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Iran Takes, David Stern Obits, and the NFL Playoffs | The Press Box

The Press Box

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Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the media fallout from the airstrike that killed Iranian spymaster Qassem Soleimani (03:00), the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week (24:45), the obituaries for the late, great NBA commissioner David Stern (28:00), the first weekend of the NFL playoffs (39:45), and the coaching drama in Dallas (50:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ranger Podcast Network.

0:04.4

We've published some great episodes in the month of December, including every watchables

0:08.1

with Quentin Tarantino on Dunkirk.

0:10.4

Sean Fennesey sat down with Greta Gerwig to talk about her new film Little Women on the

0:14.2

Big Picture.

0:15.2

An Adam Sandler and Kevin Garnett appeared on the Bill Simmons Podcast to talk about their

0:19.2

newest film on Cut Gems.

0:21.4

Happy New Year from the Ranger.

0:30.6

David at the Golden Globes on Sunday, post-Ricky Jervais shame celebrities who dared to be political.

0:39.6

What I want to know is, should celebrities stick to acting?

0:48.5

It was the great like stick to sports moment of Hollywood and yet like even the most like

0:53.7

politically, people are most politically aligned with Hollywood.

0:57.7

I think we're probably pretty more aligned in that moment with Rikki Jervais, right?

1:02.7

I mean, does anybody like just really eager to hear, you know, walking Phoenix say not

1:08.0

to take private planes or Brad Pitt in telling you to go do something nice for somebody

1:13.2

if you get the opportunity?

1:14.5

See, I think I want that to be like 20% of an award show.

1:18.3

Like I wouldn't want that to be the whole Oscars coming up, but I'd want some of that

1:23.1

in the Oscars.

1:24.1

Like, I don't, it doesn't have to be walking Phoenix talking about private planes, but

1:28.4

I guess just the idea of like maybe it's actually Rikki, maybe it's like I want host with an

1:33.3

agenda.

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