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The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Today on The Press Box, Bryan and David start by talking stand-up comedy, specifically Bryan’s time at the Netflix Is a Joke Festival. Then they talk about what’s going on with the NFL TV rights negotiations (12:30), The Daily Wire fading away (24:33), Draymond Green vs. Charles Barkley (31:13), and much more. Then Bryan is joined by Politico’s California bureau chief, Melanie Mason, to talk about the Los Angeles mayoral race and the California gubernatorial race (47:31). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerGuest: Melanie MasonProducers: Bruce Baldwin, Isaiah Blakely, and Jamie Yukich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7	David?
0:36.1	Yes.
0:40.8	Want to start by talking a little stand-up comedy today?
0:43.4	Oh, wow. What podcast are we on?
0:49.8	This last week was the Netflix is a joke festival out here in Los Angeles.
0:50.8	Yeah, I'm familiar.
0:56.0	People don't know every two years, every comedian on the planet comes to L.A.
1:00.8	And performs in every possible venue in the city.
1:10.7	We even got the coaches photo like we get at the NFL meetings with all the comedians, including Bill, posing together this year. I guess this is a good time to, you know, full disclosure of this thing,
1:14.6	but I didn't get any free tickets this festival.
1:17.6	I paid for them with my harder money, so.
1:20.6	I think the days are long gone of just the like
1:24.6	Bill's assistant sticks their head in the bullpen and be like,
1:26.6	anybody want to go to the Clippers game tonight? The freebies are few and far between. The first one I went to was at the Greek theater, so outside here in L.A. And it was a night of comedy hosted by Seth Rogen. Uh-huh. I'm familiar with him.
1:46.2	Doing stuff for charity.
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