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...
New PRESS BOX pod:
I went to CNN's Washington headquarters and interviewed Wolf Blitzer about five big stories he covered: the Gulf War, Clinton-Lewinsky, 9/11, and Obama and Trump's first campaigns for the presidency.
There are lots of stories.
open.spotify.com/episode/5LlG...
New PRESS BOX:
Iran
Paramount + CNN
Paramount + Sports
A Report From Capitol Hill w/ @kaine.senate.gov
open.spotify.com/episode/6Bxz...
I watched Oliver Stone's JFK so many times that I took my wife to visit David Ferrie's grave in New Orleans.
More in our Kennedys podcast right here: open.spotify.com/episode/7117...
Can I get a pronunciation on the last name?
We will allow it!
@thepressbox.bsky.social this is a great primer for only in world football / soccer media dispute words
www.nytimes.com/athletic/707...
@thepressbox.bsky.social @rollingstone.com with a big ole Media Piss Test
New PRESS BOX:
For our February Issue, the great @akdobbins.bsky.social and I reviewed the Ryan Murphy/JFK Jr. series and talked about why the Kennedy Dynasty will never end.
Cover, as always, by @davidshoemaker.bsky.social.
open.spotify.com/episode/7117...
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social + @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:
SOTU
Kash Patel + Hockey
The Andrew Photo
Savannah Guthrie
A Few Words About Joey Knight
Your Listener Mail
open.spotify.com/episode/1uXJ...
This is today! Get your questions in...
When college basketball coaches go low, should we go high?
Me and @joelanderson.bsky.social on the Mick Cronin Affair.
Full pod here: open.spotify.com/episode/0EFv...
Hello media consumers:
We've got a three-man pod with @bryancurtis.bsky.social, @joelanderson.bsky.social, and @davidshoemaker.bsky.social coming this week.
We need your questions.
Send 'em to pressboxringer @ gmail dot com.
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
Jesse Jackson's Legacy
...and the Story of WaPo's Milton Coleman
Updates on the Atlantic, Colbert, and Not-Prince Andrew
When Basketball Coaches Attack
open.spotify.com/episode/0EFv...
You're a Warriors beat writer.
What do you do when Boogie Cousins doesn't like your story?
Full interview with @loganmmurdock.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Kn6... @joelanderson.bsky.social
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:
Nancy Guthrie
Joel's Olympic Takes
How to (or Can We) Fix the NBA
PLUS: @loganmmurdock.bsky.social's Tales from the Warriors Locker Room
open.spotify.com/episode/5Kn6...
It's feels cathartic to be mad at the Democrats.
I asked the Bulwark's Tim Miller: What exactly should people be mad at the Democrats for?
Full interview with Miller here: open.spotify.com/episode/55G4...
How Jon Stewart parachuted into CNN, humiliated Tucker Carlson, and helped inspire the creation of YouTube.
Full interview with Jason Zengerle here: open.spotify.com/episode/695j...
New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:
Super Bowl Breakdown
Farewell, Will Lewis
Savannah Guthrie
Do You Believe in Mixed Doubles Curling?
Plus: JASON ZENGERLE on the long, strange trip of Tucker Carlson.
open.spotify.com/episode/695j...
New PRESS BOX w/ the Bulwark's Tim Miller:
How Trump Changed Pop Culture
JD Vance's Superpower
The Shitposting Era of American Politics
How to Be Mad at the Democrats
What Bezos Still Wants w/ the Post
+ much more
open.spotify.com/episode/55G4...
Nodding at Rolling Stone...
h/t Paul Feinberg
