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Elon Musk Versus Critics, Watching an Awesome World Cup Final, and a New Doc About Robert Caro

402

Katie Baker on the Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Scandal

403

Remembering Sportswriter Grant Wahl, Plus the NYT Strike and Sinema Purgatorio

404

Covering College Football, the Playoffs, and the Transfer Portal Era With Kevin Clark

405

Can Herschel Walker Run to the U.S. Senate? Plus, Epic Twitter Threads and the Power of the List

406

What It’s Like to Cover the World Cup With Jason Gay

407

The Joe Biden Semi-Boomlet, the Jerry Jones Photo, and a New Book by Anthony Bourdain

408

George Lois and the Lost Art of the Magazine Cover

409

Conservative Media vs. Donald Trump, Plus Who Wants to Cover the World Cup?

410

The Night Everyone Thought Twitter Was Going to Die

411

The 10 Best Media Movies With Sean Fennessey

412

The Red Wave That Wasn’t, Trump for Prez (Again), and Revisiting the Fetterman Debate

413

Press Box Election Night Live Podcast

414

Predictions for Tomorrow's Midterms, Bottom-Five Senate Candidates, and the Musk-Twitter Meltdown

415

Verne Lundquist on Calling Huge SEC Games, Memories of Kick Six, Johnny Football, and More

416

The Midterms Are Here, Elon Musk and Twitter, and NFL Insider Trade Inflation

417

Perry Bacon Jr. on the Midterm Countdown, Twitter Under Elon Musk, and How to Save Local News

418

Big Senate Races, the TB12 Primary, and a First Look at Ben Smith’s Semafor

419

The Draymond Green Doc and the Future of “New Media” With Wosny Lambre

420

Charles Barkley's New Deal, Baseball Playoff Ads, and Covering Political Losers

421

Rebecca Traister on John Fetterman, His Recovery From a Stroke, and the Media

422

The Athletic-New York Times Marriage, Nikki Finke, and Late Night in Peril

423

Covering Herschel Walker's Senate Campaign With Greg Bluestein

424

Maggie Haberman’s Book Arrives, Covering a Concussion, and Shane Bacon on LIV Golf’s TV Deal

425

Charley Steiner on Calling Baseball, Memories of ESPN, Press Room Scuffles, and More

426

How the Ime Udoka Story Was Reported

427

Pedro Martínez on Home Run Chases, Doing TV, Mets Joy, and Red Sox Sadness.

428

Gabe Debenedetti on ‘The Long Alliance’

429

ESPN's Dan Orlovsky on Calling Games, Watching Tape, and Being a Sports Dad

430

Five Ways to Cover the Death of Queen Elizabeth II

431

Fox's Kevin Burkhardt on Calling Games, Selling Cars, and Learning Via 'Tecmo Bowl'

432

The Twitter Edit Button, Chuck Todd, and The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue

433

The Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins on Column Writing, Her Dad, and Serena Williams

434

Is the Streaming Era Heaven or Hell for Sports Fans? Plus, Amazon’s First Thursday NFL Broadcast.

435

John Jastremski on WFAN, Working the Overnight Shift, and Radio vs. Podcasting

436

Brian Stelter Leaves CNN, Plus Would You Pay $8 Billion for Big Ten Football?

437

Cris Collinsworth on New Partners, a Bengals Super Bowl, John Madden's Legacy, and the Fate of the Collinsworth Slide

438

Trump Is Back in the News Cycle, How to Talk to an Embattled Quarterback, and the Return of Harry Caray

439

NBC’s Rebecca Lowe on the Premier League, Breaking Into TV, and Talking Soccer With Americans

440

Axios’s Big Sale, Rachel Maddow’s Future, and Brian Phillips's New '22 Goals' Podcast

441

Remembering Vin Scully With Jason Gay

442

Rece Davis on His Long Career at ESPN and the Changing Landscape of College Football

443

ESPN's Laura Rutledge on College Football, Covering Recruiting, and 'NFL Live'

444

Charles Barkley to LIV Golf? Plus, a Face-Off at the LA Times

445

Boomer Esiason on Callers, Cohosts, and 15 Years at WFAN

446

Listener Mail on the NFL Sunday Ticket, Trump 2024, and Movie Newscasts

447

ESPN’s Paul Finebaum on College Football Chaos, His Callers, and Three Decades of Sports Radio

448

What is TV Doing to College Football? Plus, the New Rule of Celebrity Profiles.

449

NBA “New” Media, Beat Writers’ Fandom, and Steph Curry Sounds Off

450

ESPN's Pablo Torre on Podcasting, the Process, and 'High Noon'

451

Covering the End of Roe and “I’m Not Reporting This But” Scoop

452

Angelo Cataldi on Three Decades of Hosting Sports Radio in Philadelphia

453

NBA Finals Media Takeaways. Plus: Has the Podcast Conquered Music in the Car?

