Hang Up | The Ballad of Lane Kiffin

Slate Daily Feed

Slate Podcasts

News, Business, Society & Culture

4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss Lane Kiffin’s latest dramatic exit, leaving Ole Miss for LSU right before a playoff run. Then, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander explains the big money behind the launch of the new in-season college basketball tournament, the Players Era. Finally, the panel looks at two NBA legends: Chris Paul (nearing retirement), and LeBron James (somehow finding another gear). On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel discusses the ups and downs of Arch Manning’s first season. Lane Kiffin (4:51): Won’t be Miss’d College Basketball (22:25): A new mid-season tournament LeBron (46:18): The undying career (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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to do.
0:02.0	Dominate your finances.
0:04.0	Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his social feed.
0:11.0	Drowning in green.
0:13.0	Scale, scale, scale, scale, scale.
0:15.0	This is the moment Isaac chose to search Barclay's life skills,
0:18.0	get some better money intel and save up for that new skateboard. We're helping young people become money confident. Search Barclay's life skills. Barclays, make money work for you. Hello, Gordon Smart here from whistleblowers, football's most original new podcast. Each week, I'm joined by Ian Ladieman and Mark Clattenberg. Do you want to put a bet on?
0:38.1	I went, yeah, 4-1 Chelsea. I'll be there a minute, stick 20 quid on. Sure enough, Chelsea 1-4-1. Give me the betting slip and she just looked to me and I didn't put it on. If we don't stop it, it's going to get worse till the end of the season because why did all these clubs bringing set piece coaches to manufacture the way the rules are written to benefit their own clubs.
0:56.7	Whistleblowers, All these clubs bring in setpiece coaches to manufacture the way the rules are written to benefit their own clubs.
0:57.2	Whistleblowers, available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:04.7	It is Monday, December 1st, 2025.
1:10.1	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
1:13.7	Back with you this week, I'm Alex Kirshner.
1:16.2	I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and they also co-host the College Football Podcast
1:20.5	Split Zone Duo.
1:22.1	Big show for you this week.
1:23.1	It'll actually start with some college football.
1:25.2	We're going to talk about the latest in the coaching carousel, which Lane Kiffin finally kicked into overdrive on Saturday and Sunday. What a mess
1:32.2	of historic proportions. Then we're going to bring on a great guest, CBS Sports College
1:36.6	Basketball writer Matt Norlander, to tell us about a new in-season tournament that seems to be
1:41.4	a pending a big part of college basketball's traditional business
1:44.8	and scheduling models.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.