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Levine, Slate's National Editor, and the host of Sloburn Season 4. This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 15, 2020.

On this week's show, we're going to talk about the NBA players who, for social justice reasons,

and or pandemic reasons, are pushing back

against the idea of restarting the pro basketball season.

We'll also discuss how football players at the University of Texas are banding together to

demand changes at their school and what that means for athlete empowerment at the NCAA level.

Finally, Clinton Yates of the Undefeded will join us for a conversation about the meaning and the impact of NASCAR banning the Confederate flag.

Hello from Washington, D.C. where I'm mirrored 20 minutes away from me by car, 90 minutes on foot,

resides Stephen Fatsus, author of the book Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic.

If I started walking now, Stephen, I would certainly hope we were finished taping by the time that I got to your house, then we could wave at each other.

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