Hang Up and Listen - The Triple-Double Entendre Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2017
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Josh Levin and Mike Pesca are joined by the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis to discuss the college football playoffs and the quarterback crisis in the NFL playoffs. They’re also joined by ESPN’s Kevin Pelton to examine the NBA’s sudden surge in triple-doubles.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:05.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of January 3rd, 2017. |
| 0:12.6 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the college football playoffs, the alleged meaninglessness of other bowl games, and the decisions by Leonard Fournett and Christian McCaffrey to sit |
| 0:21.6 | out their respective postseason games. We'll also discuss the quarterback crisis in the NFL |
| 0:26.9 | playoffs and the annual ritual execution of pro football coaches, which this year included |
| 0:32.4 | Chip Kelly and Rex Ryan. Finally, we'll be joined by ESPN's Kevin Peltin to look at James |
| 0:37.2 | Harden, Russell Westbrook, |
| 0:38.9 | and the NBA's sudden surge in triple doubles. One quick announcement, we're looking for an intern |
| 0:45.3 | to start working with us soonishly. We're looking for somebody in D.C. who'd be available to |
| 0:52.8 | do some research on the weekends and be in the studio with us |
| 0:56.6 | on Monday mornings. If you're interested, email us at hangup at slate.com. Hangup at slate.com. |
| 1:05.0 | Our friend and colleague, Stefan Fats, is out this week, but joining me, as always, from New York, |
| 1:09.6 | is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's daily podcast, The Gist. Hello is out this week. But joining me, as always, from New York is Mike Peska, |
| 1:16.6 | the host of Slate's Daily Podcast, The Gist. Hello, Mike. Hello. How are you? I am good. |
| 1:21.4 | Have your last few weeks been without me. It's been okay. I do have an update, a health update. |
| 1:25.0 | Why don't you introduce our other guests and I'll get his take on my health update? |
| 1:45.7 | Sure. With us from Los Angeles is Brian Curtis, editor at large with The Ringer and Mike Peska's medical consultant. Hello, Brian. Yeah. The Dr. Oz of sports writing, as it were. Take it away, Mike. Oh, that's why you're always wearing scrubs. I didn't know you were going for that. So I have an ailment. |
| 1:46.5 | I have a virus. |
| 1:49.2 | I caught it from my girlfriend because, you know, season of giving. |
| 1:53.7 | And how it presents itself is in her, she had a respiratory infection. |
| 1:56.1 | But also she had pains and aches. |
| 2:02.2 | And the doctor said it, what's the word? |
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