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Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen.

This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 1st, 2020.

On this week's show, we're going to talk about how the sports world is reacting

and how we're all reacting to the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.

As part of that conversation, we'll be joined by ESPN's Myron Medcalf to talk about college sports and who is and isn't speaking out about racial injustice.

Coming to you today, as always, from my home in Washington, D.C. joining me from

D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. Hello, Stefan.

Don't say, as always, Josh, please. We can't do this forever. Yeah. Well, we're doing it now,

and we're going to be doing it for a while, so get used to it.

With us from Palo Alto, California, Slate Staff Writer, host of Slow Burn Season 3.

Joel Anderson, what's up, Joel?

What's up, fellas? Glad to be here.

Glad to be with you, Joel, and you, Stefan, and looking forward to our conversation.

George Floyd's life ended on Monday, May 25th, 2020. That's the day when a white police officer,

Derek Chauvin, killed Floyd in Minneapolis by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and

46 seconds. Floyd's life began

46 years ago. He grew up in Houston, Texas. Joel is going to tell us more about that

later in the show. Stephen Jackson, who went on to play in the NBA, met Floyd in Texas.

Jackson called Floyd his twin,

and he went to Minnesota to speak about his friend's death.

Here's part of what Jackson had to say.

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