Hang Up and Listen - The Edward R. Tebow Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by NPR’s Gene Demby to discuss Heisman winner Kyler Murray’s impending choice between pro baseball and pro football, the Philadelphia 76ers’ chemistry issues with Jimmy Butler in the mix, and the NFL’s request for new punting proposals.
Kyler Murray (2:30): Can the Oklahoma star play both football and baseball at the professional level? Should he try?
Sixers (22:27): Joel Embiid is the face of the franchise. Jimmy Butler is a hyper-competitive star. Can they get along and lead Philadelphia to NBA glory?
Punting (39:55): The NFL wants to “modernize” punting. What does that mean? And how can we help?
Afterballs(49:01): Stefan on poet and baseball writer Tom Clark and Josh on Zach LaVine.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.1 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of |
| 0:14.9 | December 10th, 2018. |
| 0:17.7 | On this week's show, we'll discuss Oklahoma's Heisman winning quarterback, Kyler Murray, |
| 0:22.8 | and the choice he'll soon be making about whether to pursue a career in football, baseball, or both. |
| 0:28.2 | We'll also be talking about Jimmy Butler, Joelle Embed, the Philadelphia 76ers, |
| 0:33.4 | floor spacing, locker room toxicity, and how to build a winning team in the modern NBA. |
| 0:39.0 | And finally, the NFL has put a call out for proposals on how to, quote, modernize punting. |
| 0:44.6 | And I'm happy to report that we are here to help. |
| 0:47.8 | Joining me on our Washington, D.C. studio is a man who's always helpful when the help that's |
| 0:51.7 | being requested pertains to kicking a football. |
| 0:54.6 | It's Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. |
| 0:58.1 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 0:58.8 | Hey, Josh. |
| 0:59.9 | And with us for the whole show today is Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch, blog and podcast, sometimes pop culture happy hour, reply all. |
| 1:09.0 | Other fine things you can read and listen to. |
| 1:11.6 | Welcome, Gene. |
| 1:12.0 | It was good. |
| 1:12.6 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:13.6 | Of course. |
| 1:25.3 | Before we get to the show proper, I want to give another advertisement, enticement for people to give us a call for our year-end call-in show. |
| 1:30.1 | It's 7-7-Hang-Up 10, and you should call us on a high-quality phone line. I assume that all of our listeners, Stefan, are in possession of only the highest |
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