Hang Up and Listen - The Strangely Likable England Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Nick Greene and Josh Levin are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl to discuss the World Cup. The New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham also joins to discuss Stephen A. Smith. Plus, an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Â
World Cup (1:25): How will a young French team fare against Belgium’s front three? Will England’s reliance on a set piece–heavy offense end its tournament run? And is Croatia headed to penalties for the third straight game?Â
Stephen A. Smith (18:20): How did the talking head go from being one of the most hated people in sports media to becoming the face of ESPN? And what’s he really like in person?
Federer-Nadal (38:04): Ten years ago, the pair went head to head in the greatest match ever played. The new documentary Strokes of Genius looks back at the 2008 Wimbledon final and their 15-year rivalry.
Afterballs(55:22): Nick on a Chilean soccer scandal and Josh on flipping the order of penalty kicks and extra time.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:11.7 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, hang up and listen for the week of July 9th, 2018. |
| 0:18.8 | On this week's show, Grant Wall of Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports will join us from Moscow |
| 0:23.9 | to talk about the week that was in the World Cup and the upcoming semifinals between Belgium |
| 0:28.6 | and France and England and Croatia. We'll also be joined by the New Yorkers Vincent Cunningham |
| 0:34.7 | for a conversation about his piece, headlined Stephen A. Smith won't stop talking. |
| 0:40.0 | And finally, Sports Illustrated's John Wertheim will be here to chat about the documentary Strokes of Genius |
| 0:45.4 | on the epic 2008 Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal. |
| 0:51.4 | Stefan Fatsis is in Iceland this week, where he is hopefully watching soccer |
| 0:55.0 | games in gas stations. Filling in for him is the head of Hangup and Listen's Oakland Bureau, |
| 1:01.0 | Slate contributing writer Nick Green. How's it going, Nick? Hi, I'm doing great. How you doing, Josh? |
| 1:07.1 | Good. Icelandic gas station is sort of the vibe that we're going for on this show, but like your house in Oakland will suffice for today. |
| 1:15.7 | Well, that's actually my interior design theme. It's my, yeah, my inspiration is an Icelandic gas station. |
| 1:23.5 | All right, perfect. I will be imagining that as we lead into our first segment here. |
| 1:29.2 | The semi-final stage of the World Cup is upon us, and it is going to be a very good semi-final stage. |
| 1:35.7 | On Tuesday, we're going to get Belgium and France, both of which have insanely talented |
| 1:39.6 | rosters and have the feel of deserving tournament winners. |
| 1:43.8 | And then on Wednesday, we've got England versus Croatia and all the drama of the English |
| 1:48.3 | trying to overcome their Englishness, while the brilliant Luca Madrich tries to lead |
| 1:53.5 | his Croatian squad to the final and what will likely be his last World Cup. |
| 1:58.5 | To discuss those upcoming games and the games of the recent past, |
| 2:01.6 | let's bring in Grant Wall, who's joining us from Moscow. Grant writes about soccer for Sports |
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