Hang Up and Listen - Michael Jordan, the Bulls, and the Last Dance
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss ESPN’s documentary on the Chicago Bulls, The Last Dance. They also talk about whether the NBA’s new development program is a threat to college basketball and assess the state of sports media during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Last Dance (05:38): What we made of the first two episodes of the 10-part documentary.
G League (22:46): Jalen Green is passing on the NCAA to go pro. What does that mean for the future of basketball?
Sports media (37:33): How the pandemic will change sports journalism.
Afterballs (53:34): Stefan on his daughter’s Scrabble triumphs and Josh on KO Pete McBride.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.6 | Hide your children. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen. |
| 0:14.7 | This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of April 20th, 2020. |
| 0:18.8 | On this week's show, we'll discuss the first two episodes of The Last Dance, ESPN's |
| 0:23.7 | documentary series on the end of the Chicago Bowl's dynasty of the 1990s. We'll also talk about |
| 0:29.7 | basketball prospect Jalen Green and what his decision to go straight to the G League means for the NBA |
| 0:35.7 | and for college basketball. |
| 0:42.1 | Finally, we'll look at the state of sports media, which, like pretty much every industry, |
| 0:44.4 | has been ravaged by the coronavirus. |
| 0:49.6 | Like the rest of you, I'm at home with my home being in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.7 | Joining me from his home in D.C. |
| 0:54.5 | It's the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. |
| 0:56.4 | Stefan Fatsas, hello, Stefan. |
| 0:57.4 | Hey, Josh. |
| 1:03.5 | With us from Palo Alto, Slate Staff writer, and the host of Slow Burn Season 3, Joel Anderson. |
| 1:04.3 | What's up, Joel? |
| 1:05.5 | I'm good. How you guys doing? |
| 1:11.1 | Doing okay. Before we get to the show, we have an announcement to make an important announcement. |
| 1:12.6 | So listen up. |
| 1:19.9 | Remember what I said a few seconds ago about getting ravaged by the coronavirus that applies to Slate as well. |
| 1:23.4 | Over the last few months, we've gotten record traffic on the site. |
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