454

Mike Breen on Coming Back From COVID and Calling the NBA Finals.

455

The Washington Post Social Media Saga, Plus the NBA Finals in Tweets

456

ESPN's Kevin Van Valkenburg on Covering the LIV Golf Tournament

457

NBA Finals Audio Fun. Plus: Dieter Kurtenbach on Covering the Games.

458

Celtics Announcer Sean Grande on Calling the NBA Finals, Homerism, and TV vs. Radio

459

Covering the NBA Finals With Kevin O’Connor

460

Bill Simmons on Podcasting, Writing, Doing TV, and Being a Fan

461

George R.R. Martin on His College Days, the Media in 2022, and the New York Jets

462

Remembering Roger Angell With Jason Gay. Plus, How to Cover a Golf Tournament

463

Jim Nantz on Tiger, Phil, Rory, John Daly, and Calling the PGA Championship

464

Adam Lefkoe on the Conference Finals. Plus: Playoff TV Notes, Drew Brees, and Phil Mickelson

465

Instant Reaction Pod: Tom Brady Is Going to Fox

466

NBA Buzzer-Beaters, Formula One Grid Walks, and Scooping the Supreme Court

467

Scott Van Pelt on Writing a Tribute to His Dog, Going Solo on 'SportsCenter,' Calling Golf, and Interviewing Tiger Woods.

468

Covering Formula One With Kevin Clark, Plus NFL Draft Audio and the Greeny Conversation

469

Don Winslow on His New Novel, Mob Stories, Crime Fiction Before the Smartphone, and Why He's Retiring From Writing

470

How to Watch the NFL Draft, RIP CNN+, and Who’s Afraid of ‘Winning Time’?

471

Kevin Harlan on the NBA Playoffs, His First Job, Grading His Work, and the Superglue Protest

472

NBA Playoffs Notes, the Horror of the Replay Review, and the USFL’s “Why” Problem

473

Peter Schrager on the NFL Draft, Auditioning for 'Dream Job,' and Calling in to WFAN. Plus, the LA Times' Dan Woike on Covering the Doomed Lakers.

474

Tiger and the Masters, Instant Obits, and Luring Reporters Back to Work

475

Ian Eagle on NBA Announcing, Being a Comedian's Son, First-Game Flop Sweat, and Going 10 Years Without a Mistake

476

Covering 'WrestleMania,' ESPN Re-Signs the Insiders, and Tiger at the Masters

477

The WWE’s Michael Cole on ‘WrestleMania,’ His Career in News, Great Announcers of the Past, and the Art of Calling a Match

478

The Oscars Win Worst Editing. Plus, the Final Four and “Who Wants to Be an F1 Analyst?”

479

CNN Dives Into Streaming, Brutally Honest Oscar Ballots, and a Twitter Time Machine

480

The Media Tries on Formula One, Free Speech, and a Tribute to ESPN’s John Clayton

481

The AP's Philip Crowther on Covering Ukraine, Live Shots, and Reporting in Six Languages

482

Joe Buck to ESPN, Quarterback Media Transactions, 'Broadcast News,' and a Tribute to Brent Renaud

483

Covering the MLB Lockout and Announcer Musical Chairs With the Washington Post's Ben Strauss

484

Ukraine’s Media Strategy, Russia’s Ban on Journalism, and the Ongoing Coverage of the War in Ukraine.

485

CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on Covering Ukraine, TV News During a War, and Hosting ‘Face the Nation’

486

CNN and More on the Coverage of Ukraine

487

Watching the Coverage of the Invasion of Ukraine

488

Russia and Ukraine Coverage, NBA Locker Rooms, and RIP P.J. O’Rourke

489

Trashy Tabloids and True Crime With Clare Malone and the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle

490

The Glory Days of Entertainment Weekly and Covering the Olympics With Ty Burr, Owen Gleiberman, and Jason Gay

491

Super Bowl Instant Reaction Show

492

Live From Radio Row With Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and ESPN’s Adam Schefter

493

Live From Radio Row! Plus, Palin vs. NYT.

494

Al Michaels Revisits the 10 Super Bowls He Called

495

Takes on Tony Romo, the Halftime Show Invasion, Sideline Reports, and Tom Brady's Retirement U-Turn.

496

The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson on Latin America, War Reporting, and 'Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life'

497

More Weekend Football Notes, Media News From Chicago, and the Profile Location of the Week

498

Carl Bernstein on His First Job, Newspaper Love, a Great Prank, and Scandals That Are “Worse Than Watergate”

499

TV Football Breakdown, Media Piss Test, and Netflix Sports Docs

500

NPR Departures, Awards Season SEO, and Wordle-Loving Reporters