The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see.

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen. This is Hang Up and

Listen for the week of April 6th, 2020. On this week show, we're going to talk about when sports are coming back,

and when they should come back.

If you have the answer, please let us know.

We would like to know.

We'll also interview Don Harper-Nelson,

the Olympic gold medalist we had on our live show in December.

Back then, Don was aiming to make it back to the

Olympics in 2020. Now that is on hold, just like everything else. I am here, still at home,

in D.C., holding it together, ready to do this thing, positive attitude. Got my friend Stefan

here, Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak and a few seconds

of panic. Stefan, we have now hit the milestone two out of the three of us having birthdays under

quarantine. Happy birthday under quarantine. Thanks, Josh. You had to cancel a party. I didn't even

get a chance to schedule a party. Yeah, well, I don't know, which is

worse. And this was before the days of like everyone scheduling Zoom meetings for everyone.

So back in the day, in the early days of the coronavirus, when you canceled something, it was

really canceled. No virtual configuration or anything. There's just no birthday.

Joel, this is going to happen to you. It is most likely and I'm fine with it because the world is

bending to my will. I like to be left alone on my birthdays. I like to spend them alone doing exactly

what I want to do. So this will be the year that I'm most likely to get what I want.

So your birthday wish of staying inside and cleaning your apartment is just going to be magical.

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