The day @macfarlanenews.bsky.social figured out that network news wasn't delivering the news in a way a lot of people wanted.
Full interview with me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...
In 2024, when Scott MacFarlane worked for CBS News, he covered Donald Trump's rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
@joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked him what he remembered about that day.
Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
Rueben Bain's Measurables
The Humiliations of JD Vance
NY Mag for Sale
Masters Clean Up
PLUS: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on life after CBS News
open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...
When we were talking about insiders this week, @joelanderson.bsky.social told us about the time that BuzzFeed got interested in hiring Woj.
Full pod: open.spotify.com/episode/1L15...
New PRESS BOX w/ @noraprinciotti.bsky.social + @joelanderson.bsky.social:
Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic:
open.spotify.com/episode/1L15...
Mel Kiper has covered the NFL Draft for ESPN since he was 23 years old.
@joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked him to make his all-prospect team.
Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/1EQj...
Follow the Press Box on Instagram to see Shoemaker’s covers, clips from the show, and valuable used bookstore finds. www.instagram.com/pressboxring...
The APRIL ISSUE:
Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men.
We talked about how movie plays in the age of a downsized Washington Post. open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...
New PRESS BOX:
Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men. open.spotify.com/episode/3Dka...
Senator Chris Murphy dropped by Ringer HQ today to talk about Iran, breaking up Paramount, prediction markets, 2028, Robert Caro, and Andor.
New pod up tonight!
NEW @thepressbox.bsky.social:
The Jay-Z interview in @gqmagazine.bsky.social.
Is podcasting rotting sportswriter's brains? via @kendallbaker.bsky.social.
SAS vs. Whitlock.
McAfee vs. Orlovsky on Fernando vs Ty.
And @bryancurtis.bsky.social' fave Hov album.
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0v1d...
@thepressbox.bsky.social @bryancurtis.bsky.social this paragraph in Robert Mueller’s obit feels like only in journalism teach tape www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...
Absolutely.
We have entered an experimental era of Press Box, where we're mostly making "art films."
Actually, there was a small glitch during the upload last night. Reload the pod and you'll hear both Bryan and David. Or don't and enjoy the trip.
What happens when legions of reporters are calling Donald Trump's cellphone?
The new episode of the Press Box is right here: open.spotify.com/episode/4vWF...
New PRESS BOX:
The Mystery of Trump's Cellphone
What JD Vance Really Thinks
Washington's Newspaper War
Our Shoplifting Crisis
Tales from Covering the Hill w/ the NY Times' Carl Hulse
open.spotify.com/episode/4vWF...
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
Pete Hegseth's PR War
NFL + Thanksgiving
Schefty + Rap Sheet
J School
10 Years of Spotlight + the End of the Heroic Journalist
open.spotify.com/episode/7wRP...
"Write what you see, brother."
Covering the Lakers beat meant translating Shaq's subtweets. They were often about Kobe.
Full interview w/ @howardbeck.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/7h3a...
When Lakers beat writers covered Shaquille O'Neal, @howardbeck.bsky.social says, Shaq might pick them and carry them around the locker room.
Howard's Tales from the Locker Room is here: open.spotify.com/episode/7h3a...
New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:
Trump's Iran Head Fakes
Another CBS Defection
Judy Blume
Stephen A Not For President
Plus: @howardbeck.bsky.social's Tales from the Lakers Locker Room. Great stories about covering Kobe, Shaq, Phil Jackson, and more.
open.spotify.com/episode/7h3a...
@thepressbox.bsky.social Tremendous OIJ word to cap off this paragraph:
Thank you!
Need official word from @thepressbox.bsky.social re: adjective changes once an embattled person is let go. I know "former" works, but can we use "defeated," too?
@thepressbox.bsky.social Couldn't help but point out this only in journalism word. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
We asked @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social:
What goes through your mind when you see these three reporters lurking in the Capitol hallways?
Manu Raju
Jake Sherman
Chad Pergram
Full interview with me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0DLu...
Hakeem Jeffries on Paramount-WBD:
"I'm not sure that the merger should even be allowed... Let's not assume this is a done deal. We should be all hands on deck, ten toes down to try to stop it from happening."
Full pod w/ me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/0DLu...
New PRESS BOX:
@joelanderson.bsky.social and I interviewed @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social about Iran, Epstein, the Democrats' bumper-sticker message for 2026, Paramount-WBD, and much more. open.spotify.com/episode/0DLu...
Wolf Blitzer—and Monica Lewinsky's lawyer—had to outwit the paparazzi. Here's how they did it.
Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/5LlG...
