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The Press Box

Jen Psaki on the Democrats and the Future of MSNBC. Plus, Paul Finebaum vs. ESPN and the End of LeBron’s Media Headlock

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel cover LeBron’s “big” news, Paul Finebaum a week after his OutKick interview, yet another Bill Belichick story out of UNC, and a bizarre Katie Porter interview (0:45). Then Joel and Bryan talk with MSNBC's Jen Psaki about the Democratic Party, how politicians can effectively communicate their message, modernizing White House press briefings, the future of cable news, and more (44:18). Finally they close the show with some J-School (1:15:16).Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonGuest: Jen PsakiProducers: Kyle Crichton and Brian Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

We're each week, I'm joined by Ringer movie lovers, Chris Ryan, Sean Van Van Lathen, Kyle Brandt, Mali Rubin. We have a whole bunch of people on. We talk about movies. We can't stop rewatching. And now you can watch us cover these movies on video in the Spotify app. we have covered over 350 movies including Heat, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction.

0:24.3

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0:27.2

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0:33.4

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1:19.7

Welcome to Press Box Thursday.

1:21.1

It's Brian Curtis.

1:22.2

It's Joe Anderson.

1:24.6

It's producer Kyle Crichton.

1:31.5

Coming up, did Paul Feinbaum get benched by ESPN as he looks at a run for U.S. Senate?

1:36.0

There's another Bill Belichick news cycle, and it's not about losing to Clemson.

1:38.7

Plus, Katie Porter and how not to do an interview.

1:46.8

And in the latest edition of our 25 for 25 series, MSNBC's Jen Saki joins us to talk about everything from the Democrats, pause for laughter, to the future of cable news.

1:53.3

But Joel, let us start with the true news of the day, the news of greatest import.

1:59.7

LeBron James.

2:01.5

The decision part two.

2:04.1

A second decision, he called it.

2:06.6

He teased it in a tweet on Monday.

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