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The Ringer

The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker and Joel Anderson catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between.

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1,330 episodes

  1. Haley Stevens Turns Heel in Michigan. Plus, Our Midterms Picks! 1:02:14
  2. Why We’ll Miss Ernie Johnson. Plus, What's Pat McAfee Upset About Now? 55:05
  3. How To Write A Detective Novel with Michael Connelly and Chris Ryan 1:17:28
  4. Joel’s Official Election Predictions. Plus: Farewell, to an NFL TV Glue Guy 55:24
  5. Will Troy Aikman Have a TV Job Next Year? Plus, Election Madness in Ohio. 52:36
  6. The Times Reopens the O.J. Simpson Case. Plus, the Horror of a 24-Team College Football Playoff. 58:14
  7. Is the Troy Aikman Era Over at ESPN? Plus: Peter King on 40 Years on the NFL Beat. 1:39:08
  8. The Democratic Senate Race Confidence Rankings. Plus, ESPN’s Nick Saban Doc! 1:01:36
  9. Can CNN Survive the Paramount Merger? Plus: The Next Host of ‘Inside the NBA.’ 49:37
  10. A Weekend of Wild Senate Polls and Nearly Dropped Children. Plus, Gina Hinojosa on How Democrats Can Win Texas. 1:03:52
  11. Tony Romo Changed Sports Television. Now He’s out of a Job. 50:34
  12. What Happened Between Troy Aikman and ESPN? Plus, a Senator's Hawk-Sized Airball. 1:06:46
  13. Here Comes the Democrats’ Blue Wave. Plus, the New Dennis Miller ‘Monday Night Football’ Doc! 1:08:26
  14. The September Issue: ‘Primetime’ and the Age of ‘To Catch a Predator.’ Plus: The Latest on the Trump Ban! 51:55
  15. What Happens to CNN Now? Plus: Fighting Back Against Trump’s Media Ban 1:07:37
  16. You Are Cordially Invited to Cover Don Jr.’s Wedding. Plus, an NBA Roundtable With Howard Beck and Logan Murdock! 2:00:27
  17. The Weekend Reaction Pod: Bryan in Austin, Bad Omens for Tony Romo, and the Season Premiere of ‘60 Minutes’ 1:08:41
  18. What’s Bari Weiss Going to Do to ‘60 Minutes’? Plus: Fox’s Joe Davis! 1:52:52
  19. The Only NFL Preview You Need to Listen To. Plus: ESPN’s Seth Wickersham! 1:45:26
  20. The Clippers-Pablo-NBA Megapod With Jason Concepcion 1:03:13
  21. Do Democrats Have to Answer for Hasan Piker? Plus: What Is Jasmine Crockett Doing? 1:07:03
  22. The August Issue: How Do We Talk About College Football Now? 1:32:27
  23. Kirk Herbstreit Got Hired by 'College GameDay' 30 (!) Years Ago. Here’s What Year One Was Like. 43:59
  24. How ‘Tony’ Turned Anthony Bourdain Into a Movie Star. Plus: The Latest on the Paramount Negotiations. 1:06:13
  25. Jon Ossoff Gave Us Permission to Record a Natalie Harp Podcast. Plus: CNN’s Elex Michaelson! 1:32:14
  26. Why Pat McAfee Went Unplugged. Plus: Jon Ossoff Breaks the Natalie Harp Fourth Wall. 1:05:35
  27. Senator Adam Schiff on the Democrats’ Direction, Election Day Nightmares, Data Centers, and JD Vance 52:11
  28. The Fallout from This Week’s Primaries. Plus: Joel Has Thoughts on "Woke 1". 58:22
  29. AOC, Francesca Hong, and the Battle for the Democratic Party. Plus: Stephen A. Smith, Journalist? 1:02:09
  30. Jason Concepcion on the Right-Wing Media Slump, David Ellison’s Pitch for Owning CNN, and Portland vs. the Blazers’ New Owner 58:56
  31. Abdul El-Sayed Wins the Michigan Democratic Senate Primary 48:39
  32. CBS's Big Tony Romo Decision and ESPN's Anti-Debate Pivot. Plus: The New Yorker's Hua Hsu on the Lost World of Magazines. 1:12:53
  33. Mark Guiducci Grew Up Reading Vanity Fair. Now, He's Running the Place. 56:35
  34. Governor Tim Walz on the Democrats’ Midterm Momentum, the Danger of Prediction Markets, and Replaying His Debate With JD Vance. Plus: Thoughts on Bari Weiss’s New ‘60 Minutes’ Cast. 49:02
  35. The Democrats Picked Their 2028 Primary Calendar. Which Contender Benefits? Plus: Our July Issue Grapples With Hulk Hogan. 2:01:51
  36. Senator Elissa Slotkin on the Democrats, the Mideast, and Election Security. Plus: Why Were the ESPN Layoffs So Messy? 1:05:26
  37. MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle on Trump’s Billions, the Biggest Issues of the Midterms, and Moving From the Business World to Cable News 53:42
  38. What Do the ESPN Layoffs Tell Us About ESPN’s Future? Plus: Trump vs. The New York Times, Tom Brady and WWE, and Bryan’s Broadway Notes. 1:15:11
  39. Bomani Jones on Our Post-Literate Society, Who to Root for in the World Cup, the LeBron-Industrial Complex, and Jay-Z (Again) 1:16:41
  40. The Mitch McConnell Photo and the ‘Death’ of Reading. Plus: Comics Legend Frank Miller! 1:35:36
  41. The End of the Platner Campaign, Where's Mitch McConnell, and the Future of Youth Sports in America. 54:43
  42. The New Yorker’s Richard Brody on Movie Critics, the Complaints About Hollywood, and the Future of the Written Review. Plus, His Five Politically-Relevant Summer Movies. 52:30
  43. The American Men's Soccer Bust, Graham Platner’s Media Refuge, and the Return of LeBron’s Free Agent Spotlight 53:21
  44. Why Democrats Fell in Love With Jon Ossoff. Plus: NPR’s Supreme Court Botch, and The Athletic Vs. The New York Times. 1:18:21
  45. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on His Party’s Path, JD Vance’s Lectures, and Life as a Point Guard 46:53
  46. The June Issue: LeBron’s Final Decision With Brian Windhorst 1:09:50
  47. Nuggets From the Haberman-Swan Trump Book, the Best Announcer at the World Cup, and a Mark Singer Syllabus 1:04:27
  48. The Mysterious Iran Deal and the World Cup Announcer Nobody Likes. Plus: Joe Biden’s Comeback With New York Magazine’s Ben Terris. 1:13:41
  49. World Cup Takes and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party. Plus, Peter Kafka on Fox and Roku. 1:15:07
  50. ESPN’s Game 4 Flop, Trump’s Epstein Strategy, and Everyone’s Favorite World Cup Fan. Plus: Semafor’s Dave Weigel! 1:41:48