The following podcast includes explicit language, including, well, you'll just have to wait and see. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 11,

2024. On this week's show, we'll talk about the early arrival of March Madness,

as a fight broke out between the LSU and South Carolina women's basketball teams.

We'll also discuss Steve Garvey Senate candidacy, Emmett Smith's outrage at the University of Florida's move to fire its DEI employees

and other ways that sports and politics are intersecting in 2024.

I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of the book The Queen and the host of an upcoming

slow burn season on the rise of Fox News and how the left tried to fight back. Also in D.C.

is Stephen Fatsis. He's the author of the book's Word Freak Wild and Outside, and a few cycles of panic,

a book that highlights a tenure with the Denver Broncos that was in so many ways more productive

than Russell Wilson's.

Hello, Stephan.

I think that is exactly correct. Add that to the

jacket copy with us from Palo Alto, a slate writer, podcaster, and sports combat

enthusiast Joel Anderson, excited to discuss some light

fisticuffs with you Joel. Oh yeah well you know I do like to talk about fights

so yeah good for me also I just have to note before we bring out our next guest. I'm even further down the line here. I'm the only person that's never published a book.

As of today, I mean, you could like get on your horse and do one by tomorrow.

I mean I've got an outline due for a story that I finished

up so I doubt it but we'll see.

I believe in you.

And joining us today finally I'm thrilled to report is one of our favorite people.

Vincent Cunningham is a staff writer and theater critic at the New Yorker, the co-host of their critics at large

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