Twitter’s Past, Present, and Future With Peter Kafka. Plus: How to Watch the New NBA Season.

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With the start of the NBA season underway, Bryan and David address the new ESPN lineup, with Doc Rivers, Doris Burke, and Mike Breen, and discuss where exactly you can catch the game (0:33). Then, they touch on Weekend Audio, including baseball announcers, Brian Anderson vouching for the sport, and Joe Davis calling Altuve's home run in the ninth (11:19). Lastly, Vox’s Peter Kafka joins to talk through his upcoming podcast, ‘The Twitter Fantasy,’ that dissects how the platform has evolved over the years and to discuss what is currently happening under Elon's supervision (32:20). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Peter Kafka Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What would you do if you got scammed?
0:03.4	Would you suffer in silence or would you do something about it?
0:07.1	Well, I got scammed once and this is the story of what I did.
0:10.9	I'm Justin Sales, the host of the wedding scammer, a true crime
0:14.2	podcast from the Ringer. And for seven episodes, we're hunting a common man. A guy
0:18.8	with a lot of aliases, a guy who's ruined a lot of weddings and with the help with some friends
0:24.0	I just might be able to catch him. Listen to the wedding scammer on Spotify or
0:28.2	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.0	David? Yes. Tuesday is the opening day of NBA season.
0:39.0	I've heard about that on some podcasts, yeah.
0:41.0	Veritable content Christmas here at the ringer
0:44.9	dot com. Let's start off with some notes on how to watch the NBA this
0:50.1	season. We've got a new ESPN number one announcing team for the first time in a very long time.
0:57.2	Mike Breen is back, thank goodness, and in place of Jeff Fancuni and Mark Jackson, both of whom got laid off, we have Dorisburg and Doc Rivers.
1:10.0	What do you think of the new ESPN number one team?
1:14.0	Well, I'm optimistic.
1:18.0	I like all the people involved.
1:20.0	You know, I wonder how much of this year I guess will be occupied with fans saying I miss Jeff
1:27.8	Fandundi, but separating that part out? Yeah, it'll be good. Here's the way I think that manifests itself
1:36.4	We know Doc Rivers is good at announcing. That's not an issue here. He called the 2004 NBA finals with Al Michaels, which now seems like 900 years ago, but that happened.
1:48.0	Yeah. But he is a prized coaching candidate and will be the most sought after head coaching
1:55.3	candidate when this season ends. Yeah. So it's always interesting when you hire
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