Listener Mail on Announcer Trades, the Rewriting of January 6, and Who Should Write the Ben Simmons Profile

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Bryan and David answer your Listener Mail and discuss networks making announcer trades, Halloween-themed TV studio shows, their dream choice for who would write a Ben Simmons profile, and much more. Plus the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Production Assistant: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twice a week, Van Leathen and Rachel Lindsay
0:02.4	dissect the biggest topics in black culture,
0:04.7	politics, and sports on their show Higher Learning.
0:07.6	They discuss the most important and timely conversations
0:10.3	while also frequently inviting guests on the podcast
0:12.8	and occasionally debating each other.
0:14.4	Check out Higher Learning on Spotify
0:16.3	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:19.5	David, what's on your mind this week?
0:24.5	Well, it's watching some football last night.
0:28.3	Watching some basketball this week as one does.
0:33.7	I guess what I'm thinking about is the fact that
0:36.2	NBA is moving off of Thursday nights,
0:39.5	which is one of my favorite basketball nights to watch.
0:42.6	They've moved off of Thursday nights
0:44.3	so they don't have to compete with NFL Thursday night football,
0:48.4	which raises a lot of questions.
0:53.0	It's obviously a statement about the NFL's dominance,
0:58.8	in the ratings, that you'd be moving off the Thursday night,
1:02.0	away from the Thursday night game,
1:03.6	which is certainly not the most high profile game
1:05.9	on the calendar for the NFL in the NFL week.
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