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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.

 

Track and field (1:30): What’s next for Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, and the sport as a whole?

 

Vince McMahon (25:24): Why did he retire now? What’s next for WWE?

 

Pickleball (47:23): Why is it so popular? Is a billionaire ruining it?

 

Afterball (1:05:40): Josh on Carl Lewis’ mythical 30-foot long jump.


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0:00.0

caution. The ultimate spicy meatball from Dominoes is hot. Just not stupid hot. It won't earn you

0:05.4

mythical status or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath. It's hot. Good hot.

0:10.8

The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else. The ultimate spicy meatball with Siracha

0:15.2

Drizzle from Dominoes, it will get you fired up. Subject to availability.

0:20.1

The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see.

0:30.0

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of July 25th,

0:44.9

2022. On this week's show, Tim Layden will join us to talk about the record-breaking sprinters and

0:50.8

record-jumping, all-volter at the world track and field championships. Then, a breezeman will be here

0:56.7

to discuss Vince McMahon's retirement as WWE Chairman and CEO. Mid-reports that the wrestling

1:02.9

in Presario paid millions in settlements to women who accused him of sexual misconduct and infidelity.

1:08.9

And finally, Sarah Larson will be here for a conversation about her New Yorker feature on

1:13.9

Pickleball. I've been Washington DC, and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast

1:19.8

One Year. Stefan Fatsis and Joel Anderson are both out this week, but don't fear. Back with us

1:26.1

is the New Yorker staff writer and theater critic, Vincent Cunningham and Good News. To you

1:30.8

back here, I only had to deal six first round picks, and I got to keep RJ Barrett.

1:36.4

It was a haul, but here I am. Ready to take us into the future?

1:40.6

Yeah, it was a bidding war. I was willing to give up almost anything to get you back on the show,

1:46.9

except for RJ Barrett. It means sacrosanct. What can I say?

1:50.0

On Sunday night, American Sydney McLaughlin closed the track portion of the world track and field

1:55.9

by leading the US to a resounding victory in the women's 4x400 meter relay. McLaughlin,

2:02.0

earlier in the week, smashed the world record in the 400 meter hurdles. She anchored a team,

2:07.4

the one team USA's 33rd medal, the most ever for a nation in a single world championships.

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