Perry Bacon Jr. on the Midterm Countdown, Twitter Under Elon Musk, and How to Save Local News

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Bryan is joined by Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. to discuss the upcoming midterm elections as well as recent media news. They begin by addressing the unified story represented by these elections, discuss which senate race has been of peak interest, and weigh in on whether the democrats are “screwing this up.” Later, they touch on how Twitter may or may not change under the ownership of Elon Musk, and then Bacon shares his three-step plan to save local news. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Perry Bacon Jr. Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The time has come to get ready for the 2022 World Cup.
0:05.5	And what better way to prepare than by revisiting the World Cup's most amazing goals.
0:12.5	I'm Brian Phillips. I'm making a podcast about the history of the men's World Cup.
0:18.0	Told through the stories of 22 iconic goals.
0:22.0	The show's called 22 Goals. It's out now on the Rinner Podcast Network.
0:26.5	And we're having so much fun.
0:32.5	Hello media consumers. Welcome to Pressbox.
0:35.5	Final edition. Brian Curtis of The Ringer Here, along with producer Erica Servantes.
0:40.5	Our guest today is a guy who's writing. I have read and admired for a really long time.
0:45.5	But outside of a couple of emails had never met until just now.
0:48.5	He is Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. Perry. Welcome to the press box.
0:53.5	Hey Brian, thanks for having me. I'm a big fan of you and your works. I'm really happy to be here.
0:58.5	Few questions about your career before we dive into midterm talk.
1:01.5	You worked at 538. You worked at MSNBC.
1:05.5	What does having a column in the Washington Post offer you that's different from those jobs?
1:10.5	I'm laughing because whenever I'm on a plane or somewhere and I bump into like a person who's under 35 let's say.
1:20.5	You just say to me, oh, I recognize you. You were on the 538 podcast.
1:26.5	I love when you were on that. I know you're at the post now.
1:29.5	I don't really read the Washington Post though. They'll sort of say this.
1:32.5	And I'm sort of like you're not supposed to say that.
1:34.5	But this is my first role I arrived in.
1:39.5	I was a TV commentator, but I was hired as sort of a nonpartisan non-ideological role.
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