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The Press Box

2020 Conspiracy Theories, Listener Mail, and Jordan Ritter Conn on 'The Road From Raqqa'

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker break down a few recent conspiracy theories, including QAnon, the Jeffrey Epstein case, and one related to Love Connection host Chuck Woolery (1:10). Next, on Listener Mail, they answer the question “What happens when you dream about 'The Press Box'?” (16:50). Then, Ringer staff writer Jordan Ritter Conn joins to discuss his new book, The Road From Raqqa (31:30). Plus: The Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network, it's Liz Kelly. This week we launched a new show on the

0:04.5

network called the Ringer Fantasy Football Show. Coming from the guys who brought you the

0:08.8

Danisee Football Podcast, Danny Hyffitz, Danny Kelly and Craig Coralbeck will guide you through

0:13.2

the fantasy football season, providing analysis on big picture conversations like weekly matchups,

0:18.7

trades and daily fantasy. The show will run every Monday and Wednesday throughout the rest of the

0:23.1

summer and we'll be helping you through the regular season as well. So follow and listen to the

0:27.3

first episode of the Ringer Fantasy Football Podcast out now for free on Spotify.

0:42.8

Hello media consumers, you've got the press box Brian Curtis and David Schumaker of the Ringer

0:47.8

here. We got a lot of great stuff for you today. We'll answer a mega dose of listener mail,

0:53.6

including the question, what happens when you dream about the press box? We'll be joined by one of

0:58.6

our favorite Ringer teammates, Jordan Ritter Khan, who will tell us about his new book and reporting

1:03.5

at the Turkey Syria border. All that plus David guesses a strain pun headline in the overworked

1:08.7

Twitter joke of the week. But David, let's begin here. We're in one of those times in American life

1:14.1

when we are surrounded by conspiracy theories. You sent me a list earlier in the week and I think we

1:20.5

actually had to trim it considerably just so it would, it wouldn't flow over one segment.

1:29.3

The reasons are pretty obvious. You have the instigators Donald Trump and his social media pals

1:34.3

and then you have the subjects, coronavirus, the protests, the Jeffrey Epstein case, Russians,

1:41.1

the elections. The biggest of these at least in November, third terms is QAnon.

1:46.8

If you don't know what the QAnon conspiracy is, the New York Times describes it as a

1:50.0

convoluted pro-Trump conspiracy theory about a deep state of child molesting,

1:55.2

Satanist traders plotting against the president. Now remember, that is the conservative New York Times

2:00.4

description. Would you say David that QAnon is the biggest thing that people like our parents

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