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The Press Box
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The Ringer's media podcast—on steroids

Hosts: Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker, Joel Anderson

Production magic: Bruce Baldwin
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Early Monday morning, Bryan *and* Joel *and* David will bring you the Year in Media.

Join us.

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Over on Instagram, you can find some of the sources for our JANUARY ISSUE, In Cold Blood and the Invention of True Crime. www.instagram.com/p/DTBO6xMEmW...
January 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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New PRESS BOX:

@joelanderson.bsky.social and I recorded a mailbag episode, considering weighty matters like 2025's most over-covered story, publications we'd bring back from the dead, and people we've met in barbecue lines.
open.spotify.com/episode/3U8F...
The Holiday Mailbag Episode
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social has "trove" made the only in journalism list yet? Or was it redacted?
Merry Christmas, guys!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I expect you’ve seen this, but just in case …

www.ft.com/content/cc77...
I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done
Chloe Fox shares the hopes and heartache of fulfilling a life-long dream
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fantastic! We (Bryan, that is) did the same thing. It makes the whole season 20 percent more fun.
Thanks to the pod. We decided to do a family Jolabokaflod on Christmas Eve Eve. I would call it a huge success. Kids both finished their graphic novels. They already decided next year we should have a secret Santa jolabokaflod
December 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Follow us on Instagram to see all our Jolabokaflod gifts and other fun stuff. www.instagram.com/p/DSbIS1tkkb...
December 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Jolabokaflod off to a good start
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Let's all go to Fort Worth to celebrate Jolabokaflod with the Silent Book Club!

Btw, society needs more silent book clubs.
December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social this one wrote itself
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Our Year in Media Podcast is live!

Trump, Bari, Pablo, Stephen A, Nuzzi, Kimmel—the gang's all here.
open.spotify.com/episode/4alz...
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Early Monday morning, Bryan *and* Joel *and* David will bring you the Year in Media.

Join us.

@joelanderson.bsky.social @davidshoemaker.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social Happy Jolabokaflod to me
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Why did Susie Wiles let 'er rip in Vanity Fair?

@joelanderson.bsky.social and I discuss on a new Press Box: open.spotify.com/episode/5eGg...
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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@joelanderson.bsky.social @thepressbox.bsky.social @bryancurtis.bsky.social suggest pointing your listeners to bookshop.org - still convenient online purchasing but the orders are fulfilled by independent bookstores!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
bookshop.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Jolabokaflod
Trump's Christmas Message
More Susie Wiles
Sherrone Moore
The Parable of Mark Kelly and Pete Hegseth
YouTube + the Oscars
open.spotify.com/episode/5eGg...
More Susie Wiles Fallout, YouTube and the Oscars, and Another Round of Jolabokaflod
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Press Box rundown 12/18/25
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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What do you make of the reaction to Donald Trump's wretched Rob Reiner post?

@davidshoemaker.bsky.social and I discuss.

Full pod: open.spotify.com/episode/04o8...
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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one of the best interviews of the year. this line really stands out.

"If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?"
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
The Vanity Fair photographer who disrupted Trumpworld’s polished image
Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump’s team at the White House for Vanity Fair, defends his unvarnished — and extreme — close-ups.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Only in media word "sangfroid" by @norlander.bsky.social reaching into his bag bsky.app/profile/norl...
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Let's all go to Chapters Books in Seward, Nebraska, to celebrate Iceland's (and America's) greatest holiday.
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The rise of JJ Watt proves one thing:

We need more ex-linemen calling games.

Full pod here: open.spotify.com/episode/04o8...
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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ONLY IN PODCASTING

Phrases you hear from your favorite host (coughs loudly) but never hear in normal human speech.

More of 'em here: open.spotify.com/episode/04o8...
December 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The magnificent hair of Fox News's John (née JD) Roberts during his music television period, as discussed on our new episode. open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM