Who Won the ESPN-NFL Deal? Plus, the WaPo Exodus Continues and a Report From SummerSlam

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Davis recount their trip to Part 2 of SummerSlam last night (0:20) before tackling some headlines, including ESPN and NFL moving forward with their proposed blockbuster media deal, more heavy hitters leaving The Washington Post, and an upcoming Kamala Harris book (22:00). They also discuss Bryan's brief time in used-book heaven at the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, and offer a remembrance of his Uncle Rod (44:15). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerProducer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.9	David? Yes. You and I went to SummerSlam last night.
1:27.9	Night two of SummerSlam.
1:30.7	Yeah, we saw half the show.
1:32.4	We took an Uber to MetLife,
1:35.0	aka home of the New York Giants and New York Jets.
1:38.5	Mm-hmm.
1:39.3	We had some paper tickets.
1:41.7	Oh, yeah.
1:42.8	Somebody reacted to the photo I posted on Twitter and said, are those actual sports tickets of your in your pocket? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure you know this from going around and covering all the games and you know, stuff that you've done. But every wrestling event, it's all up to the stadium. So every time you go, it's a whole new thing.
2:01.7	What app you have to download, what, you know, if it's a ticket master joint or if it's
2:05.4	like they have the stadium specific app or whatever.
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