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New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: Bari Weiss's First Day at CBS Mark Sanchez Reporting People Doesn't Trust the Media. Now What? Football Audio Chris Berman America's Softest Target open.spotify.com/episode/2C1W...

Our first Jolabokaflod gift of the year comes from listener Jeremy Da Rosa, who sent us a copy of The Left Handed Dictionary. It includes an excellent definition of an Only in Journalism classic: “conflagration.” Thanks, Jeremy!

Can ESPN’s Paul Finebaum matriculate to the U.S. Senate? And what would a GOP primary do to the tao of Paul? We discuss on a new episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: The Ezra Klein-Ta-Nehisi Coates Showdown Can Paul Finebaum Go to Washington? The Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales J School A Peacetime Visit to Cracker Barrel open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

Nodding... via @markmoseley.bsky.social

Karl Ravech just went there!

New pod w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates Senator Paul Finebaum (R-AL) The Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales J School A Peacetime Visit to Cracker Barrel open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

Overall trust in #media continues to slide in US, dipping below 30% in recent poll. More telling is the ideological divide: 8% for Republicans and 51% for Democrats. I grapple to contemplate what this looks like for the US in 10 years. @thepressbox.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Can journalism school replace the apprenticeship reporters used to have with a cigar-chomping city editor? @joelanderson.bsky.social’s full interview with Columbia’s @jelaniya.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

Hello media consumers: @joelanderson.bsky.social and @bryancurtis.bsky.social are back THURSDAY to talk about the Klein/Coates pod, Paul Finebaum for Senate, and *much* more. Join us.

@thepressbox.bsky.social "Excoriate" an only in journalism word?

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social A 25 for 25 double feature: @jelaniya.bsky.social on the Future of Journalism School @edsbs.bsky.social on the Weird Internet open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

New PRESS BOX: A Report from Cowboys Packers w/ an assist from @bobbybelttx.bsky.social Rise of the Bernie Bios How the Celebrity Interview Sausage Gets Made Golf Twitter's Finest Moment Texas Barbecue Notes open.spotify.com/episode/18hx...

@thepressbox.bsky.social A rare case of "Now they don't tell us, because they're also all stumped". www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: A Report From the Cowboys-Packers Game Bernie Bios Ryder Cup + Golf Twitter How the Celebrity Interview Sausage Gets Made BBQ Notes from Texas open.spotify.com/episode/18hx...

New column from me: I went to the Cowboys-Packers tie last night and wrote about what revenge games are really about. www.theringer.com/2025/09/29/n...

@thepressbox.bsky.social Listening to the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast this morning and we have another submission for media piss test.

Nodding... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We live in an age of X’s and O’s. How much schematic football does a play-by-play announcer need to know? Full interview with Noah Eagle here: open.spotify.com/episode/5UGq...

It's one of the funniest parts of the SEO Era. This one is at least fairly interesting. We usually get something like. "'It Was a Great Game': An Oral History of..."

What do we think of the burgeoning (only in journalism) pull-quote headline? And is it really burgeoning, or is it actually inveterate?! @thepressbox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Jimmy Kimmel's Return The Barstool-Fox College Football Experiment Kamala Harris's Book Tour Plus: NOAH EAGLE on Oregon-Penn State, LeBron's draft suit, and how much football an announcer should know. open.spotify.com/episode/5UGq...

@thepressbox.bsky.social @bryancurtis.bsky.social this implies there was an actual period of silence at any point prior

Sliding Doors Metaphors alert! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/a...

ATTN: @thepressbox.bsky.social , not a pun but DEFINATELY a thing: www.vox.com/culture/4621...

New PRESS BOX pod: More on Jimmy Kimmel Olivia Nuzzi's Return Weekend Football Audio New Rules of the Pentagon They're Running: Andy Beshear Edition open.spotify.com/episode/6hLc...

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: More on Jimmy Kimmel Olivia Nuzzi's Return Weekend Football Audio New Rules of the Pentagon They're Running: Andy Beshear Edition open.spotify.com/episode/6hLc...

Hello media consumers: David and Bryan are back MONDAY to talk about the Jimmy Kimmel affair, Olivia Nuzzi's return, and *much* more. Join us.

@thepressbox.bsky.social With Redford and All the President's Men in the news. Can't forget the Committee to Re-Elect the President for the tortured acronyms: CREEP

Talking about what I really wasn’t looking forward to talking about with my guy @bryancurtis.bsky.social for @thepressbox.bsky.social.

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Jimmy Kimmel What Sort of Media Do We Want to Have? Molly Qerim How Robert Redford Rewrote All the President's Men Plus: @ivan-maisel.bsky.social on his new book and the cult of the college football coach. open.spotify.com/episode/7cc4...

Only in Journalism: "flashpoint"

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Jimmy Kimmel Karen Attiah Molly Qerim/First Take How Robert Redford Top-Edited All the President's Men Plus: @ivan-maisel.bsky.social on Frank Leahy and the cult of the college football coach open.spotify.com/episode/7cc4...

The Bob Woodward/All the President's Men story on today's pod comes from Max Holland's excellent book "Leak." open.spotify.com/episode/7cc4...

Hello media consumers: Joel and Bryan are back tomorrow. There's a lot to talk about. Join us.

Some nice only in journalism words and a story i will skip @thepressbox.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

@thepressbox.bsky.social Is there a word (not quite the same as "evergreen") for a column that feels like it could have been written at any point in history?

New shipment just came in. You know what to do.

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: Our Broken Media The Healing Power of Football Replay Reviews for Everyone Plus: Breaker's LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT on Puck/Air Mail, Bari/CBS, and Murdoch Succession. open.spotify.com/episode/3FZL...

On today's Bill Simmons pod, Bill mentioned that he met Bryan 20 years ago when Bryan wrote a column about him. For those curious, here it is: slate.com/news-and-pol...

It’s inevitable if it hasn’t happened already: People will call for JJ Watt to replace Tony Romo. Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/7JmO...

New PRESS BOX: Week 1 Audio What Players Mean When They Say "Non-Player" The New CBS News Tom Brady Year 2 "The Paper"—and How the Media Became Synonymous with Professional Sadness open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: NFL Opening Weekend —audio —players vs. non-players —Tom Brady Year 2 Plus: The CBS News Spiritual Advisor Our Review of “The Paper” open.spotify.com/episode/7JmO...

@thepressbox.bsky.social ngl had to look up "paean" -"...bringing two of his group’s most popular restaurants to the States: Ambassadors Clubhouse, a full-throated paean to Punjabi food,..." #only in journalism etc www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/d...

Hello media consumers: David and Bryan are back TODAY to talk about CBS News/Bari Weiss, the NFL's opening weekend, and the new sitcom, The Paper. Join us. And send an Overworked Twitter Joke if you have one.

When you play football, you get feedback. When you talk about it, you don’t. @joelanderson.bsky.social talked to Domonique Foxworth about this and much more. open.spotify.com/episode/6DT6...