Hang Up and Listen - It’s Coming Home to Italy
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🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by Nicky Bandini of the Guardian to discuss Italy’s victory over England in the Euro 2020 final. Next, they talk about Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Paul, and the first three games of the NBA Finals. Finally, they assess the pitching and hitting phenom Shohei Ohtani.
Euro 2020 (4:19): Italy beat England but the final was marred by racist and violent fan behavior.
NBA Finals (25:04): Giannis Antetokounmpo is remarkable at a young age, Chris Paul at an old one.
Shohei Ohtani (46:22): Is the Japanese pitcher and hitter better than Babe Ruth?
Afterball (1:06:41): Josh on the reaction to Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon triumph.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast includes explicit language, including, well, you'll just have to wait and see. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of July 12th, 2021. |
| 0:19.9 | On this week's show, Nikki Van Dini of The Guardian will be here |
| 0:23.0 | to discuss Italy's win over England in the Euro 2020 finals and the racial abuse that |
| 0:28.8 | black English players suffered after the game. We're also going to talk about the state of the NBA |
| 0:33.6 | finals after game three, the state of Janice and Chris Paul. Also, the state of the world |
| 0:39.3 | after Nigeria beat the U.S. in an Olympic warmup. And finally, we will assess Shohei Otani, |
| 0:46.0 | the pitcher slash hitter who might just be better than Babe Ruth. I'm in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm the author of The Queen, the host of the new podcast, One Year. |
| 0:54.9 | Subscribe. |
| 0:56.9 | Also, R.I.P. to the governor, to end all governors, Edwin Edwards, died on Monday. |
| 1:03.7 | I interviewed for Slow Burn, season four. |
| 1:06.3 | What a guy. |
| 1:07.5 | Also, in D.C., seven fatsas. |
| 1:10.5 | Author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. |
| 1:13.3 | Hello, sir. |
| 1:14.3 | What did Edwin Edwards say? |
| 1:15.5 | The only way I'll lose this election if I'm caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy? |
| 1:20.2 | Is that it? |
| 1:20.8 | That is the one. |
| 1:22.0 | The only way I can lose this election is if I got caught in bed with a dead girl or live boy. |
| 1:29.8 | And with us from the West Coast, Slate Staff writer, host of Slow Burn Season 3, and the upcoming |
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