An Apology to Brad Lohaus

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

It’s just Drew and Roth this week, and guess what? They’re gonna talk NBA playoffs, because Drew actually knows what he’s talking about this year! For real! He has thoughts on these teams! Then, they open up the funbag to answer real questions from real listeners like you!

Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!

Stuff We Talked About

Knicks/Pacers
High scores and even higher physicality
Shooting too many bad threes
Foul baiting
The worst possible mascots

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Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer: Brandon Grugle

- Editor: Mischa Stanton

- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts

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About The Show

The Distraction is 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 voicemails, 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.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	We're back, we're back, it's a distraction.
0:04.2	Wait, I don't like that, but I don't like that.
0:06.2	Not enough.
0:07.2	Nope, no, didn't have the feeling.
0:11.0	We're back, we're back, it's the distraction.
0:13.3	I'm true, that's raw.
0:14.9	Are you doing raw?
0:16.0	Good, good choice, too.
0:17.4	He bagged the first, we're back.
0:18.8	It didn't have enough verve. And I think we can all
0:21.2	agree the second one had plenty of verve. Yeah, yeah. No, actually, actually you recorded that two
0:26.2	years ago. That's the B-roll. We just, we just plug in a good, we're back whenever I'm not
0:31.9	feeling it. It would be great to have a soundboard, but it's all different we're back readings that you could just mash at different times.
0:38.0	I think that, uh, that's a box you really don't want.
0:41.3	Open.
0:42.1	I, uh, by the way, I have a, a family cold, you know, and it's not like, it's not COVID
0:46.8	or anything like that, but it's like, you know, one day, one kid wakes up in the
0:51.0	middle of the night with a sore throughout the next day.
0:53.2	Yeah.
0:53.5	Another kid does.
0:54.5	Start the clock.
0:55.6	Yep.
	...

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