Hang Up and Listen - Pickleball Is Everywhere
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🗓️ 25 July 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin and the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham are joined by Tim Layden to discuss the record breakers of the world track and field championships; by Abe Riesman to talk about Vince McMahon’s scandal-laden retirement from WWE; and by Sarah Larson for a conversation about her New Yorker feature on pickleball.
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Track and field (1:30): What’s next for Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, and the sport as a whole?
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Vince McMahon (25:24): Why did he retire now? What’s next for WWE?
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Pickleball (47:23): Why is it so popular? Is a billionaire ruining it?
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Afterball (1:05:40): Josh on Carl Lewis’ mythical 30-foot long jump.
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| 0:29.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see. |
| 0:49.0 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of July 25th, 2022. |
| 0:56.0 | On this week's show, Tim Layden will join us to talk about the record-breaking sprinters and record-jumping, |
| 1:01.0 | all-volter at the world track and field championships. |
| 1:04.0 | Then, a Brisbane will be here to discuss Vince McMahon's retirement as WWE Chairman and CEO. |
| 1:10.0 | Mid-reports that the wrestling in Prasario paid millions and settlements to women who accused him of sexual misconduct and infidelity. |
| 1:18.0 | And finally, Sarah Larson will be here for a conversation about her New Yorker feature on Pickleball. |
| 1:24.0 | I've been Washington DC, and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year. |
| 1:30.0 | Stefan Fatsis and Joel Anderson are both out this week, but don't fear. |
| 1:34.0 | Back with us is the New Yorker staff writer and theater critic Vincent Cunningham and Good News. |
| 1:39.0 | To you back here, I only had to deal six first round picks, and I got to keep RJ Barrett. |
| 1:45.0 | It was a haul, but here I am. |
| 1:48.0 | Ready to take us into the future. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah, it was a bidding war. |
| 1:53.0 | I was willing to give up almost anything to get you back on the show except for RJ Barrett. |
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