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Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 22nd, 2020.

On this week's show, Ben Lindberg of the Ringer will help us assess how much damage

Major League Baseball is inflicting upon itself with its protracted coronavirus season labor fight.

Statues of racist sports executives are coming down along with their Confederate counterparts,

and we'll discuss whether the racist nickname of the Washington football team might be the next to topple.

Finally, American hammer thrower Gwen Barry will be here to talk to us about her fight

for the right of Olympic athletes to protest. I'm in Washington, D.C. Josh Levine is also

in Washington, D.C. We can see each other on Zoom. We cannot see each other in real life because

we are good citizens. Josh is Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen, which is out

in paperback. He's also the host of

Slow Burn Season 4, David Duke. Hi, Josh. Hello. I can see you in a distant manner if we wanted to.

Well, we could. Doesn't seem like you guys are interested in that, to be honest, because...

No, Stefan's like, we can't see each other this year, just to be safe next year, the year after that. That's the message I'm sending. Read between the lines. Read between the lines. Loud and clear. Thank you, Stefan. Sure. Out in Palo Alto, California is Slate Staff Writer, host of Slow Burn Season 3, and top Twitter follow, Joel Anderson. What's up, Joel? Wow. I appreciate the honor. That's all I ever wanted. I wanted to get good enough at Twitter to be a top Twitter follow. So thank you. Hater of chocolate cake. Oh, bringer of bad cake takes. Yeah. Oh, man. No, that chocolate cake thing holds up pretty well. Like I said, called my 73-year-old father-in-law this weekend. He was eating

chocolate cake with chocolate syrup and chocolate ice cream. I'm like, that's exactly what an old-ass man does. What was he eaten when he was 33? Chocolate cake with chocolate syrup and chocolate ice cream. Probably, yeah. I mean, that's what I'm saying. It's an old standard, which is fine. It's not bad. It's just, you know.

You're not implying the taste changes over time.

I'm just saying It's an old standard, which is fine. It's not bad. It's just, you know.

You're not implying the taste changes over time. I'm just saying they didn't have access to all

the new flavors and everything at that time. In the 90s, they didn't have your flavors.

Yeah, right. They were still figuring it out. I doubt they had white raspberry or something.

You know what I mean?

Like white chocolate raspberry.

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