The American Canto Book Club, ESPN and Lane Kiffin, and Covering the NFL During the Holidays

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel start the show with their thoughts on Olivia Nuzzi’s newly released book, 'American Canto,' including what they did and did not like about it. Bryan gives a short summary of the book before asking Joel questions not only about 'American Canto', but about what the future holds for Nuzzi now that the book is out. Next, Bryan and Joel dive into the Lane Kiffin—Ole Miss situation(53:45), and whether Jimmy Sexton and CAA had involvement in a certain 'College GameDay' segment this week (1:02:40). Lastly, the show rounds out with the guys’ thoughts on Paul Finebaum deciding to not run for U.S. Senate, and their takeaways from Erin Andrews’s message to sports media hopefuls (01:08:19). All that and so much more, here on the Press Box. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson Producer: Bruce Baldwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.1	It's Brian Curtis.
1:18.3	It's Joel Anderson.
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