Ben Smith, January 6 Anniversary, Ken Rosenthal, and More from The Press Box

Ben Smith, January 6 Anniversary, Ken Rosenthal, and More

47 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2022 at 1:32 am.

Bryan and David are back and kicking off the new year with Ben Smith’s announcement that he is leaving The New York Times for a global media startup

Then they transition to the first anniversary of the January siege of the Capitol by discussing Evan Osnos’s New Yorker profile of radio host Dan Bongino

Then they touch on Ken Rosenthal’s comments that lost him a gig with the MLB Network

and the unfortunate release of a People magazine issue that highlights the great (and recently departed) Betty White’s 100th birthday

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Bryan and David are back and kicking off the new year with Ben Smith’s announcement that he is leaving The New York Times for a global media startup (0:22). Then they transition to the first anniversary of the January siege of the Capitol by discussing Evan Osnos’s New Yorker profile of radio host Dan Bongino (9:24). Then they touch on Ken Rosenthal’s comments that lost him a gig with the MLB Network (23:11) and the unfortunate release of a People magazine issue that highlights the great (and recently departed) Betty White’s 100th birthday (35:10). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerAssociate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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