Hang Up and Listen - Ja Morant’s Crossroads
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🗓️ 7 March 2023
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the Washington Post’s Molly Hensley-Clancy to discuss her reporting on the troubles surrounding Ja Morant. ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. also joins to talk about whether Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder will get forced out of the NFL. Finally, they speak to Slate’s Alex Kirshner about the quarterback dilemmas at the top of the NFL Draft.
Morant (3:17): What comes next for the Memphis Grizzlies star?
Snyder (22:07): The scandals are mounting. Will he finally get the boot?
Quarterback prospects (42:07): Bryce Young, Anthony Richardson, and the Bears’ big choice at No. 1.
Afterball (1:01:05): Josh on podcast ads and the National Council on Problem Gambling.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of March 6, |
| 0:23.5 | 2023. On this week's show, The Washington Post's Molly Hensley Clancy will be here to discuss her |
| 0:29.3 | reporting on Memphis Grizzly star John Morant, who season is on indefinite hiatus, |
| 0:34.1 | after he published a video of himself waving a gun around. Also, be joined by ESPN's Don Van Nanajunier |
| 0:40.0 | to talk about his piece on the federal investigation into possible financial improvise by Washington |
| 0:46.0 | Commander's owner, Dan Snyder. And finally, we'll speak to Slate's own Alex Kirschner about tiny |
| 0:51.1 | brace young, crazily athletic, Anthony Richardson, and the quarterback dilemma is at the top of |
| 0:56.4 | this year's NFL Draft. I'm in Washington, DC, I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the |
| 1:00.5 | podcast one year. Joel Anderson is off working on the next season of Slow Burn on Justice Clarence |
| 1:07.4 | Thomas, and here in DC, Stefan Fatses, he's here. He's the author of the book's word-freak |
| 1:12.8 | a few seconds panic, and wilded it outside. Hello, Stefan. Hi, Josh. And my continuing quest |
| 1:19.6 | to talk about the end of football games until the end of time, I just wanted to highlight one |
| 1:24.1 | reader email, Howard Wasserman, Rodin, Professor of Law, an associate dean for research and |
| 1:31.3 | faculty development at the FIU College of Law. He noted about my analogy or another listener's |
| 1:39.0 | analogy of the intentional giving up a touchdown to the infield fly rule that that was not actually |
| 1:46.2 | a perfect analogy, and how does he know, Stefan? He wrote a piece for the UCLA Law Review titled |
| 1:51.6 | Football in the Infield Fly Rule, linked to that in our show page. Should have Googled Josh. |
| 1:58.3 | In our Slate Plus segment this week, we are going to speak with the aforementioned |
| 2:03.6 | Alex Kirschner about whether the NFL combine in Indianapolis or wherever it's held should be |
| 2:10.1 | abolished, and if so, what should go into place? Seriously, discuss that. You need to be a |
| 2:15.2 | Slate Plus member. You have bonus segments on this and other Slate shows. You get ad free shows, |
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