Hang Up and Listen - The Best Comeback That Never Was
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🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Joel Anderson to talk about the Celtics’ Game 7 loss to the Heat. They’re also joined by Mike Simmonds of Luton Today for a conversation about Luton Town’s rise to the Premier League. And finally, writer Sam Miller comes on to discuss the indelible image of Randy Johnson killing a bird with a fastball.
Celtics-Heat (6:49): How Boston came so far, and then collapsed.
Luton Town (28:27): The inside scoop on an incredible underdog story.
Baseball and birds (47:15): Why we’re still talking about a pitch from 2001.
Afterball (1:07:07): Stefan on Tom Wambsgans and Bill Wambsganss and Josh on whether Clarence Thomas could dunk.
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| 0:00.0 | Alex met Sam at nursery. They were first loves. They built forts together, shared sandwiches in high school and were each other's first kiss. |
| 0:12.0 | They were the dream couple until Sam got into EDM music. |
| 0:18.0 | While Alex enjoyed folk, first loves are kind of like your current account. If they aren't working for you anymore, |
| 0:26.5 | maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service. |
| 0:30.5 | This episode is brought to you by Seven Up Zero Sugar. |
| 0:34.5 | Picture this. You're looking at the camera rolling your phone. |
| 0:37.5 | You see an old picture of you and your mates grinning hard into the camera and you sit around a dinner table. |
| 0:42.5 | The food and vibes were perfect. |
| 0:44.5 | Infuse your joyful moments with Seven Up. |
| 0:47.5 | It brings upliftment to everyday moments of the food. |
| 0:50.5 | With its refreshing lemon and lime taste, it lifts you up. |
| 0:54.5 | Seven Up. Taste that lifts you up. Grab a Seven Up Zero Sugar today. |
| 0:59.5 | This podcast contains explicit language, but it's probably not my fault. |
| 1:04.5 | Don't worry, I'll talk to the other hosts. |
| 1:07.5 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of May 30th, 2023. |
| 1:26.5 | On this week's show, we'll talk about what the hell just happened in Eastern Conference Finals, |
| 1:30.5 | where the Miami Heat nearly blew at 3-0 series lead before blowing out the Boston Celtics. |
| 1:36.5 | Mike Simmons of Luton today will also be here to talk about Luton Town's incredible rise from non-league English football to the Premier League. |
| 1:45.5 | And finally, writer Sam Miller will join us to assess what he calls modern baseball's indelible moving image, |
| 1:52.5 | the 2001 video of Randy Johnson killing a bird with a fastball. |
| 1:57.5 | I'm in Washington, DC and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year. |
| 2:01.5 | Also in DC, Stefan Fatzis, he's the author of Word Freak, a few seconds of panic and wild and outside. |
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