All Episodes

Covering a War, Reinventing the Newspaper, and NFL Press Conference Questions With The New Yorker’s Clare Malone

NFL Wild-Card Weekend Fun, How the Networks Botched Iowa, and ESPN’s Year From Hell

Bill Belichick’s Awkward Goodbye, Business Insider, the Iowa Caucuses, and Campaign War Stories With the Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich

Pat McAfee Vs. Norby Williamson, the NFL Playoffs on Peacock, the Messenger in Peril, and the Debut of Press Botch

The Rodgers-McAfee Debacle, How Debates Became Politics’ In-Season Tournament, and the Barry Sanders Doc With Slate’s Joel Anderson

Report from the Sugar Bowl Press Box, Rece Davis, the Campaign Is Here, and a New Segment Coming to the Show!

The Year in Media: From Elon Musk to ESPN and Taylor Swift to Michael Lewis

How to Win a Campaign News Cycle, Criticizing The New York Times, and RIP to HBO’s ‘Real Sports’

The One-Month-Till-Iowa Campaign Check-In, Draymond’s Swing, Belichick’s Silence, and the Campaign Reporter’s Reading List

Screwing Up the Ohtani Story, the WaPo Walkout, and Mahomes’s Meltdown

The Spoiler-Free Shohei Sweepstakes, Person(s) of the Year, and an Oscar Contender That’s Really a Journalism Movie

The College Football Media Machine, Jezebel Resurrected, and More on SI and AI

How to Cover the 2024 Campaign, Weekend NFL Audio, and the McMurtry Mystery Solved

Making Up Sideline Reports, Musk’s Latest Meltdown, and Weekend Audio

Should Sportswriters Bet on Sports? Plus, the Taylor Swift Beat Writer and Logan Murdock on Covering the NBA.

A Shocking Biden Poll, Bobby Knight Obits, and Weekend Audio

Strange Times at The Messenger, and Weekend Audio. Plus, McKay Coppins on Mitt Romney.

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

Katie Baker on Covering the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial, Courtroom Body Language, and Doing a Close Reading of Michael Lewis

Twitter in a Time of War, Weekend NFL Audio, and More on Paying for Interviews

Aaron Rodgers Gets Paid, a Braves’ Clubhouse Controversy, and the Long-Form “Nobody Believed in Us!” Club With Jason Gay

Twitter Took Your Headlines, CNN’s War Coverage, and Audio of a Miami Meltdown

Jason Gay on Taylor and the NFL, Michael Lewis, and Six Months Since Evan Gershkovich Was Detained

Dame Lillard Trade Takes, NFL Weekend Audio, and the Great Biden Makeover

A Report From the GOP Debate. Plus: Adam Nagourney on Triumphs and Disasters at The New York Times.

Streaming Is Coming for Sports, a Debate Preview, and Football Weekend Audio

Emergency Podcast: Rupert Murdoch Retires

An NFL Media Lawsuit, Jann Wenner’s Meltdown, and ABC for Sale!

The Tim Scott Story and Musk-ageddon, Plus Mike Valenti on Lions Happiness and Detroit Sports

Week 1 NFL Season Audio, the Howard Stern-ing of Cable News, and the Iowa Football Primary

The Coach Prime Content Machine. Plus: The "What Do We Cover Now?" Campaign and a Musk Mega-book.

An AI-Journalist Truce and The Athletic’s Big Spending. Plus: Richard Deitsch on Tony Romo and ESPN.

How Not to Moderate a Debate. Plus: Hollywood’s Starless Profiles and the Death of a Lousy Sportswriter.

A Campaign "Misquote," the Sports Doc Crisis, and Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin on the GOP Debate

GOP Debate Preview. Plus, the 'Blind Side' Situation and NFL Aggregators.

ESPN’s Big Gamble With James Andrew Miller, Plus a Raid in Kansas, and a New ‘Countdown’ Cast

ESPN Bets on Itself and the Orioles’ Massive Blunder. Plus: The New York Post’s Mike Vaccaro on Two Decades of Column-Writing

The Wooing of Donald Trump, USWNT Takery, and in Defense of Mark Jackson

The Trump Trials and the Starless GOP Debate. Plus, Matt Belloni on Disney and the Strikes.

Variety vs. Puck and The Atlantic. Plus, ESPN’s New NBA Team, and Twitter Becomes X.

ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi on 'SportsCenter' in 2023, Making It at ESPN, Philly Fandom, and Watching Games With His Dad.

What It’s Like to Work at The Athletic With Lindsay Jones. Plus, ESPN and Newsroom AI.

Astead Herndon on Campaign 2024, Midwest Diners, Podcasting vs. Writing, and The New York Times.

What Should The New York Times Do With The Athletic? Plus: No More Hollywood Profiles.

