Hang Up and Listen - The We Love Mike Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2017
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the NCAA tournament and the World Baseball Classic. Mike also announces his departure from the show, and Josh and Stefan send him off with Pesca Jeopardy!
NCAA Tournament (5:24): Was the first round of March Madness boring? Is poor seeding to blame? We break down the first two rounds of the tourney and discuss Duke’s loss to South Carolina.
The World Baseball Classic (17:16): We talk about Adam Jones’ fantastic catch and the charm of the international tournament.
Pesca Jeopardy! (25:58): How well does Mike remember his best quips from seven-plus years on Hang Up and Listen? We find out with a Pesca-specific twist on America’s favorite quiz show.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.4 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 20th, 2017. |
| 0:16.6 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the opening weekend of March Madness, which got a lot more fun and manic as proceedings moved along and also as Duke started to lose. |
| 0:26.1 | We'll also talk about the world baseball classic, particularly American centerfielder Adam Jones's leaping catch, which was the most patriotic baseball moment since Rick Monday snatched away that American flag from someone trying |
| 0:37.8 | to light it on fire in center field at Dodger Stadium in 1976. |
| 0:42.0 | And after that, you'll want to stay around for some special programming that I will not spoil |
| 0:46.0 | but involves two of us paying tribute to one of us. |
| 0:49.6 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. as Stefan Fatsis, author of the books, Word Freak and a few |
| 0:53.9 | seconds of panic. Stefan, I will not be paying tribute to you today. Really? Yeah. me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the books, Word Freak, and a few seconds |
| 0:54.2 | of panic. |
| 0:55.2 | Stefan, I will not be paying tribute to you today. |
| 0:57.6 | Really? |
| 0:58.2 | Because I had another really good Scrabble tournament over the weekend. |
| 1:00.4 | My rating is at the highest point in the last 15 years. |
| 1:05.9 | You are not the father. |
| 1:08.2 | And joining us from New York is Mike Pesca, the host of Slate's Daily podcast, The Gist. |
| 1:13.6 | And I am saddened to report. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, Josh, before you say something, I will say this. |
| 1:18.9 | We will not be paying tribute to you. |
| 1:21.9 | Someone needed to say it. |
| 1:23.7 | Can the deft listener figure out who's being paid tribute to? |
| 1:27.4 | So we've been doing this show together since 2009, and it's been an excellent run. |
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