Hey everyone, it's Liz Kelly and I want to tell you about the second annual

Ringer NBA Paloza we have going on next week on Tuesday, October 16th.

We'll be streaming a live marathon countdown to tip off with Bill Simmons and

the Ringer NBA crew featuring live podcasts, special guests,

Ringer original shorts and culminating in a six year Celtics watch party.

You can check it out live on Tuesday across all of our social media platforms.

And don't forget to check out our brand new NBA Paloza merch on the Ringer.com

slash shop.

I'm Justin charity.

I'm Kate Ned.

Welcome to Damage Control on the Channel 33 network.

A podcast where we unpack what upsets, excites and divides us in popular culture.

So Philadelphia fires have a new mascot.

Gritty, a giant orange monster who loves to party.

So normally we don't talk about sports on damage control since the

Ringer has like 90 other more appropriate venues for athletic talk.

But we have to discuss Gritty because you somehow already at the center of a

very silly political fight.

But first, we're going to talk about an only slightly less silly political story.

We're going to talk about Taylor Swift.

Now Taylor Swift's political silence all throughout the 2016 presidential

election.

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