Alex met Sam at nursery. They were first loves. They built forts together, shared sandwiches in high school, and were each other's first kiss.

They were the dream couple until Sam got into EDM music.

While Alex enjoyed folk, first loves are kind of like your current account. If they aren't working for you anymore,

maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.

The following podcast contains naughty language.

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of February 14th, 2022. Happy Valentine's Day!

On this week's show, we'll be talking about the Rams win over the Bengals in Super Bowl 56.

Dave Epstein will also join us to discuss the decision to allow 15-year-old Russian skater Camila Valleva to compete in the Olympics despite a positive drug test.

And we'll assess the mega trade between the nets and the Sixers, which has the potential to change basketball history and or allow James Harden and Ben Simmons to be hated by entirely new fan bases.

I'm in Washington, D.C., and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year.

Also in D.C., Stefan Fatsis, author of The Book's Board Freak, a few seconds of panic, and wild and outside.

What did you eat last night, Stefan?

Dinner.

Leftovers. We did not do anything special. I'm not like Joel. I didn't eat like a...

What?

I didn't eat like a pint of dip.

You act like eating a pint of dip during the Super Bowl is a bad thing.

Okay.

Well, I was looking for chili. I don't know what chili could be a reference to. I didn't realize.

I didn't intend to eat dip. I thought it was chili.

What were you the leftovers?

Leftovers were a delicious chicken schwarma.

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