Crazy Mid-Air Adjustments with Jason Steinhauer

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Jason Steinhauer, public historian and author of History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past, lays out for Drew & Roth whether the current system is actually Fascism or merely sparkling Authoritarianism, and if historical precedent can even predict our modern times at all. And then after that, somehow, they also turn their attention to the NBA finals! You might be surprised at how many guys Jason can remember… or, well, he’s a historian, so maybe not.

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Stuff We Talked About

Fascism
How the internet affects history
NBA finals
Knicks v Wolves in the finals ??
Jason’s substack!

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Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer: Brandon Grugle

- Editor: Mischa Stanton

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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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0:51.3	We're back, we're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew.
0:54.7	That's raw.
0:55.3	They're doing rough?
0:56.5	Oh, you know, I'm doing all right.
0:58.4	How are things?
0:59.2	Yeah, I'm doing that.
1:00.5	I'm doing good.
1:01.1	You know, can't complain.
1:03.2	I got the, you know, I got the Memorial Day weekend coming up.
1:06.7	And, you know, it'll rain because it always rains on Memorial Day. Or at least since I'm a parent, I always say that.
1:12.6	And then whatever the weather is, like, if it's sunny, which is like 50, 50 odds, I'll be like, well, usually it's rainy.
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