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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 April 27th, 2020. On this week's show, David Roth will join us to talk about the socially distant NFL draft, a time for us to come together as a nation to appreciate the sectional furniture and the pets of pro football

coaches and general managers. Lindsay Gibbs of PowerPlays will also be here to talk about

when and if women's sports will come back from the pandemic. And Mike Scher of Parks

and Rec and the Good Place and other fine television products will be here to assess this year's name of the year

bracket where LSU wide receiver commitment, the coldest Crawford, is still alive. Our friend

and colleague, Joel Anderson, is off this week, but I am coming to you from my desk at home

in Washington, D.C., coming to you from his desk at his home, in Washington, D.C., different home. It's the author of Word Freak and A Few Second of Panic. Stefan Fatt says, hey, Stefan. Hey, Josh. You know who else is still alive in the name of the year? Math Daniel Squirrel is still alive. We ought to save that good stuff for the segment. Actually, one quick question,

because I don't want to save all of the good stuff. How does this year's bracket stack up?

I've talked about in the past my pet peeve around, remember March Madness when that existed?

Every year, the pundits say it's the weakest bubble ever. There's some

terrible teams in here. I feel like in name of the year, every year it just keeps getting stronger.

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