscene, inoffensive but interminable."
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Super Nintendo — the Japanese gaming company that became a global giant
Keza MacDonald is enthusiastic about the creator of ‘Super Mario’, but omits some of the friction on which games thrive
https://www.ft.com/content/b120bf2f-b491-488e-86f1-0da9f1ad1dbf
4 days ago
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We are going all-in on hometowns tonight.
5 days ago
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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:
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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
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More on the Washington Post Bloodbath, Don Lemon’s Arrest, and the ESPN-NFL Deal
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/06Lj1mq20r3dqUPpskBQFF
7 days ago
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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
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More on the Washington Post Bloodbath, Don Lemon’s Arrest, and the ESPN-NFL Deal
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/06Lj1mq20r3dqUPpskBQFF
7 days ago
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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...
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7 days ago
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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.”
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Gov. Wes Moore said the Maryland state flag is a 'contradiction.’ Would he change it?
The Maryland state flag – a symbol of pride, identity, and fierce loyalty for many residents – has become the subject of renewed political scrutiny in Annapolis
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/gov-moore-said-the-maryland-state-flag-is-a-contradiction-would-he-change-it
8 days ago
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Today is the 15th anniversary of "What time is the Super Bowl?"
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?'
The story behind "the most legendary act of SEO trolling ever"
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/
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WaPo editor Will Lewis spotted on NFL red carpet day after killing paper’s sports desk
awfulannouncing.com/newspapers/w...
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WaPo editor Will Lewis spotted on NFL red carpet day after killing paper's sports desk
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis appeared on the NFL Honors red carpet one day after laying off one-third of his paper.
https://awfulannouncing.com/newspapers/will-lewis-nfl-red-carpet-washington-post-sports-layoffs.html
8 days ago
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New PRESS BOX w/
@davidshoemaker.bsky.social
: They Tore the Heart Out of the Washington Post
open.spotify.com/episode/54mv...
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Ann Marie Lipinski
9 days ago
“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
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The Press Box
Sports Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker and Joel Anderson catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-press-box/id1058911614?i=1000748288912
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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...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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Bryan Curtis
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...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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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...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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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.
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The Super Bowl of Super Bowl Story Lines With Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HDk9FmEFEnJlrr6TmTZbZ
10 days ago
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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.
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The Super Bowl of Super Bowl Story Lines With Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HDk9FmEFEnJlrr6TmTZbZ
10 days ago
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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:
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13 days ago
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"Hamnet is Meghan Markle-like in its power to unhinge the otherwise calm and well-adjusted."
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The Hamnet wars
The cynics are wrong about a film that will outlast our era
https://www.ft.com/content/bcf99216-d61f-4dbd-86f3-fa9be33edaf8
13 days ago
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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...
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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...
14 days ago
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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.
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Gov. Wes Moore on ICE and Minneapolis, Democrats in 2026, the Next Black President, Jay-Z Power Rankings, and the End of the John Harbaugh Era.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/0akuUUtzCFFFC8qvz6GcwC
16 days ago
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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.
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Gov. Wes Moore on ICE and Minneapolis, Democrats in 2026, the Next Black President, Jay-Z Power Rankings, and the End of the John Harbaugh Era.
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0akuUUtzCFFFC8qvz6GcwC
16 days ago
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Bryan Curtis
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...
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The Democratic Depth Chart with Van Lathan
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XT1ILDeHq9oiDxrfWZ9K2
16 days ago
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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...
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The Democratic Depth Chart with Van Lathan
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XT1ILDeHq9oiDxrfWZ9K2
16 days ago
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Bryan Curtis
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.
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Another Killing in Minneapolis and the Dismantling of The Washington Post
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kEbfH613Z44qfQtSWvDKZ?si=SIEldOYfSaaculg2_0p08A
17 days ago
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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...
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Another Killing in Minneapolis and the Dismantling of The Washington Post
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kEbfH613Z44qfQtSWvDKZ?si=SIEldOYfSaaculg2_0p08A
17 days ago
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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
17 days ago
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Thank you, Washington Post Opinions
18 days ago
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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...
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The Pick Heard Round the World
Ten years ago, the Super Bowl ended in the most unlikely of ways thanks to the most unlikely of players. For Malcolm Butler, that was just the beginning of a roller-coaster career.
https://www.theringer.com/2025/02/05/nfl/malcolm-butler-interception-new-england-patriots-super-bowl-benching
18 days ago
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"Why are they dressed like that?"
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
says of ICE agents. Full interview with Kelly here:
open.spotify.com/episode/019T...
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20 days ago
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This Washington Post regime has a knack for doing extremely unpopular things at the last possible moment.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
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Washington Post Tears Up Plans to Cover Winter Olympics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/business/media/washington-post-winter-olympics.html
20 days ago
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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:
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20 days ago
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Pod is live!
open.spotify.com/episode/019T...
add a skeleton here at some point
21 days ago
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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!
21 days ago
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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...
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22 days ago
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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
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Trump’s Greenland Crisis, a Sideline Reporter Runs for Senate, and Some Final Thoughts on the National Championship
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CRpoTzQsIg9VFdGejXu55
22 days ago
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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...
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Trump’s Greenland Crisis, a Sideline Reporter Runs for Senate, and Some Final Thoughts on the National Championship
Spotify video
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CRpoTzQsIg9VFdGejXu55
22 days ago
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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
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