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Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of February 7th, 2022.

On this week's show, the New York Times' John Branch will join us to talk about the controversy

over Eileen Dew, the U.S. foreign skier, who's representing China at the Winter Olympics.

We'll also assess Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL, and whether Black Coaches will ever get a fair shot

in the league. And we'll look at the latest developments in the 76ers Ben Simmons saga,

whether the sixers in the nets might be able to help each other out. I'm in Washington, D.C.,

and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast in one year. Also in D.C., Stefan Fatsis,

he is the author of the book's word freak, a few seconds of panic, and wild, and outside.

Hey, Stefan, did you think about making separate books, wilds, as part one, and outside as part two?

Oh, I wrote wild. You didn't know that? I did not know that. It would pad your total. We could

get you up to four. I hope to get up to four someday. We believe in you. And back with us,

making us whole again, as Joel Anderson, he is a slate staff writer. The host of Slowburn,

season six, on the LA riots. Just one of many Slowburn seasons that he's hosted. Too many to

list at this point. Hello, Joel. Welcome. Hey, happy to be back. You had Joel miss me?

Not really. You don't have to miss it. Let's not answer it. We missed you. We missed you so

desperately. I know that you were sad not to be able to send Tom Brady off into the sunset.

You were just sending all of these plaintive emails over the weekend. Are we going to be able to

talk about Tom Brady? I want to talk about Tom Brady. I don't know. You have such a man crush on

Tom Brady. I don't. But I've come to a grudging respect of the man. And, you know, I mean, I don't

think he's the best quarterback in NFL history. But, you know, I'm sort of mishaving somebody to

root against. It's more fun when you have somebody you want to lose in the playoffs every year.

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