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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2015
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about the NBA Finals. Grantland’s Katie Baker also joins to discuss the Stanley Cup Finals, and they interview ProPublica’s David Epstein about his investigation of running coach Alberto Salazar.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. Facebook: facebook.com/HangUpAndListen Email: hangup@slate.com Show notes at www.slate.com/hangup
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.3 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 15th, 2015. |
| 0:14.2 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the NBA finals and how Stefan Curry and the Warriors came back to take a three-two series lead over LeBron James |
| 0:20.9 | in a collection of worn out husks wearing Cavaliers jerseys. |
| 0:25.4 | Grantland's Katie Baker will also join us to discuss hockey's Stanley Cup finals, which also |
| 0:30.6 | stand at three games to two with the Chicago Blackhawks holding that slim lead over the Tampa Bay |
| 0:34.7 | Lightning. |
| 0:35.7 | And David Epstein of ProPublica will tell us about his investigation into legendary American |
| 0:39.7 | runner and coach Alberto Salazar, who stands accused of pressuring his athletes |
| 0:44.4 | into taking performance-enhancing drugs. |
| 0:46.8 | Joining me in Washington, D.C., is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak, |
| 0:50.9 | and a few seconds of panic, and whose performance will be compromised today because |
| 0:54.8 | we're recording the show on turf rather than his preferred natural grass. |
| 0:59.9 | And I don't have my albuterol. I need my albuterol and my celibrex. |
| 1:05.5 | We'll get you a therapeutic use exemption in time for next week's episode. |
| 1:09.5 | Joining us in New York where he's fresh off appearances on Bill Maher and wait, wait, don't tell me. It's Mike Peska, host of Slate's Daily podcast, The Gist with Mike Peska, and a guest panelist on this morning's episode of The View, which he is recording simultaneously with this podcast. Good morning, Mike. Hardest working man in that studio. Whoopi, I have to disagree. Hold on, guys. |
| 1:28.0 | You know, I just think ISIS needs to be confronted. Yeah, hi, it's Mike. How you doing? Good. We will... Is Whoopi still on the view? Let's say yes. I think that's Mike's nickname. Helps the joke. I think that's Mike's nickname for Elizabeth Hasselbeck. Yeah. |
| 1:46.1 | If she's still on the show, in fact. |
| 1:50.3 | No, I'm pretty sure Elizabeth Hasselbeck's not on the show, right? |
| 1:52.7 | Because they got Jenny McCarthy to replace her. |
| 1:56.7 | The View audience is very confused by this discussion right now. |
| 2:00.2 | Like the Astros, the View is just calling up top prospects. |
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