I’ll Approach the Bench (with Kelsey McKinney)

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Writer Kelsey McKinney joins Drew and Roth to talk about toilet literature, the Texas Longhorns, Evangelicalism, and pitcher inspections. Plus, questions from the Funbag! McKinney’s book, God Spare the Girls, is available everywhere books are sold. Visit Defector.com.

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0:00.0	We're back! We're back! This is distraction! I'm droogged! That's raw! Are you doing raw?
0:07.3	I'm good! Man, this is a lot of energy. Holy shit!
0:10.8	Well, you haven't even begun to get even the faintest trace of my energy. You know what? You know what time it is, raw?
0:17.5	What time is it, Drew? I don't know. Is something cool about to happen?
0:20.8	I'll tell you what's happening. It's coming out! It's coming out!
0:24.8	Oh, God!
0:26.0	What do you think it's not coming out? We're just coming out!
0:28.8	Are you having a laugh? Are you having a laugh, mate?
0:33.1	Is he taking the piss?
0:34.4	Any excuse I can use to deploy an absolutely shitty British accent.
0:40.4	I saw it so Drew cut in his it's coming out in promo, which we controversially tweeted from the
0:46.8	defector account the other day. I saw a lot of earnest responses from that as if it was from you.
0:51.8	People being like, Drew, I love you. I love your work. I feel like I've been a big fan forever.
0:55.2	Don't do this anymore. It was. It never posted video like that again.
0:59.4	Someone said I had British teeth when they saw that video and I was offended by that.
1:03.3	That's very... I have one snaggle to you with, but come on now. Come on now.
1:06.5	That's like character. I don't like chew pipe tobacco until my teeth are like this,
1:12.6	you know, dirt colored and shit like that. I think it's good to have teeth that have a
1:15.7	little bit of character. If Jewel showed up with a bunch of Rudy Giuliani veneers in her mouth,
1:20.7	I think everybody would fall out of love with Jewel.
1:23.1	That's who is now celebrating her 20th year as America's sweetheart.
1:26.0	That's right. Certainly not following your heart or your intuition.
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