In late August 1992, Randy Weaver and his family were refusing to come down from the remote Idaho mountaintop where they lived.

Weaver, a fugitive on a federal firearms charge, has been hold up in a cabin near Naples for more than a year.

The government thought Randy Weaver was a dangerous, possibly violent extremist.

Randy and his wife Vicky thought the government

was an agent of Satan on earth. When it was all over, three people were dead, and the government

had spent millions of dollars to catch one man. We'll find out why the siege at Ruby Ridge

unfolded the way it did, and think about some of the questions it raises.

What should we do about white supremacists? Why has the story of Ruby Ridge become an enduring

myth for the far right? And whose fault was it anyway?

Subscribe to Standoff, what happened at Ruby Ridge, in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

It is Monday, August 18, 2025. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate. Back with you again, I'm Alex Kirshner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I co-host split-zone duo, a national college football podcast. Exciting time of year in college football. This week, our lineup of topics begins with an ever-present problem in sports that's recently gotten some renewed attention.

The stalking of athletes, male and female, and the toll it can take on them and their families.

We'll talk with Carson Kessler, an investigative reporter for The Athletic, who dove into the subject in detail in a recent package of stories that were quite chilling to read.

We will then ring in that college football season that I just mentioned, with a little season preview hang-up style as a handful of games get the season going

this upcoming weekend before the proper week one on Labor Day weekend, and we'll interview the

acclaimed golf journalist Brendan Porath about a brewing problem for the United States Rider

Cup team. The prospect of the captain of the team, who is also one of the best players in the world right now, may be also playing for the United States Rider Cup team. The prospect of the captain of the team,

who is also one of the best players in the world right now, may be also playing for that team.

Could be a huge problem. We'll ask. As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher

of Powerplace, a newsletter that covers the key stories of the moment in women's sports.

Lindsay, how we doing?

I'm doing so good. I'm excited for the marquee event of this week, the mixed doubles at the U.S. Open,

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