Hang Up and Listen - Bang the Garbage Can Quickly
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2019
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Nate Jackson to discuss Colin Kaepernick’s workout and Myles Garrett’s helmet smash; the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh assesses the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scheme; and Asif Kapadia talks about his documentary Diego Maradona.
Kaepernick and Garrett (02:58): Did Kaepernick hurt his chances to play in the NFL? And what should we make of Garrett’s burst of anger?
Sign-stealing (24:59): Did the Astros do anything that other teams didn’t do? How effective is sign-stealing anyway?
Diego Maradona (49:49): The director of Senna and Amy on how he made a film about Diego Maradona and what he learned about the soccer legend.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:07.9 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, |
| 0:12.6 | and this is Slate's Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of November 18th, 2019. |
| 0:19.2 | On this week's show, we'll discuss blackballed quarterback Colin Kaepernick's Bizarro workout in |
| 0:25.0 | front of a handful of scouts and defensive lineman Miles Garrett's unorthodox use of a helmet. |
| 0:31.3 | Former NFL player Nate Jackson will be here for that conversation. |
| 0:35.4 | Ben Lindberg of the Ringer will join us to talk about the Houston Astro's latest front office disgrace, |
| 0:41.0 | an elaborate sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved cameras, wireless relays, and most important garbage cans. |
| 0:49.7 | Finally, we'll interview the director, Asif Capadia, about his his new documentary about the life of soccer icon Diego Maradona. |
| 0:59.3 | Josh Levine is Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen, The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. |
| 1:05.9 | He joins me from Boston. |
| 1:07.8 | Hey, Josh. |
| 1:08.8 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 1:09.9 | No wild and outside this week. Not one of the weeks where you're feeling it, |
| 1:13.2 | I guess. Wanted to keep things moving. I felt like it was slowing things down. |
| 1:17.3 | You're just kind of like oscillating sign curve of love and hate for your first book is just, |
| 1:23.1 | it keeps me alive, not knowing how you're going to feel about it in a given week. |
| 1:26.9 | Keep the listeners guessing. |
| 1:28.5 | That way they may be more motivated to join the other 2,000 people that bought Wilden outside. |
| 1:34.0 | Josh, let's mention that we're doing a live show. |
| 1:36.3 | We're doing a live show. |
| 1:37.4 | Tuesday, December 3rd. |
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