More Notes on the L.A. Fires, the Tom Brady One-and-Done Theory, and Sounds From the NFL Playoffs

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David begin the week by showing love to Ringer colleague Yasi Salek, who was affected by the L.A. fires (1:07). If you would like to help out Yasi, here is a link to the GoFundMe that Bryan mentions. Then they get into the stories and sounds from wild-card weekend, including: Tom Brady’s Game of the Year and the one-and-done theory (7:19) A.J. Brown reading a book on the sideline (15:57) The proud franchise tier (20:30) Kirk Herbstreit’s promo on the Steelers (23:57) The "I Have Seen the Future" Call of the Week (31:27) Then, in the Notebook Dump, they discuss: Barstool’s Big Cat’s interesting revelation (33:46) Venu, the sports streamer, is no more (46:23) Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC prime time (49:24) Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's happening? It's Todd McShay, and I'm back with a new home and a new show at the Ringer and Spotify.
0:06.4	The McShay Show. It's a video and audio podcast coming to you year round with all my NFL draft information, big boards, mock drafts, and player movement.
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1:02.8	David?
1:04.3	Yes.
1:05.3	I thought we should start with a few more words
1:08.1	about the fires here in L.A.
1:11.4	Oh, yeah.
1:15.2	And I know our thoughts are with our teammate Yassi Salik,
1:17.5	the host of Bansplaine,
1:20.5	who lost her house in Altadena.
1:24.6	I was looking at her Instagram post about it this morning and thought I'd just read a little bit of a paragraph here.
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