Hang Up and Listen - The Kawhi Gets the Last Laugh Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss the Kentucky Derby with Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden; author David Epstein talks about the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling on Caster Semenya; and Slate’s Nick Greene discusses Kawhi Leonard and Nikola Jokic.
Kentucky Derby (2:46): Did officials at the Kentucky Derby make the right call in disqualifying Maximum Security and giving Country House the victory?
Caster Semenya (19:14): Everything you need to know about the controversial ruling that could end the Olympic champion’s career as an 800-meter runner.
Kawhi and Jocic (40:11): A conversation about two of the NBA’s oddest superstars.
Afterballs (58:38): Stefan on a disqualification at the 1968 Kentucky Derby and Josh’s 50 story ideas for ESPN the Magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:12.9 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis and this is Slate's sports podcast. |
| 0:16.1 | Hang up and listen for the week of May 6th, 2019. |
| 0:19.5 | On this week's show, Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated, |
| 0:22.9 | fresh from muddy Churchill Downs, joins us to discuss the dramatic disqualification of the |
| 0:28.5 | apparent winner of the Kentucky Derby, Maximum Security. Author David Epstein will be here to talk |
| 0:34.4 | about the ruling that could force South African middle distance runner, |
| 0:38.0 | Castor Semenya, and other track athletes to reduce their testosterone levels in order to compete. |
| 0:44.9 | Finally, Slate's Nick Green will be with us to discuss Kauai Leonard's laugh, |
| 0:49.6 | Nikola Yokic breaking a microphone, and other news from the NBA playoffs. |
| 0:55.7 | Joining me in Slate's Washington, D.C. Bureau is my co-host, Josh Levine. |
| 1:00.7 | He is Slate's national editor and the author of the new book, The Queen, The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. |
| 1:08.2 | Josh, welcome to the show. |
| 1:10.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:10.8 | We remembered to have you do the intro this week. |
| 1:13.2 | I know. |
| 1:13.8 | Good on us. |
| 1:14.5 | All right, the official publication date is just two weeks away. |
| 1:17.3 | Very exciting. |
| 1:18.2 | Pre-order now, everyone. |
| 1:20.0 | Don't take it from me that this is a good book. |
| 1:22.0 | Kirkus Reviews has weighed in, calling the Queen an excellent piece of true crime writing, and a top-notch study of an exceedingly |
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