Doris Burke's Demotion, a Massive College Football TV Preview, and Adam Friedland's Star Turn

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel begin today’s show with J-School, talking about Cam Newton’s new expanded role at ESPN and some criticisms of the Cowboys documentary. Then they dive into the headlines, discussing Doris Burke’s demotion at ESPN (13:58), a mega college football TV preview (21:51), and much more.Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonProducer: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody lies.
0:02.9	But most of us don't like to talk about the lies we tell.
0:07.4	Until now.
0:09.4	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.
0:14.8	In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about their best tales of deception.
0:22.2	From changing an entire family history to building an award-winning Hollywood career on a lie.
0:30.9	You can listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:41.0	Hi-ya.
0:41.6	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:44.3	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike.
0:46.5	We sold it, on eBay.
0:48.2	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:49.7	It's free to sell on there.
0:51.0	Free to sell?
0:52.1	Easy too.
0:53.1	Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:55.5	You sold my guitar?
0:58.6	Shall we talk about Benny?
1:00.8	When it's this easy to sell for free,
1:02.9	you can't help but say you on it's eBay.
1:05.4	Things people love.
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