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Hide your children.

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of

October 25th, 2021. On this week's show, we'll ponder the big questions of the NFL season,

including, what the hell is going on with the Kansas City Chiefs. We'll also investigate

whether the Houston Astros or Atlanta Braves are more worthy of our support

in the World Series.

And Drew McGarry will be here to discuss his new book, The Night the Lights went out,

A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage.

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

Year. Joining me from his own place in D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, the author

of Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic and Wild and Outside. Hello, Stefan. Hi, Josh. Our co-host,

Joel, is off this week, Stefan, but you and everyone all should know that Slow Burn season six

on the LA riots starts next week on November 3rd.

And the trailer should be out by the time you hear this.

So please check that out.

And you have my guarantee that this season of Slow Burn is going to be great.

But back to us, filling in this week for the whole show.

It's the guy with the book and the guy with enough of a functioning

brain to talk about sports. Our friend Drew McGarry, hello, Drew. I don't know if that last

claim is actually accurate, but I will do my best to see if I have enough brain power to talk

about the Chief's hideous defense. We want people to at least listen to the first five minutes of the show. So we need to

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