Hang Up and Listen - The Brett Favre Welfare Scandal
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the Boston Celtics’ decision to suspend head coach Ime Udoka. They also talk about Roger Federer’s tearful retirement. Finally, Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today joins for a conversation about Brett Favre and the state’s enormous welfare scandal.
Udoka (4:24): Did the media and the Celtics mishandle the news of his suspension?
Federer (21:01): What makes his relationship with Rafael Nadal so special.
Favre (42:20): How the ex-quarterback got enmeshed in an escalating welfare controversy.
Afterball (1:02:46): Joel on Mississippi, a segregation academy, and a football field.
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| 0:30.6 | Might hear a few curse words in this one. Just a warning. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 22. |
| 0:55.0 | On this week show we're going to talk about Boston Celtics head coach Eme Udoka's |
| 0:59.2 | suspension and how it's been covered by the NBA media'll also discuss Roger Federer's tear-filled retirement |
| 1:06.0 | and Anna Wolf of Mississippi today will join us |
| 1:09.0 | for a conversation about her reporting |
| 1:11.0 | on the massive Mississippi welfare scandal that has Brett Farv at its |
| 1:16.4 | center. I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast |
| 1:21.1 | one year. The last episode of our season on |
| 1:23.9 | 1986 is out this week and it is a doozy I must say. Also in DC is Stephen |
| 1:31.0 | Fatsis he's the author of the book's Word Freak, wild and outside, and a few seconds of panic. |
| 1:36.0 | Hey there, Stephan. You mixed up the order. Wow, keeping me on my toes. |
| 1:40.0 | Keeping you on your toes. You know, sometimes you gotta do the one step drop. those from Pacific Time, the host of Slow Burn, |
| 1:53.4 | Season 3 and 6, the host of the one-year episode, |
| 1:56.2 | a boycott in Mississippi, the co-host of Hang Up |
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