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Editor-at-large of The Ringer Host of the Press Box podcast Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/Yxm9H
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
The American Canto Book Club
ESPN + Lane Kiffin
Who Gets to Complain About Working Holidays?
open.spotify.com/episode/52sF...
Here’s a counterfactual: everything happens the same way but American Canto gets good reviews. Do they still part ways?
05.12.2025 20:33 — 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 8 📌 0Hello Media Consumers:
We're still soliciting entries for our Only in (Podcast) Journalism segment on Monday.
Words or phrases you hear constantly on podcasts but never hear in normal human speech. "A lot to unpack here," etc.
The best entries could receive a Press Box button.
We're on it. Thank you!
05.12.2025 16:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We're on it. Thank you!
05.12.2025 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
The American Canto Book Club
ESPN + Lane Kiffin
Who Gets to Complain About Working Holidays?
open.spotify.com/episode/52sF...
Digging through a random drawer at @oregonian.com and discovered a trove of classic Blazers prints. These are so cool.
04.12.2025 21:10 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1The most unlikely story on David Remnick's author page:
His 1997 New Yorker profile of Howard Stern. It was Tina's idea.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
02.12.2025 21:53 — 👍 914 🔁 158 💬 116 📌 262"That we came from fire and return to fire, that we move forward only because we have learned to tame some fires..."
There are so many sentences in American Canto that sound like they could have been spoken by the soldiers in The Thin Red Line.
How can a 100-year-old magazine compete in the media world of 2025?
Full interview with David Remnick here: open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
The most unlikely story on David Remnick's author page:
His 1997 New Yorker profile of Howard Stern. It was Tina's idea.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
David Remnick wanted to write a profile of LeBron James for the New Yorker.
You'll never believe—I mean, you'll totally believe—what happened next.
Full interview in our December Issue: open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
i wrote about lane kiffin and why that tiger went tiger. www.theringer.com/2025/12/01/c...
01.12.2025 16:10 — 👍 51 🔁 12 💬 5 📌 2
New PRESS BOX is live:
In the December Issue, David and I discussed the past, present, and future of the New Yorker. We made some lists.
Then I interviewed David Remnick about the magazine, Trump, and writing a profile (Profile) of Howard Stern. open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
New PRESS BOX is live:
In the December Issue, David and I discussed the past, present, and future of the New Yorker. We made some lists.
Then I interviewed David Remnick about the magazine, Trump, and writing a profile (Profile) of Howard Stern. open.spotify.com/episode/4imI...
Wait, I thought *she* was doing the Didion thing. www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
01.12.2025 01:52 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
On Monday, the Press Box will release our DECEMBER ISSUE episode. @davidshoemaker.bsky.social and I will talk about The New Yorker's history, review the new NYer Netflix doc, and make some lists (Dept. of Power Rankings?). Then I'll interview editor David Remnick. Mag cover by Shoemaker, natch.
29.11.2025 22:24 — 👍 42 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
On Monday, the Press Box will release our DECEMBER ISSUE episode. @davidshoemaker.bsky.social and I will talk about The New Yorker's history, review the new NYer Netflix doc, and make some lists (Dept. of Power Rankings?). Then I'll interview editor David Remnick. Mag cover by Shoemaker, natch.
29.11.2025 22:24 — 👍 42 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Susan Orlean has written some great, sparkling magazine stories for The New Yorker.
She was also an extra in "The Deer Hunter."
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
Unexpectedly thankful for George Pickens.
27.11.2025 21:18 — 👍 36 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Some younger fans known Ahmad Rashad as Michael Jordan's pal in The Last Dance.
Bob Costas on Ahmad the football announcer:
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
Haha, for three adults and two kids (and there were leftovers).
27.11.2025 01:46 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Touchdown.
27.11.2025 01:41 — 👍 89 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0
Checked my mom’s fridge and found that the Ken Griffey bars I put there 36 years ago.
Not a joke, folks, as Biden used to say.
Our Thanksgiving barbecue tour continues apace…
26.11.2025 17:09 — 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.
Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.
Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.
Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.
Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.
Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.
Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
The viewership for Chiefs-Cowboys will have no effect on your life.
25.11.2025 21:42 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
