Hang Up and Listen - Psychedelics and Sports
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🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Vinson Cunningham and Stefan Fatsis are joined by the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas to discuss the latest on Deshaun Watson’s sexual abuse case and Serena Williams’ impending retirement. Also, Sports Illustrated’s Julie Kliegman joins to talk about athletes and psychedelics.
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Deshaun Watson (5:00): The new Browns quarterback debuted with the team to boos and jeers.
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Serena Williams (21:52): The superstar announced in Vogue that she is “evolving away from tennis.”
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Psychedelics (35:20): Should more athletes be using them to treat mental health and injury?
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| 0:00.0 | When Fiona started Fee's fancy flowers, she used a fax machine to get in touch with her suppliers, |
| 0:06.2 | her investors and her customers too. But as her business went from 100 customers to 10,000, |
| 0:13.8 | she realized it was time to finally embrace modern technology. |
| 0:19.3 | fax machines, they kind of like your business current account, just because they were good once |
| 0:24.3 | doesn't mean you have to stick with them forever. Maybe it's time to switch with the current |
| 0:28.6 | account switch service. The following podcast includes explicit language, not restricted towards |
| 0:34.7 | beginning with F, S, B, and Q. |
| 0:53.0 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis and this is Slates Sports Podcast. Hang up and listen for the week of August |
| 0:57.9 | 15th, 2022. On this week's show, Louise Atomis of the New Yorker will join us to discuss |
| 1:04.4 | Cleveland Brown's quarterback, Deshan Watson's for now. Anyway, six games suspension and what |
| 1:10.4 | the NFL's request for a longer punishment actually means. Atomis will stick around to assess |
| 1:16.5 | Serena Williams' announcement that she is evolving away from tennis, aka retiring. Finally, |
| 1:23.8 | Julie Klegman of Sports Illustrated will be here to talk about her recent story. Do Psychedelics |
| 1:30.5 | have a future in sports, prompted by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, recent |
| 1:36.7 | disclosure that taking Ayahuasca made him love himself and his teammates more. |
| 1:43.4 | Joel Anderson is off this week and so is Josh Levine, but they remain in my heart and can remain |
| 1:48.8 | in your ears because this Thursday, August 18th, Slate launches the third season of one year. |
| 1:56.0 | It's series about forgotten stories that help shape American life. The new season is all about |
| 2:01.6 | 1986 and it consists of seven episodes, some hosted by Josh and one hosted by Joel. Alas, |
| 2:09.6 | no epis on Spud Web winning the NBA slam dunk contest or the USFL folding after a jury awarded it |
| 2:16.7 | $1 in damages or Sports Illustrated naming Joe Paterno. It's sportsman of the year, |
| 2:23.3 | but the first episode is kind of about sports. Here's Josh describing it in the trailer which |
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