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Hang Up and Listen - The Whore No More Edition

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2014

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk to Whore of Akron author Scott Raab about LeBron James’s return to Ohio. They also examine the NFL’s obsession with London and review ESPN’s documentary about Livan and Orlando Hernandez, Brothers in Exile.Show notes at www.slate.com/hangup.


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0:00.0

Hang Up and Listen is brought to you by Harries, the new shaving company that offers German engineered blades,

0:05.7

well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door, all at a fraction of the price of other razors.

0:11.3

Visit Harries.com for the $15 starter kit and get $5 off when you use the promo code Hang Up.

0:17.9

And by Fanduel.com, the leader in one-week fantasy football leagues. And right now,

0:23.3

Fanduel will match the first deposit dollar up to $200 for the first 50 people who use the

0:28.2

promo code hang at fanduel.com. The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:39.4

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of November 10th, 2014.

0:46.0

On this week's show, we'll be joined by Scott Rab, author of The Hore of Akron, to discuss LeBron James's return to Cleveland and evaluate the King's current state of horishness.

0:55.6

We'll also talk about the NFL's obsession with London, whether a pro football team will

1:00.1

ever move there. We'll review Brothers in Exile, ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary about Cuba's

1:05.1

baseball playing Hernandez siblings, Levan and Orlando, aka El Duque.

1:14.9

And in our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, we'll assess when fans should rush the field or storm the court.

1:17.8

Joining me in Washington, D.C. as Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and

1:21.8

a few seconds of panic.

1:23.2

And the Friday sports correspondent friend Pierre's all things considered.

1:25.9

Hello, Stefan.

1:26.8

Hello, Josh.

1:28.2

And with us from New York is Mike Peska, host of Slate's daily podcast, The Gist,

1:34.4

with Mike Peska.

1:35.1

How are you, Mike?

1:36.0

All right.

1:37.5

Very perfunctory today.

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