Hang Up and Listen - Chiefs vs. Bills: Different Year, Same Story
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss the Bills' astonishing proclivity to lose to the Chiefs, plus how the Eagles steamrolled the Commanders. The panel also chats about Madison Keys’ shocking victory at the Australian Open. Finally, they get into the Philadelphia 76ers’ disastrous season, and Alex has an Afterball about Arkadag F.C., and the (disputable) win streak of the soccer club from Turkmenistan.
On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the hosts discuss EA Sports' sinking stock price.
NFL Conference Championships (2:01): Chiefs and Eagles win again
Madison Keys (23:58): The American wins The Australian Open
Philadelphia 76ers (45:13): The catastrophically bad season continues
Afterballs (55:57): The world-beating football club from Turkmenistan?
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| 0:51.1 | Back with you again. I am Alex Kirchner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, |
| 0:54.4 | and I also co-host the College Football podcast Split Zone Duo. This week, my wise panel and I |
| 1:00.0 | have tons to go over. We will discuss the NFL's championship weekend and the coming Eagles |
| 1:04.5 | versus Chiefs Super Bowl, a rematch of the game two years ago, and an American triumph of heart-rending |
| 1:10.8 | proportions at the Australian |
| 1:12.2 | Open. We'll also talk about the nightmare season currently being had by the Philadelphia |
| 1:16.1 | 76ers, which has become the sort of soap opera that ceases to be just about basketball and |
| 1:21.1 | becomes a general interest sports culture story because we all love to rubberneck from time to time. |
| 1:26.7 | As usual, joining me this week is |
| 1:28.4 | Lindsay Gibbs. Lindsay is the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter that covers the biggest stories |
| 1:32.9 | of the day in women's sports. Lindsay, hello. Hi, let's see, Naomi Germa is on Chelsea. We've got a |
| 1:39.1 | million dollar transfer in women's soccer. Jewel Lloyd is with the Aces. It's just been the biggest weekend. Kelsey |
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