Hang Up and Listen - The Ninja Doppelgänger Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2017
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by NPR’s Gene Demby to discuss Jemele Hill and ESPN’s conservative trolls, by HBO’s Eric Raskin to talk about Golovkin-Alvarez, and by Ninja Warrior’s Josh Levin for a conversation about obstacle course stardom.
Jemele Hill (1:28): Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch comes on the show to explore why ESPN has become a target in the culture wars and the kinds of discussions that happen when people of color become leading voices in the mainstream media.
Golovkin-Alvarez (25:43): Eric Raskin of the HBO Boxing podcast explains what made the middleweight fight between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez an instant classic, and what can be done about scoring controversies in boxing.
Josh Levin (46:55): A different Josh Levin comes on the show to chat about what it’s like to appear on American Ninja Warrior and his quest to become an Olympic rock climber.
Afterballs (1:01:20):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:11.7 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcasts Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 18th, 2017. |
| 0:18.5 | On this week's show, Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch podcast will be here for a conversation |
| 0:23.4 | about Jamel Hill, Clay Travis, Donald Trump, whether it's okay to call the president a white |
| 0:28.2 | supremacist and how ESPN is handling attacks from conservative trolls. Eric Raskin of HBO |
| 0:33.9 | boxing will also join us to discuss the fantastic fight between Gannati Golavkin |
| 0:38.4 | and Canelo Alvarez, which ended in a draw thanks to one awful scorecard, which leads one to |
| 0:44.3 | wonder if boxing will ever be able to get out of its own way. And finally, we'll talk to one of the top |
| 0:49.1 | contenders on the obstacle course reality competition, American Ninja Warrior, an amazing |
| 0:54.1 | athlete who happens to share a name with one of your favorite podcast hosts. |
| 0:58.4 | Yes, on today's show, Josh Levine and Stefan Fatsis, we'll talk to Josh Levin. |
| 1:04.1 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak and A few seconds of panic. |
| 1:09.2 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 1:09.8 | Hey, Josh. |
| 1:11.0 | And no Stefan Fatsis, no great athletes with that name. |
| 1:15.1 | Maybe someday. Maybe there's a little Stefanos Fetis up in Thessaloniki, training hard right now for the 2028 or 232 Olympics. |
| 1:24.5 | If you're out there, let us know. We'd love to have you on. |
| 1:28.0 | Last week on Twitter, ESPN Sports Center host Jamel Hill called Donald Trump, a white |
| 1:33.4 | supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists, an unfit, bigoted, |
| 1:39.1 | incompetent moron, and the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. A lot of people had a lot to say |
| 1:46.0 | about this, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Let's listen to the spokeswoman for the |
| 1:50.7 | President of the United States weigh in on the employment status of an individual at a private |
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