Instant Reactions to the Tim Walz–JD Vance Debate With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin. Plus: Gabriel Sherman on Writing 'The Apprentice.'

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

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Hello, media consumers! In a special bonus edition of The Press Box, Bryan has two guests. First, he speaks with Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin for instant reactions to the Tim Walz–JD Vance vice presidential debate. They discuss the following: The biggest surprise of the debate (1:22) Who looked more confident, Tim Walz or JD Vance (9:35) The January 6 exchange (16:40 Whether or not this will be the last debate (26:04) Then he speaks with screenwriter Gabriel Sherman about writing 'The Apprentice,' a story about Donald Trump (30:44). He discusses the following about the film: How he went about writing the story (31:10) Trump’s relationship with Roy Cohn (32:36) How Cohn’s rules of winning influenced Trump (37:04) Deciding on Sebastian Stan to play Trump (47:02) Hosts: Bryan Curtis Guests: Benjy Sarlin and Gabriel Sherman Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm Puck's Senior Political Correspondent and Host of Somebody's Gotta Win.
0:06.2	Brought to you by the Ringer and Spotify. The 2024 election has been upended
0:10.9	with Joe Biden off the ticket and Donald Trump facing a new
0:14.0	challenger, Kamala Harris. If you want to hear what the insiders are really
0:18.0	saying about the race, join me Tuesdays and Thursdays as I break it all down
0:21.8	with lawmakers, journalists, and political
0:24.0	strategists. We'll go deeper than the headlines to the anxieties at the highest
0:28.1	levels of power and of course we'll chew overall the hot political gossip as we head into this historic election.
0:34.1	Be sure to follow, somebody's got to win at Spotify or wherever you get your
0:38.4	podcast. Hello media consumers welcome to Pressbox. Brian Curtis of the
0:49.4	Ringer here along with producer Brian Waters coming up in just a few minutes we're going to bring on
0:55.0	reporter Gabriel Sherman to talk about writing the screenplay for the new Trump
0:59.2	movie The Apprentice. But first we got to talk about last night's debate between Tim Wall's and
1:04.8	J.D. Vance and here to offer us his scorecard is the man who is Semaphores Washington Bureau Chief.
1:11.4	He has this podcast's official politics reactor, Benji Sarlin, welcome
1:17.1	back to the press box.
1:18.1	Thanks for having me, Brian.
1:20.1	Always good to be here as the official politics reactor.
1:22.8	So, Mr. Reactor, what did you think about last night?
1:26.6	Well, there was a lot to react to.
1:29.7	It was a fascinating debate. It seemed to take place in some ways in a time before
1:37.6	Donald Trump which was much commented on during and after the debate. You had two candidates who were,
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