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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Best Dak Takes, Sports Media Trends, and 'The Bachelor' Controversy With Bryan Curtis and Rachel Lindsay

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Bryan Curtis to discuss the media coverage of Dak Prescott and the Cowboys in the past couple years, the upcoming massive NFL television rights deal, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey, reexamining sports studio shows after the pandemic, gambling's relationship with sports media, and more (2:40). Then Bill talks with Rachel Lindsay about Season 25 of 'The Bachelor'; reality TV editing; recent missteps from 'The Bachelor' franchise; Rachel's podcast with Van Lathan, 'Higher Learning'; and more (57:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, we launched a new podcast on the Ringard dish feed.

0:03.7

It is called every single album season one is about Taylor Swift, your host,

0:08.3

our Nathan Hubbard, and the North Prince Theater. We're putting them up on Sunday nights and

0:12.8

Thursday. So twice a week this week and then the next four, check it out. Every single album only

0:18.3

on Ringard dish. We're also brought to you by the ringard.com as well as the Ringard podcast

0:23.1

network. Put up a new rewatchables on Monday night, which was new Jack City 38th anniversary. That

0:29.6

was a really fun one. Even we created a new award. There's some performance in that movie that

0:34.1

is so bonkers that we created a new award for it. Also, I went on Zach Loz podcast. We did a

0:39.6

home and home. He was on mine two weeks ago and then I went on his podcast. So that is up now.

0:44.2

If you want to hear me talk about basketball coming up, I'm going to talk about to Brian Curtis

0:49.3

about the Cowboys and Dak because he's a big Cowboys friend. We've got to do that. But then we're

0:52.7

also going to talk about the NFL media rights. What that could mean for our NFL viewing experience

0:57.5

and then some trends as we head toward the year anniversary of the pandemic in the media.

1:04.3

And then my friend Rachel Lindsey comes on one of our hosts on higher learning to talk about

1:11.0

the most controversial bachelor's season ever and her role in it and her history with the

1:14.9

franchise and that is a really good one as well. So good podcast coming up first. Our friends from

1:20.7

Pearl Jam.

1:41.4

All right, the ringer's editor at large-brand Curtis is here. When Dak Prescott

1:45.8

signs with the Cowboys, I think one thing in my head, I can lead a podcast with that and people will

1:52.2

listen because people love the Cowboys. No, Curtis, our national nightmare is over. We don't have

1:58.6

to hear about Dak's contract anymore. He finally has one. What does the media do now? LeBron MVP,

2:03.4

what do we do? It was amazing, wasn't it? Because you could get so many takes out of this thing.

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