Bryan Curtis
@bryancurtis
Editor-at-large of The Ringer Host of the Press Box podcast Mailing list:
I asked New Yorker writer Hua Hsu: What do we lose if we lose magazines? Full pod about the disappearing world of fronts of books and feature wells here: open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...
One final pod from New York Month: New Yorker writer and magazine collector Hua Hsu stopped by to talk about magazines. What they were. Why we collect them. And where the things we loved about them have gone. Plus: Me on Tony Romo + ESPN's anti-debate pivot. open.spotify.com/episode/78es...
I asked Mark Guiducci, who grew up reading Vanity Fair, how he got the job running the magazine. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/0RSE...
You can see Guiducci's five best VF covers here. They stretch back to 1933: www.instagram.com/p/DbbzozLjsW...
New PRESS BOX: Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci stopped by Ringer HQ to talk about his first year running the mag. On the agenda: the Susie Wiles story, the revamped Oscar party, Olivia Nuzzi, the elusive Melania cover, and more. Plus: his Top 5 VF covers of all time. open.spotify.com/episode/0RSE...
Tim Walz replays his veep debate with JD Vance. Nice JD was the one JD he didn't prepare for. Full interview w/ Walz about the midterms, his final months in office, and much more here: open.spotify.com/episode/4NXD...
Hulk Hogan was a bandana-wearing embodiment of the Reagan era. "Patriotism without policy," @davidshoemaker.bsky.social writes in his new book. We discussed it all here: open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
What was it like to watch Hulk Hogan wrestle in the '80s? You'll have to believe us: It was like seeing the Beatles. Full episode with me + Shoemaker here: open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
Happy pub day to @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: a friend since freshman year of high school, my podcast tag team partner, and an extraordinary writer. Buy his new book, WHY HULK HOGAN MATTERS, right now, brother! www.amazon.com/Hulk-Hogan-M...
I asked @stephruhle.bsky.social how dyslexia affects the way she preps for her MS NOW show. Our full interview about cable news, Trump's billions, Ruhle's business career, and much more is here: open.spotify.com/episode/1jYk...
Donald Trump made $2.2 billion in his first year back in the White House. We asked @slotkin.senate.gov what she made of his financial disclosures. Full interview w/ me + @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/6sU2...
“I check Press Box for the latest sports news” is something more and more people are saying.
We asked @slotkin.senate.gov about Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia—and the caveat he added yesterday. Full interview with me + @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/6sU2...
Stephanie Ruhle spent 14 years in investment banking. She says the TV world is meaner. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/1jYk...
New PRESS BOX: MS NOW's @stephruhle.bsky.social stopped by our NYC headquarters to talk about the midterms, Trump's self-enrichment, her twin careers in banking and cable news, her Regis and Kelly tryout, and *much* more. open.spotify.com/episode/1jYk...
What's a movie critic's job, really? The New Yorker's Richard Brody has an answer. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/2FiK...
Just catching up on the NYC ice cream truck order known as the “Merlin.”
Frank Miller published The Dark Knight Returns in 1986. Forty years later, I asked him, why is Batman *still* getting darker? Full interview with Miller here: open.spotify.com/episode/2FiK...
Frank Miller once created a sentient AI character. I asked what he makes of a world where AI can draw and write for us. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/2FiK...
New PRESS BOX: Shoemaker and I discuss the Mitch McConnell photo and The Atlantic's reading-is-dead story. Then FRANK MILLER joins me to talk about Batman, Sin City, NYC in 70s, vigilante stories, the genius of Calvin and Hobbes, and Miller's new memoir. open.spotify.com/episode/2FiK...
In a world of podcasts and social media, what's going to happen to written movie reviews? The New Yorker's Richard Brody weighs in. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/6P2V...
I asked the New Yorker's Richard Brody to weigh in on some common complaints about the movies today. First up: There are too many reboots. Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/6P2V...
Another piece from the Curtis Magazine Conservancy is on our IG page. A 1969 review of Slaughterhouse-Five by “J. Michael Crichton.” He published The Andromeda Strain two weeks later. www.instagram.com/p/Dap2-QpDuU...
New PRESS BOX: The New Yorker's Richard Brody stopped by for a mind-enlarging discussion about the job of a movie critic, reviews vs. podcasts, the new age of reboots, Godard, Barbie, and much more. He even made a Ringer List (tm). open.spotify.com/episode/6P2V...
Frank Miller talks about why The Odyssey still resonates—and issues a challenge to Christopher Nolan. Full pod with Frank about *many* things coming soon. open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...
Why Democrats fell in love with Jon Ossoff. Full pod w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social on the battle for the Senate, NPR, Russini, free agency, and much more here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Eo8...
New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: We checked in on Ossoff, El-Sayed, and the Democrats' push to win the Senate. Then we talked about NPR's Supreme Court meltdown, the Russini video, and the joys of free-agency Twitter. open.spotify.com/episode/2Eo8...
In Philly, @governor.pa.gov has been calling sports radio stations for years. We asked him to join our open lines. Full interview w/ me + @joelanderson.bsky.social about the directions of the Dems, Iran, and much more here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Me9...
