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The Sports Comeback and Covering Portland. Plus, Diane K. Shah on Column Writing
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker assess the professional sports comeback given recent news of players and coaches testing positive for COVID-19 (2:30…
5 years, 8 months ago
2020 Conspiracy Theories, Listener Mail, and Jordan Ritter Conn on 'The Road From Raqqa'
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker break down a few recent conspiracy theories, including QAnon, the Jeffrey Epstein case, and one related to Love Conn…
5 years, 8 months ago
Chris Wallace and How Sportswriting Got Weird. Plus, Chris Mannix on the NBA Bubble
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker dissect the interview Trump had with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, and Wallace's unique position in reporting for '…
5 years, 8 months ago
Sending Kids Back to School and Listener Mail. Plus, Justin Chang on Movie Reviewing Without Theaters
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker dive into the political battle about sending kids back to school in the fall, and what this means for the safety of …
5 years, 9 months ago
Woj-gate and Fauci vs. Trump. Plus: Christopher Buckley on Satire in 2020.
After U.S. Senator Josh Hawley issued a press release about the NBA’s relationship with China, ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski had a few words t…
5 years, 9 months ago
Mary Trump’s Book, That Harper’s Letter, and Listener Mail
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the new book by Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, in which she writes about how her family "created the mos…
5 years, 9 months ago
Trump’s Fox News Campaign, Beat Writing in the Bubble, and Ben Widdicombe on Gossip
Trump gave two speeches during July 4 weekend, and Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss how Trump's reelection campaign and how Fox News is invol…
5 years, 9 months ago
Russian Bounties, Protest Rebrands, and Listener Mail
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker look at the story of Russian intelligence offering bounties to the Taliban for the killing of American troops (01:30…
5 years, 9 months ago
Biden Is Crushing Trump, a Washington Post Controversy, and Listener Mail
A New York Times/Siena poll out Wednesday shows that Biden is ahead of Trump nationally. Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss how the presidentia…
5 years, 9 months ago
Trump in Tulsa, Bubba Wallace, and the Temporary End of the Newsroom
Donald Trump had a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, and the subject was not George Floyd or the coronavirus; Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker b…
5 years, 9 months ago