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Hi, I'm Josh Levine and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of August 28th, 2023.

On this week's show, we'll look back at the World Track and Field Championships where Shikari Richardson roared back and no allials,

sprinted to three gold medals. We'll also review the new documentary BS High about the story behind Bishop Sycamore,

the fake high school that somehow played football on ESPN, and finally, journalist Simra Hunter will join us to assess the latest from Spain,

where the women's World Cup victors have banded together to take down Federation President Luis Rubialis,

and to try to change the country's soccer culture. I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of the Queen and the host of the podcast one year,

and hey, wouldn't you know it? Our new season, one year in 1855, is launching this Friday. No wait, this Thursday, I'm going to get this right. This Thursday,

August 31st. I'm only the host of the show. No big deal. Not in D.C. this week, Stefan Fatsis. He's the author of the book's word freak,

a few seconds of panic and wild and outside. Hello, Stefan.

Hey, Josh. And not in California. It's Joel Anderson. He's the host of the acclaimed eighth season of slow burn,

becoming Justice Thomas. Hello, Joel. Hey, that's old news. It's one year season time now. So we don't have to talk about Clarence Thomas.

You both you and Stefan, great job hyping up the season, but it's one year time. And it's somebody who had an opportunity to get a sneak preview of the first episode.

Let me say you all absolutely need to check it out. It's great. But also that I hate Josh because it was a really good story that I wish that I had thought

over had opportunity to do. But you know, I mean, you know, it's just like that. That's I to me, that's the highest compliment a journalist can give you.

It's like, Oh, I wish I'd been able to I wish I thought of that. So like, I mean, you're all going to be so happy with the opening episode. It's going to be great.

You're going to you're going to hide it from us. No, no, like what's it about? What's that first episode of?

First of all, I need to say to Joel that it's very funny that you complimented yourself for giving the highest compliment, which I appreciate.

Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, I mean, it's a compliment that I would want to hear. Okay. So maybe I compliment you in the way that you needed.

I loved it. I just focus. We haven't talked each other in a while. We talked to each other like two days ago. So it's about a group of black little

leagueers in 1855 and their fight to try to integrate the sport. And the great thing about doing stories about kids from

1955 is that there are a lot of them are still around and available to tell the story. And these guys are are great amazing

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