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The Press Box

Coronavirus Commercials, Justin Amash, and Listener Mail | The Press Box

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the commercials that have touched on the pandemic, including, but not limited to, Pizza Hut, Walmart, and State Farm (2:55). Then, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week (22:20), new presidential nominee Justin Amash (25:20), and finally, listener mail (35:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of the press box on the Ringer podcast network is brought to you by world central kitchen.

0:05.9

Their relief team is working across America to safely distribute individually packaged fresh meals and communities that need support.

0:13.3

They're now serving tens of thousands of meals daily in some of our biggest cities like New York and LA,

0:19.3

and they're launching initiatives across America to deliver fresh hot meals to hospitals and clinics fighting on the front lines while keeping local restaurants and business as well.

0:28.2

You can directly help the heroes and hospitals and clinics who are fighting for us and you can keep your local restaurants alive.

0:35.2

Go to the wringer.com slash WCK to donate, please. We're trying to raise $250,000.

0:41.7

And if you have the means, it's an unbelievably great and useful cause that helps our hospital heroes, emergency workers and local restaurants.

0:49.5

Please give whatever you can the money goes directly to world central kitchen and it's a charitable donation.

0:55.2

And once again, that's the wringer.com slash WCK.

1:10.3

Hello media consumers, Brian Curtis and David Shoemaker, the ringer here.

1:14.5

We got lots and lots of great stuff to get to today, David.

1:17.2

How about we talk about new presidential candidate, Justin Amash?

1:21.7

Is there a lane for a libertarian in this thing?

1:25.0

We'll also answer your listener mail, including the question, how could Jesse the body ventura affect the presidential race?

1:33.2

Plus David guesses a strain pun headline he's shaking his head at that thought and the overworked Twitter joke of the week.

1:40.3

But David, we got to start with a very curious phenomenon of the coronavirus.

1:46.9

By that, I mean the coronavirus TV commercial.

1:51.0

This is not about the virus itself.

1:54.8

It's about a brand and it's about a brand being sensitive to the virus, a brand telling us that we're all in this together, David.

2:04.5

And you can be in this together by ordering McDonald's or buying batteries or whatever it is.

2:11.5

I want to start here.

2:12.3

You know how sometimes when you visit a small town newspaper, you get that little multi question survey.

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