Hang Up and Listen - Our New Tennis Overlord
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham discuss the opening weekend of the NFL season and the rise of tennis phenoms Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek. They’re also joined by Josh Levin (same name, different guy) to discuss how he made the final stage of American Ninja Warrior.
NFL (3:10): The cognitive dissonance of a new season.
Tennis (23:27): Why 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz looks like a legend in the making.
Josh the Ninja (47:20): How he conquered his Ninja Warrior demons.
Afterball (1:11:07): Josh on notable moments in Knicks message board history.
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| 0:00.0 | What is surprising, is it your celebrity crush knocking on your front door? |
| 0:06.7 | Oh, hiya! |
| 0:08.4 | Is it barbecuing and not burning the sausages? |
| 0:11.5 | Oh, hiya! |
| 0:13.9 | Is it realising your cat has more friends than you? |
| 0:19.3 | Or is it finding seven seasons of iconic American comedy parks and recreation to stream free on ITVX? |
| 0:25.9 | You be the judge, ITVX, the UK's freshest streaming service. |
| 0:30.1 | The following podcast includes explicit language, |
| 0:33.1 | not restricted to words beginning with F, S, B, and Q. |
| 0:41.8 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 12th, 2022. |
| 1:00.1 | On this week's show, we're going to talk about the NFL's opening weekend, |
| 1:03.4 | which was a vengeful for kickers, bad for Dak Prescott, and great for the owner's bank accounts. |
| 1:10.3 | We'll also discuss Carlos Alcaraz, EG, and a pretty fantastic U.S. Open. |
| 1:16.1 | And finally, my namesake, Josh Levine, will make his triumphant return to this podcast |
| 1:22.3 | to discuss his amazing run on American Ninja Warrior. |
| 1:26.2 | I'm in Washington, D.C., I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year. |
| 1:30.5 | I hope you all listened to Joel's great episode last week, and there are three more coming this season on 1986. |
| 1:38.6 | Also in D.C., Stefan Fatsis, he is the author of the book's word freak a few seconds of panic and wild |
| 1:43.8 | and outside. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh, I did listen to Joel's episode, and I can attest that it was terrific. |
| 1:49.6 | Thank you for the confirmation. And with us from New York, our dear friend, Hang Up, |
| 1:55.9 | Hall of Famer, Vincent Cunningham of The New Yorker. Hello, Vincent. |
| 1:59.6 | So glad to be a Hall of Famer with one of my favorite basketball players, |
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