How Rich Strike Struck It Rich

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Vinson Cunningham, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by the New York Times‘ Joe Drape to talk about Rich Strike’s shocking Kentucky Derby win. They also discuss Brittney Griner’s continued detention in Russia. Finally, Shane Ryan joins for a conversation about the Ryder Cup and sports trivia. Kentucky Derby (2:27): Inside one of the biggest upsets in horse racing history. Brittney Griner (24:41): What comes next in the diplomatic crisis? Ryder Cup and trivia (45:39): The evolution of golf’s showcase event, and the theory and practice of sports trivia. Afterball (1:10:47): Vinson on Draymond Green, NBA ombudsman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	Hide Your Children. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of May 9, 2022.
0:56.0	On this week's show, the New York Times is Joe Drape, will be here to explain how the
1:00.0	longest of long shots, Rich Strike, won the Kentucky Derby.
1:04.0	We'll also assess the latest news on Brittany Griner's lingering detention in Russia.
1:09.2	And finally, Shane Ryan will join us for a conversation about his new book on the 2021 Rider Cup,
1:15.1	a cup they couldn't lose, and about Apocalypse Sports Trivia, the online trivia league that
1:20.3	Stephan and I both partake in. I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of the Queen and the host of the
1:25.9	podcast One Year. Also in D.C. Stephen Fatsis, he is the author of Word Freak, a of Panic and Wild and Outside.
1:33.7	Hello, Stephan.
1:34.7	Hey Josh!
1:36.5	And with us, as he has been in recent weeks,
1:40.1	the estimable Vincent Cunningham of the New Yorker, staff writer and theatre critic,
1:45.2	Vincent are you feeling a bit discombobulated that we are not doing NBA this week and that all the series
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