Hang Up and Listen - The “Immaculate Reception” Remembered
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by the Athletic’s Kalyn Kahler to discuss her story on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ array of hand signals. They also discuss New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s $800 million offseason spending spree and look back at 1972’s “Immaculate Reception” by Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris.
Rodgers (3:00): The Packers QB bristled over Kahler’s well-sourced story on why rookie receivers struggle in Green Bay.
Mets (26:33): Cohen’s lavish spending hit a speed bump after medical concerns over free agent Carlos Correa.
Immaculate Reception (45:08): Why it’s considered the greatest play in NFL history.
Afterball (1:01:42): Stefan on how the New York Cosmos wooed Pele in the 1970s.
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| 0:30.3 | This podcast contains explicit language, but it's probably not my fault. |
| 0:34.5 | Don't worry, I'll talk Levine, plates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of December 27th, |
| 0:56.3 | 2022. |
| 0:57.3 | On this week show, Kalin Kaler of the Athletic will join us to talk about her story on Aaron Rogers' secret hand signals and how the |
| 1:05.6 | Packers quarterback reacted to that story. Not well. We'll also discuss the New York Mets |
| 1:10.8 | mega bucks spending spree, whether it's good for baseball and America. |
| 1:15.8 | And upon Franco Harris's death last week, we'll look back at one of the greatest plays in |
| 1:20.2 | sports history, 1972's Immaculate Reception. |
| 1:24.8 | I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of The Queen |
| 1:26.7 | and the host of the podcast one year. |
| 1:29.2 | All episodes of our 1942 season are out now, |
| 1:32.3 | as well as the other ones also in DC is |
| 1:35.3 | Stephen Fatsis author of the book's wild and outside word freak and a few seconds of |
| 1:39.4 | panic hey Stephen hey Josh how's it going? |
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