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The MSNBC Rebrand, Gavin Newsom’s Twitter, and Longform Podcasts

MSNBC's Rebrand, Newsom’s Twitter, and More

Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David discuss the end of summer and showing pop culture treasures from their youth to their children. Then they tackle the headlines, starting with the MSNBC rebrand (8:30), before talking about a Rolling Stone article about the death of the narrative podcast (26:28). Then in the notebook dump, they talk about what’s been going on with Gavin Newsom’s Twitter account (40:20), the UFC deal (46:49), sheep puns, and David guesses the Strained-Pun Headline of the Week.
Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker 
Producer: Isaiah Blakely 
Additional Music: Epidemic Sound, Anna Landström, Anna Dager, and Hanna Ekström
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Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

Bryan Curtis

David Shoemaker is the host of The Masked Man Show With Kaz and the author of ‘The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling.’

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