The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker and Joel Anderson catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between. 
                        
                                
                                    | Title | Date published |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The Tim Scott Story and Musk-ageddon, Plus Mike Valenti on Lions Happiness and Detroit Sports | 2023-09-15 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | Week 1 NFL Season Audio, the Howard Stern-ing of Cable News, and the Iowa Football Primary | 2023-09-11 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The Coach Prime Content Machine. Plus: The "What Do We Cover Now?" Campaign and a Musk Mega-book. | 2023-09-05 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | An AI-Journalist Truce and The Athletic’s Big Spending. Plus: Richard Deitsch on Tony Romo and ESPN. | 2023-09-01 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | How Not to Moderate a Debate. Plus: Hollywood’s Starless Profiles and the Death of a Lousy Sportswriter. | 2023-08-28 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | A Campaign "Misquote," the Sports Doc Crisis, and Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin on the GOP Debate | 2023-08-24 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | GOP Debate Preview. Plus, the 'Blind Side' Situation and NFL Aggregators. | 2023-08-21 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | ESPN’s Big Gamble With James Andrew Miller, Plus a Raid in Kansas, and a New ‘Countdown’ Cast | 2023-08-14 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | ESPN Bets on Itself and the Orioles’ Massive Blunder. Plus: The New York Post’s Mike Vaccaro on Two Decades of Column-Writing | 2023-08-10 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The Wooing of Donald Trump, USWNT Takery, and in Defense of Mark Jackson | 2023-08-07 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The Trump Trials and the Starless GOP Debate. Plus, Matt Belloni on Disney and the Strikes. | 2023-08-04 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | Variety vs. Puck and The Atlantic. Plus, ESPN’s New NBA Team, and Twitter Becomes X. | 2023-07-31 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi on 'SportsCenter' in 2023, Making It at ESPN, Philly Fandom, and Watching Games With His Dad. | 2023-07-27 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | What It’s Like to Work at The Athletic With Lindsay Jones. Plus, ESPN and Newsroom AI. | 2023-07-24 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | Astead Herndon on Campaign 2024, Midwest Diners, Podcasting vs. Writing, and The New York Times. | 2023-07-21 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | What Should The New York Times Do With The Athletic? Plus: No More Hollywood Profiles. | 2023-07-17 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The We’re-Back Show: RIP New York Times Sports, ESPN Layoffs, GQ, and More | 2023-07-14 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | Jake Tapper on Writing Novels, the '70s, Print Days, Rupert Murdoch, and the New CNN | 2023-07-10 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | One Perfect Story: Chris Jones on "The Things That Carried Him" | 2023-07-03 |  |  | 
                                    
                                        | The 20th Anniversary of 'Shattered Glass' with Writer-Director Billy Ray | 2023-06-26 |  |  |