Hang Up and Listen - Novak Djokovic Stands Alone
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin and the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas are joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golliver to discuss how the Denver Nuggets took a commanding lead in the NBA Finals. Next, Slate’s Henry Grabar comes on to talk about Novak Djokovic’s record-setting French Open title. Finally, Josh is joined by Slate’s Alex Kirshner and the Fried Egg’s Brendan Porath to sort through the PGA Tour’s new deal with the Saudis.
NBA Finals (2:16): What makes Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray a historically great duo?
French Open (26:55): How Djokovic keeps winning.
Golf (49:37): Why the PGA Tour reversed its big moral stand.
Afterball (1:13:34): Josh and Louisa discuss her feature story on how pitcher Daniel Bard lost control, regained it, and lost it again.
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| 1:00.0 | This podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:03.0 | If you want to know how explicit, keep listening. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 12th, 2023. |
| 1:26.2 | On this week show, the Washington Post Ben Goliver will join us to talk about the final days |
| 1:30.9 | or maybe the final day of the NBA finals and what we've learned about the |
| 1:34.9 | nuggets, the heat, and ourselves. Slates Henry Grabar will also be here to assess |
| 1:39.6 | the 2023 French Open where Novak Jokovic won his record 23 grand slime title, and |
| 1:45.3 | Eegash Fiantec won her fourth. |
| 1:47.6 | And finally, Slates Alex Kirschner and Brendan Porath of the Fried Egg will help us sort |
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