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Kash Patel vs. The Atlantic, Mike Vrabel Speaks, and Why NBC Wants Mike Tomlin. Plus, Jordan Ritter Conn on ‘American Men.’

Kash Patel, Mike Vrabel, and Mike Tomlin. Plus, 'American Men.'

Kash Patel, Mike Vrabel, and 'American Men'

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Hosts

Bryan Curtis

Joel Anderson

Jordan Ritter Conn

About the episode

Today on The Press Box, Bryan and Joel start with Kash Patel’s lawsuit against The Atlantic. Then they react to New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel speaking to the media for the first time since photos of him and Dianna Russini in Arizona were released (16:41). They also discuss Mike Tomlin to NBC (23:37), NBA score bug issues (34:42), The Washington Post hiring (43:38), and much more. Then Joel talks to Jordan Ritter Conn, Ringer writer and the author of American Men, about the process of writing this book, what masculinity looks like today, and much more (51:49).

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson
Guest: Jordan Ritter Conn
Producers: Bruce Baldwin, Isaiah Blakely, Ryan Todd, and Sarah Reddy

Books

“Was He Bleeding? Did I Fuck Him Up?”

In this excerpt from Jordan Ritter Conn’s new book, ‘American Men,’ one man reflects on his growing desire for violence—and the forces from his past that caused that desire to take root

Jordan Ritter Conn