Hey, this is Gabriel Roth, and I'm the host of the Slate Serial Spoiler Special,

the podcast that accompanies the second season of Serial, which debuted this week.

Every week, Slate writer Katie Waldman and I will dig into the latest episode,

parsing the latest developments, clues, hints, and ideas,

hopefully getting us a little closer to the truth behind the case of Bo Birkdoll.

So join us every week after cereal.

The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of December 21st, 2015.

On this week's show, Dan Inver will join us to talk about the movie Concussion, and whether it's a force for good or a force for not so good in raising awareness of Albert Brooks's chops as a supporting actor and the NFL's lies and obfuscations about head

injuries. We'll also discuss another less important pro football crisis this one around

officiating and whether anything should or can be done to make the refs better and more accountable.

And Sports Illustrated's Tim Layden will be here to discuss the outrage in some stables

that Serena Williams and not

the horse American Pharaoh was named SI's Sportsperson of the Year.

Horse pun!

Was that our horse pun siren or was that our horse pun siren or is that actually Mike?

It's our horse pun effect.

I know that was a weak

horse pun but I thought we were kind of build up

build up some momentum. From a trot

to a gallop, I understand.

Joining me in Washington, D.C.

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