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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Ep. 46: Chuck Klosterman

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.430.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2016

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

HBO's Bill Simmons catches up with Chuck Klosterman to discuss rabid Boston fans, Peyton Manning (7:00 mark), HGH & career preservation (14:00), PED policies and MLB's steroid era (21:00), Curry's impact (28:00), Chuck's Star Wars theory (35:00), the NCAA blowing its New Year's Eve plan (44:00), Chip Kelly(48:00), Taylor Swift (58:00) and 'Making of a Murderer' vs Fox's OJ mini-series (1:10:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Let's do it.

0:54.0

I don't remember if we had intro music the last time Chuck Closterman was on, didn't we?

1:07.4

We did not because I was trying to get out what the music was and you were caging me.

1:13.2

Yeah. So since the last time you were on you lost the entire state of Massachusetts. They won't be voting for you in the 2016 election.

1:23.6

It looks like you've lost that demographic. Maybe all of New England.

1:27.6

Well, you know, whenever they have like online polls, do you believe the Patriots or whatever?

1:34.1

It really is only the state of Massachusetts that believes them. It'll be like 49 against one.

1:40.7

Absolutely. I don't know if I got to worry about New Hampshire.

1:45.4

Everyone New Hampshire is so mellow. You know, I think New Hampshire, but I think for Rhode Island probably is against you too.

1:51.7

It may be parts of Connecticut.

1:54.5

You emailed me after so you wrote a piece about Tom Brady for GQ.

2:00.0

That was a mix of opinion and feature and basically you were doing this man of the year thing and

2:06.4

the terms changed and all of a sudden he wasn't nearly as forthcoming as you were led to believe he would be in such an interview and made you question

2:15.3

how much he knew about stuff and you just wrote what you thought and uh and and Patriot fans did not handle it well and it gave you a window

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