About the episode
Hello, media consumers! Today on The Press Box, we have a special episode! Bryan and Joel are joined in studio by The Ringer’s own Van Lathan to create a 2028 Democratic nominee depth chart. The guys go through a list of potential candidates for the 2028 Democratic nomination for president, discussing the outlook and viability of each person. The list spans all the way from front-runners like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gavin Newsom to long shots like Jon Stewart. The show wraps up with Van ranking them in order of who he thinks would win the nomination as of today.
Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson
Guest: Van Lathan
Producer: Bruce Baldwin
Additional Production Support: Conor Nevins, Ben Cruz, Chris Thomas
Summary
- 2:26
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- 7:20
Gavin Newsom
- 16:12
Pete Buttigieg
- 17:42
Josh Shapiro
- 20:48
Kamala Harris
- 25:46
Tim Walz
- 26:27
Stephen A. Smith
- 28:03
Mark Cuban
- 32:08
JB Pritzker
- 33:53
Rahm Emmanuel
- 35:54
Bernie Sanders
- 37:00
Joe Biden
- 37:35
Wes Moore
- 39:21
Corey Booker
- 40:40
Michele Obama
- 44:43
Ruben Gallego
- 45:45
Mark Kelly
- 47:47
Bob Iger
- 48:41
Gretchen Whitmer
- 49:26
James Talarico
- 53:29
Andy Beshear
- 1:03:33
Liz Cheney
- 1:03:56
John Fetterman
- 1:04:02
Tech Mogul/Pop Culture Persona TBD
- 1:04:24
John Stewart
- 1:09:36
Hunter Biden
- 1:10:40
Putting the candidates in order
- 1:11:53
Jasmine Crockett
- 1:12:51
Ro Khanna



