The Midterms Are Here, Elon Musk and Twitter, and NFL Insider Trade Inflation

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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One week until the midterm elections, Bryan and David discuss signs that we have entered the late stage of the election cycle while discussing ad campaigns, reevaluating Senate races, and touching on Beto O’Rourke’s position in his state race (3:24). Later, they revisit Twitter underneath Elon Musk and touch on his recent response to Hillary Clinton, weigh in on the potential for misinformation, and discuss the amount one would have to pay for a verified Twitter account (23:40). Then, they discuss Ian Eagle’s new role next year calling the NCAA Final Four (35:24), before then addressing NFL insider trader inflation (43:35). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The time has come to get ready for the 2022 World Cup.
0:05.5	And what better way to prepare than by revisiting the World Cup's most amazing goals.
0:12.5	I'm Brian Phillips. I'm making a podcast about the history of the men's World Cup.
0:18.0	Told through the stories of 22 iconic goals.
0:22.0	The show's called 22 Goals. It's out now on the Rinner Podcast Network.
0:26.5	And we're having so much fun.
0:32.5	David! Yes?
0:35.5	New York Times columnist Brett Stevens got religion on global warming.
0:41.5	But he had to take a trip to Greenland to get religion on global warming.
0:48.5	What I want to know is, what international trip would you take on the ringer's dime
0:54.5	to confirm something obvious?
1:00.5	Oh man.
1:03.5	I mean, I know this really isn't what you're asking, but I would love to do the...
1:07.5	to have like the New York Times helicopter in approach to just like, you know, sports in general.
1:15.5	Right? Imagine if the ringer was like, we're gonna send David Schumacher out on the road to confirm that basketball is good.
1:21.5	Just taking in our national or various national pastimes.
1:27.5	I don't know, man. Is it just like, like, the beaches of South America?
1:34.5	Is it the... I mean, like a food tour of Europe?
1:39.5	Like, what would be the... I have no idea. What would be the dream here?
1:42.5	Beaches of South America is still stunning.
1:46.5	Yeah.
1:48.5	I thought we could get some midterm action out of this.
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