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Bryan kicks off the week with a conversation with Graydon Carter, who comes on to discuss ‘Spy Magazine’ going to ‘Vanity Fair’ and more. They discuss the following:
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<li>The idea behind &#039;Spy Magazine&#039; (2:46)</li>
<li>Who took the stories the hardest from &#039;Spy&#039; (9:57)</li>
<li>His perception of Donald Trump (10:36)</li>
<li>If Spy could have worked in the early 2000s (13:20)</li>
<li>Being offered a choice between &#039;Vanity Fair&#039; and &#039;The New Yorker&#039; (14:19)</li>
<li>How writers were treated like stars (23:26)</li>
<li>How &#039;Vanity Fair&#039; was able to land the”deep throat” story, the source behind the Watergate scandal (29:10)</li>
<li>Creating the Vanity Fair Oscar Party (38:00)</li>
<li>Why he left &#039;Vanity Fair&#039; in 2017 (40:50)</li>
<li>What we lost from the magazine era (43:33)</li>
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Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Graydon Carter
Producer: Brian H. Waters



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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.

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Joel Anderson is a senior staff writer at The Ringer and a cohost of ‘The Press Box.’ He most recently worked at Slate, where he was host of Seasons 3, 6, and 8 of the award-winning ‘Slow Burn’ narrative podcast series. He’s also worked at ESPN and BuzzFeed News, among several other outlets.

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