Hang Up and Listen - The Our Dump Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2015
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about whether the Warriors and Hawks will dominate the NBA playoffs. Andrew Zimbalist also joins to talk about Boston’s Olympic bid, and they discuss the New York Islanders’ last season in Nassau Coliseum.  Facebook: facebook.com/HangUpAndListenEmail: hangup@slate.comShow notes at www.slate.com/hangup  Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/hangupplus.Â
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.2 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of April 20th, 2015. |
| 0:14.6 | On this week's show, we'll talk about whether the top-seated warriors and talks will live up to their regular season performances, |
| 0:21.5 | or if they'll disappoint us all and be subjected to a ritualistic shaming exercise after early |
| 0:26.1 | departures from the NBA playoffs. |
| 0:28.3 | Shaming exercise. Shaming exercise. Shaming exercise. |
| 0:31.4 | We'll then be joined by economist Andrew Zimbalist to talk about the rising opposition |
| 0:35.7 | of Boston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. |
| 0:40.0 | We'll discuss the New York Islanders' early success in the NHL playoffs in their last season in Nassau Coliseum. |
| 0:46.0 | Hockey Talk. |
| 0:46.7 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and A few seconds of panic and host of the weekly hockey podcast |
| 0:55.9 | Hockey Talk with Stefan Fancis. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. That podcast has never actually |
| 1:01.5 | gotten distribution. It's just you talking to yourself. At home. At home. Yeah. But. |
| 1:06.2 | Actually, his cat's name is hockey. With us from New York, Islanders fan and human, Mike Pesca, host of Slate's Daily Podcasts, The Gist with Mike Pesca. |
| 1:16.0 | Which, having returned from NASA Coliseum, I was going to just mention that they're not always the same thing. |
| 1:22.5 | Yeah, we'll get to that in segment, Numero Trace. |
| 1:25.7 | And our bonus segment for Slate Plus members this week, |
| 1:29.0 | we will discuss the widespread disgust over the Edmonton Oilers victory in hockey's |
| 1:35.0 | draft lottery. People hate Edmonton. And I will defend Edmonton against Edmonton's haters, |
| 1:42.4 | the anti-Edmonton junta. Few are pro-Edmonton if you're anti-Edmonton against Edmonton's haters, the anti-Edmonton hunta. Few are pro-Edmonton if you're |
| 1:47.4 | anti-Edmonton. No matter what side you're on, sign up for Slate Plus at slate.com slash hangup |
| 1:53.1 | plus. If you sign up, you'll hear Edmonton talk some weeks, medicine hat, Saskatoon, maybe a little bit of Halifax. |
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