The We’re-Back Show: RIP New York Times Sports, ESPN Layoffs, GQ, and More

Jake Tapper on Writing Novels, the '70s, Print Days, Rupert Murdoch, and the New CNN

One Perfect Story: Chris Jones on "The Things That Carried Him"

The 20th Anniversary of 'Shattered Glass' with Writer-Director Billy Ray

Tim Mak on Reporting From Ukraine, Going Solo for Substack, and the Life of a War Correspondent

Did We Ever Decide How to Cover Trump? Plus: The Athletic Pivots and the End of the Draft-Night Woj Bomb

Live From the U.S. Open With Kevin Van Valkenburg and NBC's John Wood

Flushing Out the Trump Indictment, LIV-PGA, and CNN’s Cloudy Future

Ryen Russillo on Covering the NBA Finals, Explaining Jokic’s Greatness, and Getting the Sports TV We Want

Shannon Sharpe, Chuck Todd, and the CNN Meltdown for Dummies

Game 1 Garbage Time, the Cult of Kevin Harlan, and Other Media Takes With Tyler Parker

Ron DeSantis’s False Start, Game 7 Audio, and NBA Take Whiplash

Politico’s Burgess Everett on Covering Congress During a Wild Week of Negotiations

Pat McAfee’s ESPN Deal, the Kevin Harlan Playoff Experience, and This Week in 2024

ESPN's Marc J. Spears on Melo's Arrival, a Practice Boycott, and Other Tales from the Nuggets' Locker Room

CNN’s Trump Town Hall, Stephen A. and Concussions, and How 'Succession' Got Election Night Right

Lakers Announcer John Ireland on the Warriors Series, Anthony Davis’s Injury, and Memories of Shaq and Kobe

Profiling Elizabeth Holmes, the NBA’s Fake Injuries, and Trump Returns to CNN

Writer Chris Heath on Tom Hanks, Adventures in the Magazine Trade, and the Art of the Celebrity Profile

Biden’s Media Cheat Sheet, “Gotcha” Questions for Giannis, and Farewell to Jerry Springer

Brian Stelter on Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and a Crazy Week in Cable News

Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Out, the ESPN Layoffs, and RIP BuzzFeed News

Jemele Hill on the ESPN Layoffs, Life After the Worldwide Leader, Tweeting in the Musk Era, and More

NBA Announcing’s Golden Age and Other TV Notes. Plus, a 2024 Campaign Update and Fox Trial Cheat Sheet.

NPR’s David Folkenflik on Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News–Dominion Case

The 2016 Election Is Back. Plus: Masters TV Notes and How Everything Became a “Cult Classic.”

How Trump’s Indictment Was Covered. Plus, Rethinking: “Embrace Debate” and a Reporter in a Russian Prison.

Writing (and Covering) Pro Wrestling with WWE’s Bruce Prichard and David Shoemaker

Doubts About DeSantis, Mean Magazine Stories, and RIP Texas Observer

Announcer Don Orsillo on Baseball With a Pitch Clock, the Padres’ Golden Age, and His Years with the Red Sox

Undermining Jimmy Carter's Presidency, Donald Trump's Looming Indictment, and Quentin Tarantino's New Film

The Madness of NFL Free Agency, and Tucker Carlson’s GOP Takeover

The Asteroid About to Hit Baseball, the 'Match of the Day' Controversy, and Seth Rogen vs. Critics

Adam Gopnik on Acting in ‘Tár,’ Writing for The New Yorker, and 50 Years of Jets Fandom

Fox News vs. Dominion. Plus, the Oscars and the Media and Ron DeSantis's Opt-Out.

Puck’s Tara Palmeri on Low-Energy Trump, Slow-Moving Biden, and the Rest of the 2024 Presidential Campaign

2024 Presidential Race Check-in. Plus, Don Lemon’s Meltdown and Texas News.

New York Magazine's Shawn McCreesh on PR Showdowns, the Media Beat, and Working for Maureen Dowd

Kevin Van Valkenburg on Leaving ESPN for ‘No Laying Up,’ Tiger's Late Period, and Year 2 of LIV Golf

Super Bowl Reaction Pod on the Announcers, the Ads, the Penalty, and Much More

The Super Bowl of Sports Radio With Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Mike Felger

Live From Radio Row! Tom Brady vs. Greg Olsen, Farewell Gawker 2.0, and the Death of the Super Bowl Party

One Perfect Story: Wright Thompson on Writing About Michael Jordan

Is AI Coming for Your Media Job? Plus, the Passion of Tony Romo and the Smugness of Book Collectors.

Nora Princiotti on the NFL, Damar Hamlin, and Tom Brady. Plus: Jason Gay Toasts Billy Packer.

The George Santos Fib-O-Meter, Shannon Sharpe, and the Chorizo Pun Mystery

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Mike Sielski on the Year of the Eagles, Writing Columns, and Sweating Out Deadlines

Prince Harry's 'Spare' Is Good. Really. Plus: Tom Brady, Mike Tirico, and Netflix's New Tennis Doc.

Joe Buck on Damar Hamlin, Year 1 of ‘Monday Night Football,’ and Dreaming About His Dad

Michael Irvin on the 30th Anniversary of the 1992 Dallas Cowboys

More on ESPN and Damar Hamlin, Plus the Excruciating Victory of Kevin McCarthy

ESPN's Chris Fowler on Sportscasting During a Time of Crisis, College Football vs. the NFL, and Calling the National Championship

How ESPN Handled Damar Hamlin’s On-Field Collapse

One Perfect Story: Stephen Rodrick on Writing About Lindsay Lohan

The Takes We Had: 'The Press Box' Year in Media

Sean Fennessey on Covering Movies, Sight and Sound, and the State of the Top 10 List