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From Cafe in the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is StayTuned in Brief. I'm

Pete Barara. Millions of NFL fans tuned into Monday night football for one of

the most anticipated games of the season with a Buffalo Bills visiting the

Cincinnati Bengals on January 2nd. But just nine minutes into the game, Bill

Safety, DeMar Hamlin, collapsed unconscious with apparent cardiac arrest

after tackling an opposing player. Hamlin received extensive CPR on the

field and was transported to a local hospital. The game was suspended for

that evening, but the incident again commenced a national conversation about the

National Football League as an organization and it's handling a player safety

issues. My guest this week is Mark Liebovich. He's a staff writer at The

Atlantic and the author of the 2018 book Big Game, the NFL Endangerous

Times. Mark, welcome back to the show. Great, great to be with you. So we

should start at the outset by informing people that we are recording this in

the four o'clock hour on Wednesday, January 4th. And at the time that we are

having this conversation, Hamlin is still in intensive care at the hospital.

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