Hang Up and Listen - Turmoil at Jeopardy!
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis talk with track writer Jojo Gretschel about sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson’s last-place finish in her return from a suspension. Former pro basketball player Rod Benson discusses Draymond Green’s revealing conversation with Kevin Durant and the future of athlete-driven sports media. Finally, an interview with Claire McNear of the Ringer about her blockbuster reporting that brought down the new host of Jeopardy!
Sha’Carri (5:23): Track writer Jojo Gretschel on Sha’Carri Richardson’s 100-meter flop.
Dray and KD (22:31): Ex-basketball pro Rod Benson on Draymond Green’s revealing interview with Kevin Durant.
Jeopardy! (40:57): Claire McNear of the Ringer on the comments that brought down Alex Trebek’s successor.
Afterball (1:04:54): Stefan on pro ultimate frisbee.
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| 0:00.0 | Might hear a few curse words in this one. |
| 0:02.1 | Just a warning. |
| 0:08.1 | Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, and this is Slate's sports podcast. |
| 0:11.5 | Hang up and listen for the week of August 23rd, 2021. |
| 0:15.6 | On this week's show, it's a guest fest. |
| 0:18.1 | Track and field writer Jojo Gretchel joins us to discuss Shakari Richardson's boastful and then |
| 0:23.8 | bungled return to the 100 meter dash over the weekend. |
| 0:27.4 | Spoiler alert, she finished dead last. |
| 0:30.0 | We'll break down Draymond Green's revealing interview with Kevin Durant and what it says about sports and media with former player turned media member Rod Benson. |
| 0:40.3 | And finally, Big Get, Claire McNier of the Ringer fills us in on her blockbuster reporting about the offensive comments that brought down the guy who was supposed to replace Alex Trebek as the host of Jeopardy. |
| 0:53.5 | Josh Levine is off this week, but go listen to his podcast series one year, 1977. |
| 0:59.7 | I'm the author of the book's Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic and Wild and Outside. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm in Washington, D.C., across the country in Palo Alto, California. |
| 1:08.3 | It's Slate Staff Writer and Burn Season 3 and upcoming season 6 host |
| 1:14.6 | and future Milk Crate Challenge champion, Joel Anderson. What's up, Joel? |
| 1:19.0 | I'm good, man. How are you doing this morning? Don't do that Milk Cray Challenge, man. |
| 1:22.9 | We'll see. And also, you're an athlete. You should maybe give it a shot. |
| 1:26.6 | There's no way. I saw one TikTok of a dude falling on his back and landing on those plastic crates. There was no way in hell you would get me to do that. You just saw one, huh? That's all I needed to see. I did see the woman in high heels conquer the Mill Crate Mountain. Look, Stefan, I mean, to be honest, there was a guy I saw Rolla Blunt |
| 1:44.6 | at the top of the mountain of crates, and that's what made me think. But if that guy can do it, |
| 1:48.9 | I think I could do it. All right, let's get to the show. Actually, let's not get to the show, Joel. You didn't think we were going to let you get away without talking about what happened in that trivia tournament on Bomani Jones's podcast, did you? |
| 1:59.3 | Oh, yeah. |
| 2:00.0 | Well, I mean, I lost, obviously. |
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