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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the

week of September 14th, 2015. On this week's show, we're going to talk about the U.S. Open,

where Serena Williams lost her bid to win the calendar year Grand Slam, and Roger Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in his attempt to win an 18th major title.

We'll also discuss whether the NFL has a quarterback crisis with players coming into the league from college unprepared for the rigors of the professional game.

And we'll look at how European soccer clubs have responded to the Syrian refugee crisis,

which unlike the crisis mentioned in the previous sentence is an actual crisis,

and how their approach differs from the way American franchises see the world.

Just like I was last week, I'm in New York, having watched a crap ton of tennis. And lucky for me and everyone else, my friend, colleague, and muse, Mike Peska, those of Slate's daily podcast. The Gist with Mike Peska is back from vacation. And while we wait to see if he's been Wally pipped by his own producer, I want you to know that on this show, you will always be a pre-disees leuguerig. Hello, Mike. I would have been lugeriged by the producer. Now, no, shit ton, crap ton. Is that like the nautical mile? It's a little bit different than the regular ton. Or when it comes to tennis, do they use it, like the weird 1530, 40 scoring system? Yeah, I was like several leagues up in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Yeah.

It was about a fur. like the weird 1530, 40 scoring system? Yeah, I was several leagues up in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Yeah.

It was about a furlong away from the players, but it was still a marvelous experience.

I can't fathom that.

So Mike was on vacation in Istanbul.

Before we, quote, unquote, started the show, Mike sang an Istanbul song for me and Stefan.

Not the Istanbul song, you might think.

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