Hang Up and Listen - The Yoo-Hoo, We Did It Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis talk with Slate’s Justin Peters about the top stories from the Olympics, Jack Hamilton joins to look at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ roster shake-up, and Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl discusses what’s next for U.S. Soccer.
Pyeongchang 2018 (1:00):Josh, Stefan, and Slate’s Justin Peters break down the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics, touching on figure skater Adam Rippon, North Korean propaganda, the shameful handling of Russia’s participation in the games, and snowboarding gold medalist Red Gerard.
 Cleveland Cavaliers (21:24):Slate’sJack Hamilton joins the hosts to talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ deadline deals, and whether LeBron was playing badly to force the team to make a move.
U.S. Soccer (38:34): Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated chats with Josh and Stefan about why and how Carlos Cordeiro won the election for president of the United States Soccer Federation.
Afterballs (55:36):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:17.9 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of February 12th, 2018. |
| 0:24.9 | On this week's show, Justin Peters will join us to talk about the North Korean Cheer Squad, Mike Pence, hating figure skater Adam Ripon, and the other people and propaganda outfits that made names for themselves on the opening weekend of the Winter Olympics. Jack Hamilton will also be here to discuss the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 0:42.8 | who traded everyone on their team who isn't LeBron James or J.R. Smith, because J.R. Smith ain't |
| 0:48.9 | going anywhere. And finally, Sports Illustrated's Grant Wall will help us assess what the election |
| 0:54.0 | of Carlos Cordero as the new president of U.S. soccer means for the future of the sport in America. |
| 1:00.6 | Joining me here in Washington, D.C. is the author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, Mr. Stephan Fatsis. |
| 1:07.5 | Josh. |
| 1:08.4 | Hello. |
| 1:08.9 | Hi. |
| 1:09.8 | And joining us for our first segment is part-time beer vendor and Slate's intrepid |
| 1:14.5 | Olympics writer Justin Peters. |
| 1:16.0 | Welcome, Justin. |
| 1:17.7 | Hey, guys. |
| 1:18.8 | How are you doing? |
| 1:19.9 | Doing great. |
| 1:20.7 | Doing better than that. |
| 1:21.8 | Come on, Justin. |
| 1:22.5 | The Olympics are on, Justin. |
| 1:24.6 | The Olympics are on. |
| 1:26.0 | The Olympics are on. |
| 1:27.3 | They're on on a 14-hour time delay, which is |
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