The Press Box

The Tim Walz Coach Campaign, the Return of the Trump Exposé, and Charles Barkley’s New-Old Job.

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the show by discussing the New York Times story, “Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign (0:43).” Then they discuss the following:

  • Three reasons Tim Walz was selected as Kamala Harris’s running mate (09:00).
  • The Harris-Trump debate is set (20:23)
  • Tim Walz’s couch jokes (23:40)

    • Then in the notebook they discuss the following:

    • Noah Eagle’s impressive performance in the men’s and women’s basketball gold medal games (37:34)
    • Another Charles Barkley update (39:24)
    • A discussion about aggregators (43:50)

      • And then in “Only in Journalism” they discuss Deion Sanders’s reaction to an only-in-journalism word (0:00)

      Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

      Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

      Producer: Brian H. Waters

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