Hang Up and Listen Slate Podcasts

In this week’s Hang Up and Listen bonus episode, Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis discuss Joel’s reporting for Pablo Torre Finds Out on Oakland A’s owner John Fisher and the rebellion against him.

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk to Slate contributing writer Alex Kirshner about Bryson DeChambeau’s win—and Rory McIlroy’s heartbreaking loss—at the U.S. Open. Then, Washington Post columnist Jerry Brewer joins Stefan and Joel Anderson to analyze the NBA Finals and discuss his series “Grievance Games.”

U.S. Open (2:56): What went wrong for Rory McIlroy.

NBA Finals (22:19): Checking in on the Celtics and Mavericks.
 
Grievance Games (39:17): How sports have “buckled under the pressures of grievance and division.”

Afterball (56:29): Stefan on the 20th anniversary of Greece’s remarkable 2004 European soccer championship.

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In this week’s Hang Up and Listen bonus episode, Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the Los Angeles Lakers’ very public attempt to hire a head coach (and Dan Hurley’s very public dalliance with the job).

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the Boston Celtics’ early dominance over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Stefan and Josh are also joined by journalist Peter Della Penna to talk about the United States’ massive cricket upset over Pakistan. Finally, Butch Reynolds joins to discuss the new ESPN 30 for 30 documentary False Positive on the doping allegation that derailed his life and career.

NBA Finals (3:02): Does Dallas have any chance of coming back?

Cricket (22:47): How the U.S. pulled off a historic victory.

Butch Reynolds (41:53): An interview with an American track legend.

Afterball (1:02:08): Josh on Alexander Zverev, who (despite his claims) was not just declared innocent.

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In this week’s Hang Up and Listen bonus episode, Joel Anderson and Josh Levin discuss Joel’s (brief) attempt to come out of retirement and try out for an arena football team.

Joel Anderson and Josh Levin are joined by Howard Megdal of the Next to discuss the tumultuous beginning to Caitlin Clark’s rookie season. Historian and author Larry Lester also joins to explain how records from the Negro Leagues finally got incorporated into the major-league record book. Finally, Joel speaks with Arena Football League player Tamatoa Silva about how it felt to watch an entire league come crashing down around him.

Caitlin Clark (2:49): Dissecting all the drama surrounding the WNBA star.
 
Negro Leagues (25:23): What to know about all the new stats, and why it took so long for MLB to add them to the record book.

Arena Football League (47:56): A conversation about life on the football fringes.

Afterball (59:48): Josh on Dejounte Murray and the greatest NBA quote of all time.

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