2024 Presidential Race Check-in. Plus, Don Lemon’s Meltdown and Texas News.

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and David are back with some news from Texas: Chip Gaines bought Larry McMurtry’s bookstore in the “hard-scrabbled” town of Archer City, Texas (0:37). Then, they check in on the 2024 presidential race, which may or may not include President Joe Biden, and discuss the handful of Republican candidates who would be tasked with running against fellow party candidate Donald Trump (11:31). Later, they discuss Don Lemon’s recent misogynistic comments (29:31) before touching on media news, including Jen Psaki’s new television program and A.O. Scott moving to The New York Times Book Review (33:25). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.8	David?
0:39.2	Yes.
0:40.2	To celebrate the return of press box, we've got some very important news out of Texas.
0:46.0	Oh, great.
0:47.4	Larry McMurtry, who wrote Lonesome Dove and many other fine novels before his death two years ago,
0:55.2	owned a world famous used bookstore in his hometown of Archer City, Texas.
1:01.8	Right.
1:02.8	The buildings that house that bookstore have been bought by another famous Texan chip gains of Waco,
1:11.6	home, Renault duo, chip and Joanna.
1:16.0	Whoa.
1:17.5	What do we do with this news?
1:19.5	Well, take some time to process.
1:22.9	It would be ideal.
1:23.9	But I don't I guess we're not afforded that privilege live on the air live to tape as it were.
1:30.9	Huh.
1:32.3	Well, do we know what he's going to do with it?
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