The People Who Shaped the Media in 2025

The Press Box

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Today’s episode is a special year-end edition of The Press Box where Bryan is joined not only by David but by Joel as well! Bryan, David, and Joel come together to discuss the 12 people who shaped the media in 2025, in no particular order. The show starts out with Joel and David meeting each other for the first time, followed immediately by a dive into the first person on their list (02:47). The guys execute a three-man weave, discussing and sharing their thoughts on the 12 people they think shaped the media in 2025, including Donald Trump, Pablo Torre, and Bari Weiss. The show ends with Bryan, David, and Joel giving some 2026 predictions (1:41:58). All that and more, here on The Press Box. No. 1 - (02:47) No. 2 - (11:02) No. 3 - (18:10) No. 4 - (24:58) No. 5 - (38:22) No. 6 - (52:57) No. 7 - (1:03:21) No. 8 - (1:11:49) No. 9 - (1:23:05) No. 10 - (1:27:26) No. 11 - (1:33:53) No. 12 - (1:36:00) Hosts: Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker, and Joel Anderson Producer: Bruce Baldwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2	David?
0:36.9	Yes. And Joel? Yes. David Yes
0:37.7	and Joel
0:39.4	Yes
0:41.2	for the first time ever
0:43.2	We have a
0:45.4	Brian David and Joel
0:47.9	Edition of the press box
0:50.0	Man
0:51.1	I also learned
0:53.2	Yeah
0:53.9	It took us too long And we're talking over each other already Here we go I know we got it took us too long man
0:55.6	we're talking over each other already
0:56.2	here we go
0:56.9	I know we got to
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