Might hear a few curse words in this one. Just a warning.

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of October 18th, 2021.

On this week's show, Alex Kirchner of Slate and the podcast Split Zone Duo will join us to discuss the split between LSU and its national championship winning coach, Ed Ogeron.

Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports will also be with us to preview the NBA season,

which will open on Tuesday night with Kyrie Irving, not on the floor. And finally, Dave Ziren will

be here for an interview about his book, The Kaepernick Effect, on the athletes at all levels of

sports who've chosen a protest in the last five years and what's happened to them as a consequence

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

podcast One Year, joining me from Palo Alto, host of Slow Burn Season 3, and the upcoming,

very soon, season six on the LA riots. It's Joel Anderson. You know that. You know that it's coming soon.

Yes, I've been made aware of that. I've got to go to the couple weeks. So, yeah, looking forward to getting this behind me so I can focus on hang up and listen. Oh, you're focused. We know that you're, you're lasered in on what we're doing here. Well, I'm getting my reps in. Yeah, just still doing workouts, you know what I'm saying?

Just trying to stay tuned, you know, watching a little NFL games when I don't have to. Just want to stay in shape, you know, as we get through the season. Because you're so focused, you've probably noticed that Stefan isn't around. Got your head on a swivel. I was wondering when he was going to show up, Josh,

but I guess he's not going to show up today.

That's unfortunate.

Oh, actually, I've got some news for you. So you may know Stefan as the author of Word Freak, a few seconds of Panic and Wild Out and Outside. You will not be hearing from him for most of the show, but he did do the interview with Dave Ziron, which is going to be our third segment. So do not be alarmed when you hear Stefan's voice later on. Yeah, I just like, I don't

want you guys doing the show when I'm not around and not telling me things. So I'm glad you filled me in,

so I'm not surprised when I'm listening later today. We also have a special announcement for

our listeners, Joel, and you're looking a little puzzled.

So our special announcement, as you know, is that this is the 25th anniversary of Slate.

And for a limited time only, we're offering our annual Slate Plus membership at $25 off.

You're supporting Hang Up. You're supporting the work that Joel does in Slow Burn. You're supporting Hang Up,

you're supporting the work that Joel does in Slow Burn,

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