The End of the Platner Campaign, Where's Mitch McConnell, and the Future of Youth Sports in America.
About this episode
The episode discusses the end of Graham Platner's Senate campaign, Mitch McConnell's health, the Texas Senate race, and youth soccer in America.
Today on The Press Box, Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson discuss the end of Graham Platner's campaign for the U.S. Senate seat in Maine. Then they talk about Mitch McConnell's whereabouts and health before checking in on the Texas Senate race. Plus, they react to the New York Times' competition with AI slop and Alexi Lalas's take on youth soccer in America. (00:00) Intro(01:13) The end of the Platner campaign(09:44) Where’s Mitch McConnell?(21:38) Checking in on the Texas Senate race(27:34) The New York Times trying to outrun AI slop is fascinating(39:46) Alexi Lalas on youth soccer in AmericaHosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonProducer: Tucker Tashjian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Bryan Curtis, Joel Anderson
Topics covered
- politics
- youth sports
- Senate race
- media competition
- health
- soccer
Keywords
- Graham Platner
- Mitch McConnell
- Texas Senate race
- New York Times
- Alexi Lalas
- youth soccer
- politics
- media
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times
Places: Maine, Texas
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