The Glory Days of Entertainment Weekly and Covering the Olympics With Ty Burr, Owen Gleiberman, and Jason Gay

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Bryan is joined by film critics Ty Burr and Owen Gleiberman to break down Entertainment Weekly dating back to the '90s. They discuss the evolution of the magazine, the environment and culture that Entertainment Weekly fostered, and of course, the letter-grade reviews (0:33). Later, Bryan is joined by The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay to discuss his experience covering the Winter Olympics in Beijing. They touch on preparations prior to flying to China, what it’s like covering the Games in the middle of a pandemic, and weigh in on why it’s important for reporters to be on site (50:51). Additional information: Ty Burr's Watch List (https://tyburrswatchlist.substack.com/) Host: Bryan Curtis Guests: Ty Burr, Owen Gleiberman, and Jason Gay Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Production Assistance: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Benefer is back, Brad and Jen are friends again, and Perishhilton is somehow still making headlines.
0:07.0	20 years later, we're living in the world that the 2000s tabloids created.
0:12.0	On this series, I'm going to tell you the story of a decade of American life through the trash we love to consume.
0:18.0	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Claire Malone, and this is just like us, the tabloids that change America.
0:26.0	Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.0	There's something so romantic about winter, and I don't know whether that's just because I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a five.
0:39.0	But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:45.0	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
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1:29.0	Hello, media consumers. Welcome to the press box. Brian Curtis of The Ringer Here, along with producers Erica, Servantes, and Isaiah Blakely.
1:38.0	In case you missed it, our Super Bowl pod that covers the announcers, the commercials, and everything else about the game went up last night.
1:45.0	Thank you to everyone who tuned in live to that one.
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