Hang Up and Listen - The Semenya Dilemma Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2016
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca are joined by ProPublica’s David Epstein to discuss Caster Semenya. Eugene Monroe also joins to talk about his retirement from the NFL and medical marijuana advocacy. Finally, they assess Ichiro Suzuki.
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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 August 1st, 2016. |
| 0:14.9 | On today's show, David Epstein of ProPublica will join us to discuss South African track star Castor Semenya and the extremely |
| 0:22.6 | thorny debate about intersex athletes at the Olympic Games. We'll also speak with Eugene |
| 0:27.5 | Monroe, the offensive tackle who just retired from pro football at age 29. He's an outspoken |
| 0:33.8 | advocate of medical marijuana in the NFL and has gone so far as funding a study |
| 0:38.4 | to evaluate its efficacy. Finally, we'll assess the long and successful career of Ichoro Suzuki, |
| 0:44.7 | the first Japanese-born position player in the major leagues, whose two hits away from recording |
| 0:50.4 | the 3,000th hit of his major league career. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic. |
| 0:58.4 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 0:59.2 | Hello, Josh. |
| 1:00.7 | And with us in New York is Mike Pasco, the host of Slate's Daily podcast, The Gist. |
| 1:06.1 | Hey, Mike. |
| 1:06.7 | Hey. |
| 1:08.9 | Have you experienced a post-convention bounce? I have. I did experience a post-convention bounce, but it was because I was listening to a lot of big Frida records. I thought you were going to say. Big Frida records. I thought you were going to say. Yes. On the Victrola. It's an amalgamation of the old and the new. I thought you were going to say you went to one of your kids' birthday parties. Yeah, I've been reading a lot about injuries in what they call trampoline parks. Now, if you didn't know what a trampoline park was 30 years ago, and I said there's going to be this thing in society called trampoline parks. Your next statement would be, there must be a huge rise in injuries, wouldn't it? Yes, I believe there |
| 1:44.5 | would. In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, the trampoline will be mentioned. |
| 1:49.1 | Dave Epstein will be here to help us decide which sports should be added to the Olympic program |
| 1:55.3 | and which should be subtracted. You can sign up for Slate Plus to get bonus segments on this |
| 1:59.9 | and other Slate podcasts. And if you do sign up, you get Plus to get bonus segments on this and other Slate podcasts. |
| 2:01.6 | And if you do sign up, you'll get a free two-week trial. |
| 2:05.3 | Get it at slate.com slash hangup plus. |
| 2:09.6 | In 2009, 18-year-old South African Castor Semenya came from obscurity to win gold in the 800 |
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