188 episodes

Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voice mails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast Defector Media

    • Sports
    • 4.4 • 2.4K Ratings

Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voice mails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

    Kennedy Levels of Ruddiness with Patrick Redford

    Kennedy Levels of Ruddiness with Patrick Redford

    • 1 hr 2 min
    I Hear Him All Day with Justin Halpern

    I Hear Him All Day with Justin Halpern

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Subtraction by Subtraction with Ray Ratto

    Subtraction by Subtraction with Ray Ratto

    • 1 hr 2 min
    As Basil Exposition Once Said…

    As Basil Exposition Once Said…

    • 54 min
    The 2024 Hater’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy

    The 2024 Hater’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy

    • 57 min
    I Am a Girl and I Drive! with Kathryn Xu

    I Am a Girl and I Drive! with Kathryn Xu

    • 1 hr 5 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
2.4K Ratings

2.4K Ratings

Tmh129 ,

Here for the health updates

Sometimes almost too much sports talk.

jdjdms ,

Guests, please

Big Roth fan, Drew’s just dandy as well. But they both flourish in the company of others. No corner-cutting on the way to excellence!!

Dougefresh55 ,

The best

The episode with Jason Kirk is fantastic, perhaps the only thing that could have been better would be to add more sandwich talk.

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