Hang Up and Listen - The Take That for Data Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Greg Howard talk with Kevin Arnovitz about the NBA playoffs. Alex Hutchinson joins to analyze an upcoming attempt to break the two-hour marathon. And Stefan interviews John Kelly, the lone finisher of this year’s Barkley Marathons.
NBA playoffs (1:48): We talk with Kevin Arnovitz about the media coverage surrounding the death of Isaiah Thomas’s sister; Kawhi Leonard and Mike Conley’s duel in Game 4 of the Spurs-Grizzlies series; and Russell Westbrook’s media antagonism.
The Two-Hour Marathon (20:59): Alex Hutchinson discusses Nike’s planned attempt next month to break the two-hour marathon, and the ethical, physical, and technological issues surrounding the effort.
Barkley Marathons follow-up (32:29): John Kelly, the lone finisher of this year’s Barkley Marathons, objected to Stefan’s critique of the race on last week’s show. Kelly joins to talk about why he runs the Barkley and its many challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | Hang up and listen for the week of April 24th, 2017. |
| 0:19.8 | On this week's show, we'll talk some more about the NBA playoffs |
| 0:22.7 | because the NBA playoffs are ridiculously compelling. |
| 0:26.1 | Kevin Arnowitz of ESPN will join us for that conversation. |
| 0:30.0 | Alex Hutchinson of Runner's World will come on the show |
| 0:32.6 | to talk about Nike's attempt to engineer the first sub-two-hour marathon. |
| 0:37.8 | And finally, I will talk to John Kelly, the only finisher of the 2017 Barclay Marathons. |
| 0:43.8 | He wrote to take issue with my afterball last week about the ultra mountain race. |
| 0:48.5 | So I invited him on the show. |
| 0:50.2 | Josh Levine, the editorial director of Slate Magazine, is off this week. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm alone in Washington, but filling in for Josh from Slate Studios in Brooklyn, New York is Greg Howard. He used to write for Deadspin. He is now a David Carr fellow at the New York Times. What's up, Greg? How you doing, Stefan? Excellent. Thank you for doing this. Before we get started, one announcement, we're still taking applications for a summer intern here in Washington. |
| 1:13.8 | You need to be available to come into the studio on Mondays and to help us with research over the weekend. |
| 1:18.8 | If you're interested, email us at Hangup at Slate.com. |
| 1:23.1 | In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, Greg and I will discuss the life and death of former New England Patriots, tight end, Aaron Hernandez, who was found hanged in a prison cell last week. |
| 1:37.1 | Join Slate Plus for just $49 a year, and you'll get bonus segments on this and other Slate podcasts every week. |
| 1:44.2 | Sign up at slate.com slash hangup plus. |
| 1:48.1 | The 2017 NBA playoffs are shaping up as a fantastic soap opera. |
| 1:53.2 | Boston's Isaiah Thomas has willed his team back into its series against Chicago. |
| 1:58.0 | Memphis coach David Fisdale went on an epic anti-referee rant. Oklahoma |
| 2:02.9 | City's Russell Westbrook went on an epic anti-reporter rant and San Antonio's Kauai Leonard went |
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