The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 12th, 2016.

On today's show, we'll discuss the first week of the NFL season and whether the pro football product is getting worse. We'll also talk to

John Cuscoo, who's in Rio de Janeiro competing for the American goalball team. What is goalball?

Where is goal ball? Why is goal ball? We will answer all of these questions and more. And finally,

a special moment in Hangup and Listen history as Annie Beatty, aka Mrs. Zelmo Beatty, joins us to talk about her husband's induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic.

Hello, hello, Stefan.

Hello, Josh.

And with us from New York is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's Daily Podcast, The Gist. Hello, Stefan. Hello, Josh. And with us from New York is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's Daily Podcast, The Gist.

Hello, Mike.

Hello, friends.

And we're still looking for an intern for the fall.

Email us at hangup at slate.com.

We'd like you to be in D.C.

And able to do some research.

Hangup at Slate.com.

Hey, whimimsie watch.

Is it back? Ooh. Ooh. I hadn't thought about it. I'm trying to scan my brain for that,

which was whimsical. Did you find some whimsy, Josh? I always plan my whimsy very well.

Bill's linebackers, Jerry Hughes and Zach Brown missed the team bus and took an Uber.

Is that whimsy, Mike?

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