ESPN’s Gamble, CBS and John Dickerson, and Graham Platner’s Reddit Posts

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Hello, media consumers! Bryan is joined by Joel out of the bullpen to dig through everything that has come out of the NBA’s gambling scandal (0:40) before they share their thoughts on how ESPN handled the coverage of that news, who at the worldwide leader should be covering these stories, which former ESPN employees would have covered this in the past, and more. Next, Bryan and Joel discuss John Dickerson leaving ‘CBS Evening News’ and what names have been reported to replace him (24:46). Finally, Bryan and Joel break down all the news surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (40:55). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and Joel Anderson Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Joel?
0:08.6	Hey.
0:10.1	You're here.
0:11.4	Oh, I'm sorry.
0:13.2	I know I'm sitting in somebody else's seat.
0:15.4	Is this okay?
0:16.7	Dude, this is like Clayton Kershaw coming out of the pen last night.
0:19.9	Stop it.
0:20.6	Stop it. Stop it.
0:21.2	Is that baseball?
0:22.0	That's a baseball reference, right? That's a baseball reference. Okay. David is not feeling well. Oh, man. So we're bringing in Joel. Okay. To the Monday slot, which is already the Tuesday slot. Oh, man. We're going to send good thoughts David's way. Yeah. I hope days feels better and soon.
0:38.6	But I'm so happy you hear because I want to talk to you about this. We're going to send good thoughts, David's way. Yeah, I hope Dave feels better and soon.
0:38.6	But I'm so happy you hear because I want to talk to you about this NBA gambling story.
0:43.6	Sure, let's do it.
0:44.9	On Thursday, we were all in the ringer office here in Los Angeles.
0:50.3	We were fellowshiping.
0:52.9	Do you ever hear that word growing up in churches in Texas?
0:56.1	Fellowshiping?
0:56.7	Yeah, fellowshiping, yeah, absolutely.
0:59.0	Fellowship was both a noun and a verb.
1:02.5	Well, the great Lindsay Jones and I were fellowshiping,
1:05.1	and then we looked at our computers and realized we were about to see a Chauncey Billups
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