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Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, and this is Slate's sports podcast. Hang up and listen for the week

of May 3rd, 2021. On this week's show, it's a guest fest. Master Tesfazian of Bleacher Report will help us

deconstruct the NFL draft. Ben Lindberg of the Ringer will tell us why moving the pitcher's

mound back by one foot would be a good move for Major League Baseball. And finally, Rebecca

Schumann will explain why the Unitard might replace the leotard

in women's gymnastics and why that's a big deal.

I'm the author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic.

I'm in Washington, D.C.

We are mixing and matching this week.

You'll hear Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, author of the

queen, host of Slow Burn Season 4 on the baseball and gymnastics segments, but you won't hear

his voice in this introduction or in the NFL chat. Slate staff writer Joel Anderson,

the host of Slow Burn season 3 and the upcoming season 6 will be audible

in both of those.

He's in Palo Alto,

California. What's up, Joel? What's up, stuff? You know what? Last week, Josh did say that we were going to continue to challenge our listeners. You know, we're just going to just throw them off. Yep. You know what I'm saying? Knock them off balance. See if they can readjust, get used to all the different voices and people. It's a little like a way station now. The podcast is a way station.

I think they did really well last week, so I think we're upping the challenge here. I think that's important to do. You got to keep challenging the listeners. That's right. Every week, you know, it's just what is it like your muscles? You know what I'm saying? You just can't let them get used to your exercise. You got to switch it up on them. That's how you get growth. And we've also got two producers this week, Margaret Kelly and Jasmine Ellis and Jasmine with her first piece for Slate, y'all. Oh, that's right. We got to insert some, well, I guess Jasmine, we hate to make you insert your own applause, but you're going to have to do it because it's a big deal. So that's great.

You should check it out. It's about the Oscar nominated short, a love song for Latasha. Isn't that right, Jasmine? Yes, that is correct. Well, yeah, so she's very busy producing the show. But congrats to Jasmine. Please check that story out. It's going to be great. We're very proud of her, very excited for her to get that first bioline out the way too.

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