Hang Up and Listen - The Optimal Draymond Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2017
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis is joined by Shea Serrano and Marcus Thompson to talk about the NBA playoffs. Stefan and Josh Levin also interview Nick Elam about how to fix basketball’s end game. Finally, Stefan and Christina Cauterucci talk with Becca Roux about the new labor deal in women’s soccer.Â
NBA Playoffs (2:20): Breaking down the best matchups of the first weekend, evaluating the Cleveland Cavaliers’ title hopes, and celebrating the rise of Giannis Antetokounmpo.Â
Fixing NBA Endgame (17:06): Nick Elam joins to explain his radical proposal to fix basketball’s crunch time and talk about the plan’s likelihood of being implemented in the NBA.Â
Women’s Soccer (37:04): Becca Roux, the interim executive director of the USWNT’s Players’ Association, discusses the team’s new collective bargaining agreement and the ongoing battle for equitable treatment in women’s sports.
Barkley Marathons (55:02): In his Afterball, Stefan examines the heartbreaking ending of the Barkley Marathons in the mountains of Tennessee and whether the race might be too cruel.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:12.1 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, and this is Slate's sports podcast, hang up and listen for the week of April 17, 2017. |
| 0:20.3 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the first days of the next two months of your life. |
| 0:25.4 | That is the National Basketball Association playoffs. |
| 0:28.6 | Joining me for that conversation are Marcus Thompson, a columnist for the Bay Area News Group, |
| 0:34.3 | and Shea Serrano of The Ringer. |
| 0:36.9 | Then Josh Levine and I will, for the first time in this podcast's history, welcome as a guest, a middle school principal. |
| 0:44.3 | His name is Nick Elam, and he has a radical idea to drain the swamp that is the final minutes of too many basketball games. |
| 0:52.3 | Finally, Slate writer Christina Cotarucci will join me in the studio, and we'll talk to Becca |
| 0:57.8 | Roo, the executive director of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Association, |
| 1:03.6 | about that team's recent collective bargaining deal and the unprecedented recent |
| 1:08.2 | successes for women pro athletes in the labor arena. |
| 1:12.5 | Finally, get ready for a special rather long afterball about the crazy Barclay Marathons, |
| 1:19.5 | aka the race that eats its young. |
| 1:23.3 | The aforementioned Josh Levine, the editorial director of Slate, that's his new title, is away this week, except for the segment where he's not a way, which we taped in advance. |
| 1:33.3 | I feel better knowing that he will be part of this show, and I know you will too. |
| 1:37.9 | We're looking for a summer intern to join us here in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:41.3 | You need to be able to come into the studio on Mondays and to help us with research over the weekend. |
| 1:46.5 | If you are interested, email us at hangup at slate.com. |
| 1:52.4 | In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, the also aforementioned Marcus Thompson and Shea Serrano, |
| 1:58.7 | we'll stick around to talk about Marcus's new book, Golden, the Miraculous Rise of |
| 2:04.4 | Steph Curry. |
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