Hang Up and Listen - The Juiced, Slick, and Out of the Park Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2017
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin is joined by Ben Lindbergh to discuss the World Series; by Don Van Natta Jr. and Jeremy Stahl to talk about behind-the-scenes machinations in the NFL; and by Alexandra Starr and Christina Cauterucci to examine sexual abuse in sports.
World Series (1:39): The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh comes on the show for a conversation about the Astros’ 13-12 win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series, as well as Yuli Gurriel’s racist gesture and Major League Baseball’s decision not to suspend him until 2018.
NFL (22:31): Slate’s Jeremy Stahl and Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN discuss their reporting on meeting between the league’s players and owners, as well as Colin Kaepernick’s lack of a role in those conversations.
Sexual abuse in sports (41:45): Alexandra Starr and Christina Cauterucci join to talk about Starr’s Harper’s story about sexual abuse scandals in gymnastics, swimming, and other sports, and a new organization that’s trying to fix the scourge of abuse.
Afterball (1:01:36):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:17.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of October 30th, 2017. |
| 0:25.5 | On this week's show, Ben Lindberg of the Ringer will join me to discuss the Astros' 13 to 12 win over the Dodgers in one of the craziest World Series games of all time, as well as Astros' first baseman Yuli Griel's racist gesture |
| 0:39.2 | during game three and Major League Baseball's decision not to suspend him until next year. |
| 0:44.7 | My colleague Jeremy Stahl and Don Van Nata Jr. of ESPN will also be here to talk about the |
| 0:50.2 | behind-the-scenes machinations in the NFL, where the players and owners are fighting over |
| 0:54.5 | who gets to protest and where and when and how, and Colin Kaepernick, it seems, has been |
| 0:59.5 | frozen out of those conversations. |
| 1:01.7 | Finally, Alexandra Starr will join me as well as Slate's Christina Cotarucci to talk about her |
| 1:07.6 | article in Harper's, about sexual abuse in gymnastics, swimming, volleyball, |
| 1:13.0 | and other sports, and what can be done about it. |
| 1:16.4 | Stefan Fatsis is off this week, and joining me for this whole show is absolutely no one. |
| 1:22.5 | That makes two weeks in a row without any top of the show banter. |
| 1:26.0 | Isn't that right, Josh? |
| 1:27.4 | That's right, Josh. |
| 1:28.8 | All work and no banter make Josh a dull Josh and so forth, et cetera. Rep Artae. Let's just start the show, |
| 1:36.1 | shall we? |
| 1:39.2 | On Sunday night in Houston, Texas, and also on Monday morning in Houston, Texas. The Astros beat the |
| 1:46.2 | Dodgers in a game where five different Houston players hit home runs. That is a World Series |
| 1:52.2 | record. The Dodgers also lost the game after taking a four to zero lead with Clayton |
| 1:57.3 | Kershaw on the mound. That was the first time all year they'd blown any four-run |
| 2:01.7 | lead. A bunch of other stuff happened to, and we'll probably get to about a tenth of it, but the |
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