Hot Dogs and Tommy Johns

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Three days from Opening Day, hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh share their roses, thorns, and buds for the upcoming MLB season. The panel also talks about the lows and highs of March Madness and finally, they remember the legendary boxer and businessman George Foreman. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel discusses President Trump's love of sports and his recent conversation with Putin over hockey. Opening Day (3:04): Who will be the winners, losers, and most yawn-inducing? March Madness (32:26): The basketball tournament has so far had very few upsets George Foreman (45:38): We remember the grill, but sometimes forget his 76-5 boxing career record. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	We recycle our Macafee cups and turn them into birthday cards.
0:34.5	That's a lot of celebrations and millions of happy birthdays.
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0:49.7	scheme.
0:59.3	It is Monday, March 24th, 2025.
1:03.0	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
1:04.6	Back with you, yet again.
1:05.7	I'm Alex Kirchner.
1:07.6	I'm a contributing writer here at Slate.
1:12.3	I also co-host Split Zone Duo, a national college football podcast. We have much to go over this week. It's about to be opening day in Major League Baseball. We'll talk about
1:17.0	what we're excited about, what we are unexcited about, and what is a lingering point of curiosity
1:22.3	as the season begins. The NCAA basketball tournaments are in full swing, heading towards the regional rounds of both
1:28.8	the men's and women's tournaments. I'll note that as we record this, there are a few more women's
1:32.4	games in the round of 32 of that tournament, but you get the idea we're moving forward. Where have the
1:36.7	good games been? It's a question lots of people are asking, or we're asking until my alma mater,
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