Pitchfork’s Greatest Hits, Joe Biden Does Late Night, Richard Lewis Obits, and Revisiting 'The War Room' With Sean Fennessey

The Press Box

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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On the final edition, Sean Fennessey, The Ringer’s head of content, joins Bryan. They discuss President Joe Biden’s appearance on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' and how he addressed the concerns of his age (1:27). Then, they discuss Sean’s history with Pitchfork and its era of internet writing (13:32). Later, they discuss a couple of journalists who made headlines this week: Peter King with his departure (32:02) and Jon Stewart with his return (40:02). They also talk about the different Richard Lewis obits online and what they learned about him (43:02). Bryan also has a couple of surprise questions for Sean regarding his career (47:25). And after a listener’s request, they review the movie 'The War Room' (52:43). Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Sean Fennessey Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Galaxy Lights, Coachella, Lightning Bolt necklaces.
0:04.1	Did you catch all the scandal of all clues?
0:06.7	Last March, one cheating scandal launched a reality TV investigation that generated hundreds of
0:14.2	conspiracy theories, thousands of podcast episodes, and millions of dollars in
0:18.9	revenue. I'm Jody Walker, host of an American scandal.
0:23.2	Ahead of the Vanderbilt Rules premiere,
0:25.2	relive the pop culture phenomenon
0:27.4	that rocked a reality nation,
0:29.6	starting January 23rd on Ringer Dish.
0:35.0	Hello media consumers,
0:39.0	welcome to the press box.
0:41.0	Brian Curtis of the Ringeringer here along with producer Brian Waters.
0:45.2	Coming up on today's pod, can Joe Biden find his voice and speak his truth on late night TV?
0:51.3	We've got Pitch Fork's greatest hits. We say farewell to Peter King and check in on week
0:56.0	three of John Stewart. Plus we revisit the great campaign documentary The War Room.
1:02.1	All this with today's guest host, Sean Fennese,
1:05.7	he is the Ringer's head of content.
1:07.6	He hosts the Big Picture and Rewatchables Podcasts,
1:11.2	I like to call him the King of all physical media.
1:15.0	Sean welcome to just my opinion I mean the press box.
1:18.0	I'm so honored I promise to keep the takes as hot as we typically keep them on JMO.
1:23.4	Thanks for having me, Ryan.
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