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Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 28,

2021. On this week's show, we're going to talk about Raiders' defensive linemen Carl

Nassib's decision to come out, becoming the first active NFL player ever to do so.

We'll also discuss Chris Paul, Devon Booker,

De' Andre Aeton, Paul George,

Gianna Santé Ticumpo, Chris Middleton, Trey Young,

and at least some of them.

The point being, they're all still alive in NBA playoffs at the time I'm recording this.

And finally, we'll take a tour through the Week in Sports Idiacy, with stops at the Tour de France

in the College World Series.

Please join us, won't you?

I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen, the host of one of the Slow Burns and the new

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