Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of August 8th, 2016.

On today's show, we're going to do two segments on the Olympics because they are the Olympics.

We'll talk about NBC's coverage and the jingoism and the suspicion of foreigners and Jenny Thrasher and

snapped legs and what it means to assess whether the Olympics are going well or not.

We will also talk to a Wrigleyfield beer vendor about what it is like to be a Wrigleyfield

beer vendor.

In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, we'll talk about Alex Rodriguez,

how we feel about him, how we feel about the end of his career with the New York Yankees.

You can sign up for Slate Plus to get bonus segments on this and other Slate Podcasts. If you do sign up, you'll get a free two-week trial, get it at Slate Plus to get bonus segments on this and other Slate podcasts.

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Get it at slate.com slash hangup plus.

Stefan Fatsis is out this week.

He's competing at the North American Scrabble Championship at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

But with me as always is Mike Pesca, the host of Slate's Daily podcast.

The Gist.

Hello, Mike.

Hello.

You are not at the Grand Wade Convention Center, 120 West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Our third man into the ring,

it's Justin Peters, man who's spent many, many, many great times at the Grand Wayne Convention Center.

He's the author of the book, The Idealist, Aaron Swartz, in the Rise of Free Culture, on the Internet,

which will come in handy if a spirited discussion of copyright law breaks out on

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