Hang Up and Listen - Athletes and Anti-Semitism
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Power Plays’ Lindsay Gibbs discuss the Washington NFL team’s sexist workplace culture. They also examine the WNBA’s rocky preseason. Finally, Joel, Stefan, and Josh Levin discuss anti-Semitic remarks by the Philadelphia Eagles’ DeSean Jackson.
Washington and sexual harassment (02:08): Will the NFL force Daniel Snyder to sell? Is that even the point?
WNBA (20:12): The league is facing off-court stories about the shabby treatment of Elena Delle Donne and a revolt against the Atlanta Dream’s co-owner, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
Anti-Semitism (40:58): What to make of DeSean Jackson’s comments and the response (or lack thereof) that followed.
Afterballs (01:00:06): Joel on Mike Konrad and Stefan on Leeds United.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.1 | Hide your children. |
| 0:10.7 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic, |
| 0:15.1 | and this is Slate's sports podcast. Hang up and listen for the week of July 20th, 2020. On this week's show, we'll discuss |
| 0:22.9 | the continued implosion of the Washington NFL team, which has been buffeted by its racist |
| 0:28.4 | name, and now an investigation into a sexist workplace culture. Next, we'll turn to the WNBA, |
| 0:35.9 | which like the NBA is bubbling in Florida, but unlike the |
| 0:40.1 | Men's League is facing off-court stories about the shabby treatment of a star player and a team |
| 0:46.0 | owner who really shouldn't be one. Finally, we'll discuss recent anti-Semitic remarks by |
| 0:51.2 | Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Deshawn Jackson and the reaction or lack thereof to them. I'm in Washington. Joining me from Palo Alto, California is Slate Staff Rider and Slow Burn season three host Joel Anderson. Supp Joel? What's up, Stefan? Like it, man, I'm telling you, dude, the hair thing, the beard combo you got going, the listeners can't see it. |
| 1:12.7 | But at some point, man, I'm respecting that. At some point, we got to start live streaming just for our hair. So they can see it. That's right. That's right. Yeah. And we are joined this week by a special guest, Lindsay Gibbs. She is here in D.C. Lindsay writes the Power Play's newsletter about women's sports and as a host of the podcast, Burn It All Down. |
| 1:31.7 | Good to have you back, Lindsay. |
| 1:33.3 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:34.1 | I've got to say everybody's quarantine look is doing good. |
| 1:37.5 | Lots of hair on the live streams today. |
| 1:40.4 | Very 70s, a very 70s feel. |
| 1:44.6 | Josh Levine is Slate's national editor, the author of the queen, and the host of Slow Burn |
| 1:49.1 | Season 4, David Duke. |
| 1:50.4 | He's mostly off this week because he is busy wrapping up production of Slow Burn, which |
| 1:55.2 | I hope everyone is listening to. |
| 1:57.1 | I say mostly because Josh will be here for one segment. |
| 2:00.8 | Lindsay will be here for two. |
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