Hang Up and Listen - The Corny Sneakers Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the NBA playoffs. Slate’s John Swansburg also joins to talk about why Stephen Curry’s shoes don’t have cultural cachet. Finally, they assess whether the Olympics should be cancelled due to the Zika virus.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of May 16th, 2016. |
| 0:14.9 | On today's show, we're going to get pumped about at least half of the NBA conference finals where the Warriors are going to |
| 0:21.3 | face the thunder and the Cavs will play the Raptors. Slate's deputy editor, John Swansberg, |
| 0:26.7 | will join us to talk about Stefan Curry's signature shoes, which have been a huge retail success |
| 0:32.1 | but have not been a big hit with the sneaker heads. And we'll assess the debate over whether |
| 0:37.1 | the Olympics should be canceled or relocated due to the threat of the Zika virus. |
| 0:42.0 | Those are our choice. |
| 0:44.1 | We're assessing the debate. We're embracing and assessing the debate. I am in Slate's New York office this week and snuggling beside me in the studio is my friend, Mike Peska. |
| 0:55.6 | Snuggling beside you. |
| 0:57.9 | He is the host of Slate's daily snuggling podcast, The Gist. |
| 1:02.2 | Hello, Mike. |
| 1:02.9 | Hello. |
| 1:03.7 | How are you? |
| 1:04.6 | I'm good. |
| 1:05.5 | And with us from Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's Word Freak and a few |
| 1:10.4 | seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Is this the first of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. |
| 1:11.7 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 1:12.9 | Is this the first time? |
| 1:14.0 | It's been you and Mike in New York and me all by myself in Washington? |
| 1:18.9 | I have to interrupt this. |
| 1:20.4 | We have breaking Rugnard Odor. |
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