Hang Up and Listen - The NBA Finals, Finally

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🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the NBA Finals matchup between the Heat and the Lakers. They also discuss why they’re watching college football and life inside the NHL bubble. Finally, they’re joined by Father Edwin Leahy to discuss the documentary series Benedict Men.

NBA (02:11): How did the Heat rebuild after LeBron left? And do they have a chance against LeBron now?

College football and the NHL (16:22): Why we can’t shake an immoral sport, and what we’ve learned about the pro hockey postseason.

Benedict Men (33:44): Why does a critic of big-time high school basketball preside over one of the nation’s top basketball programs?

Afterball (47:54): Stefan on Brian’s Song, which has not aged well.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hangup and Listen for the week of
0:13.6	September 28th, 2020. On this week's show, we'll talk about the NBA finals matchup between
0:19.5	the LA Lakers and the Miami Heat.
0:21.8	We'll also discuss the sad for LSU fans, opening weekend of college football.
0:26.7	Plus, we'll get into life inside the National Hockey League bubble.
0:30.7	Finally, we'll talk with a critic of big-time high school basketball who presides over one of the nation's top basketball programs.
0:37.3	He's father Edwin Leahy of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey. basketball, who presides over one of the nation's top basketball programs.
0:41.5	He's father Edwin Leahy of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey.
0:45.0	It's featured in the new documentary series, Benedict Men.
0:48.2	I'm the author of The Queen, the host of Slow Burn, season four.
0:53.3	I'm in Washington, D.C. Also in D.C., author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic,
0:57.3	The Pride of the Pelham Pelicans, Stefan Fatsis,
1:00.1	congrats on your personal best in Scrabble.
1:00.7	Thank you.
1:01.7	Thank you for noticing.
1:04.2	653 points in one game.
1:05.3	It was a good game.
1:09.3	Usually the personal best is from one game.
1:10.1	You can't add.
1:15.1	It's like my best bench press is my two top bench presses added together. Added together?
1:15.9	Yeah.
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