meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Hang Up and Listen

Bang the Garbage Can Quickly

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Nate Jackson to discuss Colin Kaepernick’s workout and Myles Garrett’s helmet smash; the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh assesses the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scheme; and Asif Kapadia talks about his documentary Diego Maradona. Kaepernick and Garrett (02:58): Did Kaepernick hurt his chances to play in the NFL? And what should we make of Garrett’s burst of anger? Sign-stealing (24:59): Did the Astros do anything that other teams didn’t do? How effective is sign-stealing anyway? Diego Maradona (49:49): The director of Senna and Amy on how he made a film about Diego Maradona and what he learned about the soccer legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

Hi, I'm Stephen Fatsis, the author of Word Freak and a few seconds of Panic, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast,

0:14.8

Hang Up and Listen for the week of November 18th, 2019.

0:19.2

On this week's show, we'll discuss Blackballed quarterback Colin Capernix's Bizarro workout in front of a

0:25.3

handful of scouts and defensive linemen Miles Garrett's unorthodox use of a helmet.

0:31.5

Former NFL player Nate Jackson will be here for that conversation.

0:35.3

Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer will join us to talk about the Houston Astro's latest front office

0:40.0

disgrace, an elaborate sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved Camp. disgrace and

0:44.3

elaborate sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved cameras, wireless relays, and most important garbage cans.

0:49.4

Finally, we'll interview the director Assif Capadia about his new documentary about the life of

0:55.9

soccer icon, Diego Maradona.

0:59.2

Josh Levine is Slates National Editor and the author of The Queen, The Forgotten Life behind an American Myth.

1:06.0

He joins me from Boston.

1:07.8

Hey Josh.

1:08.8

Hello, Stephen.

1:10.1

No wild and outside this week.

1:11.8

Not one of the weeks where you're feeling it.

1:13.2

Nah, I guess. Wanted to keep things moving. I felt like it was slowing things down.

1:17.2

Your just kind of like oscillating sign curve of love and hate for your first book is just it keeps me alive not knowing how

1:25.0

you're gonna feel about it in a given week. Keep the listeners guessing. That way they

1:28.9

may be more motivated to join the other 2,000 people that bought wild and outside.

1:34.0

Josh let's mention that we're doing a live show.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Joel Meyer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Joel Meyer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.