The May Issue: The Unknockables 2026

The Press Box

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🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Today on The Press Box, it's the May Issue! Bryan and David create the 2026 version of an Esquire magazine feature from 60 years ago, called "The Unknockables." They talk through a bunch of categories and nominees across society and culture, and they pick people in 2026 who are unknockable. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerProducers: Ben Cruz, Isaiah Blakely, Jon Roemer, and Oscar De La Luz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are those who have the edge with 5G plus on EE and others?
0:05.0	Not so much.
0:06.0	Those who can download a kids film while boarding a plane
0:09.0	or those who can't.
0:12.0	Those who book the only taxi nearby
0:14.0	or those that are like...
0:16.0	We're gonna have to walk, Sarah!
0:18.0	Stay one step ahead when you get the edge with 5G plus on EE, the UK's best network.
0:24.0	Search EE best network.
0:25.8	Route metrics data age 225, verify at EE.org.com.
0:28.8	Check coverage at EE.com.
0:30.9	Some follow the noise.
0:33.4	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:35.6	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:39.4	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:43.9	there's a money side to every story.
0:46.6	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
0:51.0	Get the money side of the story.
0:53.0	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
1:00.0	Hello, media consumers.
1:04.9	Welcome to the May issue of the press box.
1:08.4	Brian Curtis here, along with producers Isaiah Blakely and John Romer. David
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