Trump’s “Piggy” Attack, MLB’s TV Deal, and Joel’s Nuzzi Take. Plus: Mamdani Advisor Zara Rahim

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel discuss President Trump's recent interactions with the media, including his “piggy” comment, his meeting in the Oval Office with Mohammed bin Salman, and his comments on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Next, the guys parse through MLB’s new media rights deal with NBC, ESPN, and Netflix (18:32). Later, Brian and Joel examine Netflix’s newly released broadcast lineup for their Christmas Day NFL games (24:16), before Joel gives his take on the whole Olivia Nuzzi situation (27:24). The show ends with the next installment of 25 for 25 as Zara Rahim joins to talk about the strategy behind Zohran Mamdani’s successful mayoral campaign, her relationship with Mamdani, and changes in democratic messaging over time (37:11). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, media consumers. Welcome to Pressbox Thursday. It's Brian Curtis. It's Joel Anderson.
0:10.9	It's producer Bruce Baldwin. Coming up on the podcast, Donald Trump is still attacking reporters both dead and alive.
0:18.7	We've got the latest on the brand new MLB TV deal and who's calling Christmas Day football
0:24.3	on Netflix.
0:25.7	And then Joel is going to unleash Skip Bayless style on the whole Olivia Nutsi saga.
0:33.4	And in the latest installment of our 25 for 25 series, we'll talk to Zeran Mamdani, senior advisor, Zara Rahim, about the election, about her career, and about how Democrats communicate.
0:45.9	But first up, Joel, Donald Trump is...
0:48.1	No, Brian, don't, don't do that.
0:50.5	Happy birthday.
0:52.3	Oh, man.
0:53.4	Don't do that. Happy birthday. Press box listeners. Don't do that.
0:54.4	Happy birthday.
0:55.8	Press box listeners.
0:57.8	It's today's Brian's birthday, and I've, look, I'm causing him a lot of heartache today.
1:03.2	He's supposed to be getting out of here, having lunch with his beautiful wife, Christine.
1:07.0	They're supposed to be going out, and I'm holding him up.
1:09.5	And I just, I want to apologize,
1:11.3	Brian, because you should be, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, this is, this is, uh, well, you and I are the same age, pal. Are we? Okay. Yeah, that's right. Class 96. That's right. So are you 48 now? You got it. You got it right. All right. Oh, man, you were one of those kids that, you know,
1:29.3	had your birthday early in your school year. So that's great. It helped me in my football career
1:34.0	definitely to be bigger. Yeah, that's like I said, bigger, stronger, more mature. That's right.
1:39.7	Pascal, I'm sure they really benefited from it. I love that we have the same birthday because, you know, one of the my favorite parts about hosting a pie with you is we just have almost the exact same Texas cultural overlay.
1:54.9	Oh, yeah.
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