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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcasts, Hang Up and Listen for the week of February 1st, 2016.

On today's show, we'll talk about the latest tactics in college football recruiting, including coaches dabbing and various cake-related innovations, and whether Michigan's Jim Harbaugh is an evil recruiting genius.

We'll also be joined by Internet Football Fandom Legend PFT Commenter to discuss Super Bowl 50 and the reported retirement of Detroit wide receiver Calvin Johnson, among other footballish topics.

Finally, John Wertheim will talk with us about whether quarterbacks are good looking, why great players make bad coaches and other topics from his new book. This is your brain on sports. Joining me in Washington, D.C., Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak in a few seconds of panic. He has a brain. He talks about sports. Hello, Stefan. Back-to-back Wertheim. The dreaded back-to-back Wertheim. Yeah, you never want to book the same guest two weeks in a row. But John Wertheim will book two weeks in a row. The second Wertheim and a back-to-back, you know, your legs are a little wobbly. A little wobbly. But it's strong. It was a strong...

He rallied.

He rallied.

Hey, Mike.

Amphetamins helped.

It was...

I just want to note that it was a home and home, although Wertheim didn't know we were

coming to his home to record, so the audio quality is a little weird.

A home and home.

Like, this is a phrase invented by people who just discovered language yesterday. Well, we'll call it a home and home. That'll make sense. If you haven't heard it 45 times, a home and home. And we'll say there's no love loss between them, even though no one knows if the phrase is love lost or love lost or if it's sarcastic or not. In this home and home, there's no love lost. Like, I'm a sports commentator.

Give me a million dollars.

Great sports commentator voice.

Mike is the host of Slate's Daily podcast.

The Gist, I thought the Jesse Eisenberg interview, as I tweeted, was a meeting of the minds that we all needed in this country and perhaps in the galaxy.

Were you able to ascertain if he cared about sports?

My sense would be that he's not like a Daniel Radcliffe-level American football fan?

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