Rueben Bain Jr.’s Measurables and JD Vance’s Humiliations. Plus, Scott MacFarlane on Life After CBS.

The Press Box

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Today on The Press Box, Bryan and Joel discuss the recent news about Rueben Bain Jr., and they discuss how much we should know about NFL draft prospects. Then, they talk about JD Vance (20:41), media sales news (27:53), and the Masters (32:25). Then, they are joined by MeidasTouch chief Washington correspondent Scott MacFarlane to talk about covering the attempted Trump assassination, his last few months at CBS News, joining MeidasTouch, and much more, including a Joel Anderson lightning round (39:54). They wrap up the show with the return of J School (1:23:16). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonGuest: Scott MacFarlaneProducers: Bruce Baldwin, Isaiah Blakely, and Jamie Yukich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, media consumers.
0:14.7	Welcome to Press Box Thursday.
0:17.4	It's Brian Curtis.
0:18.8	It's the man I'm looking at in a Zoom window. It's Joel Anderson. It's the man I'm looking at in a in a Zoom window.
0:21.9	It's Joel Anderson.
0:23.4	It's producers Isaiah Blakely and Bruce Baldwin.
0:25.7	Coming up on the old press box,
0:28.4	how much should we know about top NFL draft prospect, Ruben Bain?
0:33.3	We'll talk about the humiliation, or should I say,
0:36.1	multiple humiliations of J.D. Vance.
0:38.9	They saved the newspaper in Pittsburgh, and what happened with CBS and the Masters?
0:44.3	Plus, former CBS newsman Scott McFarlane is going to join us to explain why he became a Midas Touch newsman.
0:52.7	But, Joel, let's start with the NFL draft.
0:55.0	All right.
0:56.0	Next Thursday.
0:57.0	You can be sitting there watching round one of the NFL draft like me?
1:00.0	I'm gonna do the best I can because it happens in the evening and you know that usually is around bed, baths,
1:08.0	yeah, dinner time around here.
1:10.0	So I'll get to it at some point.
1:12.3	Ruben Bain is somebody that everyone has going high, though he might have the biggest variance of any top draft pick this year.
1:22.5	Well, you know, Brian, I don't know if you've paid attention to the Joel Anderson Big Board 1.0
1:29.3	that ran on ringer tailgate.
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