The ESPN-NFL Wedding, Hunter Biden Speaks, and Pat McAfee’s Apology

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel start the show with J-School, reexamining Zach Baron's interview on profile writing, before discussing the news of Hulk Hogan's death at the age of 71 (1:03). Next, they run through some headlines, including the possible marriage of ESPN and the NFL, what exactly is going on regarding the Epstein files, and Hunter Biden's three-plus-hour-long interview with Channel 5's Andrew Callaghan (14:07). Finally, they discuss Pat McAfee's belated apology and Jon Stewart's reaction to Paramount dropping 'The Late Show' (53:21) before making some weekend recommendations. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonProducer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, everyone.
0:01.0	Danny Haifitz here from The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:02.9	We're coming to you multiple times per week to tell you who to draft, who not to draft.
0:06.8	Honestly, that's kind of most of it.
0:08.3	The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:09.4	YouTube, Spotify, wherever get your podcast, The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:15.1	Ready to launch your business?
0:16.9	Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:20.1	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business
0:24.1	with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand,
0:27.7	marketing tools that get your products out there.
0:30.0	Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:32.7	From startups to scale ups, online, in person and on the go.
0:37.3	Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.
0:39.3	Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
0:43.3	Hello, media consumers.
0:55.6	Welcome to Pressbox.
0:57.1	It's Brian Curtis, Joel Anderson, and producer Kyle Crichton here on a Thursday.
1:02.0	Coming up on today's show, why is ESPN about to buy the NFL network?
1:07.2	A cable company in 2025.
1:10.7	Why is the Epstein Files story a story?
1:13.5	Hunter Biden did a podcast,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.