Hang Up: Where Is Peng Shuai?

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🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham to talk about Peng Shuai and the future of sports in China. Next, they discuss the resurgent Golden State Warriors. Finally, they review the movie King Richard. Peng Shuai (2:03): Will the Peng case lead the WTA to pull out of China? Warriors (24:35): How Steph Curry’s squad got its mojo back. King Richard (42:42): Is the new movie about the Williams sisters’ upbringing any good? Afterball (1:02:00): Josh on watching (or not watching) the 1980 Summer Olympics on American TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.0	Hide your children.
0:04.4	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:18.1	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor,
0:20.6	and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of November 22, 2021.
0:24.6	On this week's show, we're going to talk about the ripple effects
0:27.1	in both sports and politics of the sexual assault allegation
0:31.0	leveled by Chinese tennis player Pung Shui.
0:34.0	We'll also discuss the resurgence of the Golden State Warriors.
0:37.4	Remember them? Nice level NBA team.
0:39.6	One of a couple titles, Marie Spates used to play there.
0:42.7	And finally, we'll review King Richard,
0:45.5	the new movie starring Will Smith as Venus and Serena Williams' dad.
0:50.2	I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen
0:52.5	and the host of the podcast One Year.
0:54.7	Season two on 9 to 95 out now, please subscribe.
0:58.2	Also in D.C., Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's word freak,
1:02.0	a few seconds of panic and wild and outside.
1:04.1	Hello, Stefan.
1:05.0	Hello, Josh.
1:06.3	What do you got on your shirt today?
1:07.8	Ken Groosey Jr. swinging.
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