The Press Box The Ringer

Hello media consumers! We close out a busy week with two appearances! First, Howard Beck joins Bryan to discuss the NBA finalizing the rights deal (1:20), what is intriguing about NBC and Amazon’s coverage (9:30), and the NBA going back to broadcast television (18:00).

Then, Sheil Kapadia joins to discuss whether or not Charles Barkley would work with his ‘Inside the NBA’ teammates elsewhere (21:51), thoughts on ESPN’s number one announce team (25:23), ESPN’s ‘Up for Debate’ docuseries (36:55), and more.

Host: Bryan Curtis
Guests: Howard Beck and Sheil Kapadia
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Last week, Bryan went to the Santa Fe International Literary Festival and was able to speak with Patrick Radden Keefe. They discussed a few things about Patrick’s career, including:

How Patrick discovered magazines in junior high school and what stood out about them (2:21)

How he pitches a story to The New Yorker today (12:20)

His attraction to crime stories (17:19)

Whether there are too many crime stories in the era of Netflix (25:07)

Write-arounds and no-access journalism (31:20)


Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Hello, media consumers! David kicks off the show with a fun story for you (0:40), then he and Bryan get into NBA playoff talk with the following:

How much does sports media know about Minnesota (7:05)

Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns's reactions to being told they are supposed to lose (12:25)

Stephen A. Smith and ESPN’s love for the New York Knicks (15:01)


Later in the Notebook Dump they discuss:

Scarlett Johansson’s voice being used for AI (26:42)

Netflix and the NFL (31:00)

Cam’ron’s appearance on CNN with Abby Phillip (38:05)


Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.
Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Hello media consumers! On the Final Edition, Bryan is joined by Max Tani, media editor at Semafor, to discuss the following:

Biden and Trump agree to two presidential debates on CNN and ABC (01:33)

What to make of the NBA media rights negotiations (19:13)

JJ Redick: podcaster and coach? (28:20)

The succession plan for The New Yorker’s next editor (35:31)

Joe Kahn and the young reporters at NYT (44:23)

Covering the media beat (48:15)

Then, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.
Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Max Tani
Producer: Eduardo Ocampo
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Hello media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the week by checking in on the Trump trial and discussing how we have been getting updates without it being televised, including real-time updates from the New York Times (0:21). They then get into a few things from NBA playoff weekend, including the following:

Shaq telling Nikola Jokic that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deserves to be NBA MVP (7:51)

Some very interesting sounds during Luka Doncic’s press conference (10:41)

How do NBA analysts judge teams when they keep getting blown out (12:47)

JJ Redick's intrigue over the Lakers’ coaching vacancy and whether or not he would still keep his podcast (24:22)


Later, in the Notebook Dump, they discuss the 25th anniversary of ‘Phantom Menace’ and how it changed media (35:12). 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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Hello media consumers! On the Final Edition, Bryan is joined by Julia Turner—one of the hosts of Slate's Culture Gabfest! They get into the following topics:

Jack Shafer’s story in Politico about “journalistic swagger” (1:20).

Ben Smith of Semafor’s interview with New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn regarding the 2024 election (20:26)

The Apple ad about the new thin iPad (32:56)

An ‘Office’ spinoff, but for a newspaper company (35:26)

Reggie Miller has learned something from Bryan and other podcasters (40:00)

Kyle Chayka's, of The New Yorker, story: "The Revenge of the Home Page" (42:59)

Then, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Julia Turner
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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