Hang Up | How the Ceasefire Keeps Israel in European Soccer

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh are joined by the Times’s Martyn Ziegler to explain the ripple effects of the Gaza ceasefire on UEFA and Israeli soccer. Then, The New York Times sports reporter Ken Belson joins to unravel the continued drama surrounding Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show and the backdoor dealings of NFL owners. Finally, the hosts ask if the Seattle Mariners are this year’s team of destiny? Ben’s Afterball looks at NHL superstar Connor McDavid’s surprising “hometown discount” to stay in Edmonton. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel talks about Penn State’s $50 million coaching fumble UEFA vs Israel (3:42): Trump makes nice with the European soccer Bad Bunny (15:36): Ken Belson on the NFL’s MAGA gamble MLB Playoffs (37:04): Big Dumper keeps dumping! Afterballs (51:00): McDavid chases the Cup over big money. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Get more Hang Up and Listen with Slate Plus! Join for weekly bonus episodes of Hang Up and Listen and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Hang Up and Listen show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or visit slate.com/hangupplus for access wherever you listen. You can email us at [email protected]. Podcast production and editing by Kevin Bendis, with production assistance from Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.1	It is Tuesday, October 14th, 2025. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:42.1	Back with you again this week. I'm Alex Kirchner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I co-host
0:46.0	Splitzone Duo, a college football podcast. This week on the program, we've got a big show for you.
0:50.6	We're going to learn about a standoff between UEFA, the governing body of international soccer in Europe and Israel. That may now be diffused, but we'll see. Going forward,
0:59.1	we're going to talk to the Times journalist Martin Ziegler about how this fight came to happen.
1:03.9	We will welcome back sports business reporter Ken Belson of the New York Times to talk about
1:07.9	the continued storm. It doesn't end around the NFL and its selection
1:11.5	of a Super Bowl halftime performer, Bad Bunny. We will check in on the ongoing baseball playoffs
1:16.6	with both league championship series going on right now. And we'll talk about new developments in
1:21.5	the college football coaching buyout industrial complex after Penn State moved to fire
1:26.8	its longtime head coach James Franklin
1:28.9	in a shocker. As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher of PowerPlays,
1:34.3	a newsletter covering the key stories of the moment in women's sports and the women's sports
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