The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see.

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of February 22nd, 2022.

On this week's show, Slates Justin Peters will join us for a valid victory to the wondrous and horrific spectacle of the Olympics.

We'll also scrutinize the handshake line fight between the Michigan and Wisconsin basketball teams,

which led to Wolverine's coach, Johan Howard, getting suspended for the rest of the regular season.

And finally, Slates Alex Kirschner will be here for a conversation about the proposed Saudi takeover of Pro Golf,

which now appears to be just as dead as European soccer's super league.

I'm in Washington, D.C., and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year.

Also in D.C., it's Stefan Fatsis. He's the author of The Book's Word Freak, a few seconds of panic and wild and outside.

Stefan, it's the final day of the biggest sport of crack spectacle of the year. You must be sad.

I'm a little sad, a little sad, but I'm happy because it's also a very, very exciting week,

date-wise. It's palindrome week to 2022, to 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 22, 22, etc.

I kind of wish there was a 229. It was a leap year because we're losing out on one palindromic date.

So when you wake up every day, it's just like, each day is the greatest day of your life.

They just keep building on each other. Well, congratulations. And back,

not back. He's always here. Joel Anderson. I'm reading off an old script, Joel.

You're okay. Well, not perfect. I'm not perfect. I was like, there was that time when you

when you were off for a couple of weeks, and I just haven't gotten over it. What can I say?

He's a slate-staff writer, host of Slow Burn Season 6 on the LA Riots and Season 3, big in two-pack.

Harry Joel. I'm great. Obviously my return last week was that memorable that

but yes, I'm good. I'm fine. I'm doing great. I don't I have a vague idea of what palindromes are.

So we're going to have to look that up during the break and catch up and see what's the stuff

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