Jon Gruden’s Emails

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Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk with Slate’s Alex Kirshner about the racist, sexist, and homophobic emails written by now-former NFL head coach Jon Gruden. Writer Roberto José Andrade Franco joins to discuss Mexican-American soccer star Ricardo Pepi. Finally, Chantel Jennings of the Athletic breaks down the WNBA playoffs. Gruden (4:07): What his emails reveal about the culture of the NFL? Pepi (209:07): The on-field and off-field significance of the USMNT’s new star. WNBA (51:47): What you need to know about the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury. Afterball (1:13:62): Josh on a women’s sports equivalent for “the Jimmys and the Joes.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	The following podcast includes explicit language not restricted to words beginning with F, S, B, and Q. Hi, I'm Stephen Fatsus, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast. Hang up and listen for the week of October 11th, 2021.
0:59.0	On this week's show, Slates Alex Kirsner, joins us to discuss the racist, sexist, misogynistic, anti-gay, anti-Raja
1:07.5	Ghadel, anti-Racism, and pro-concussion emails written by NFL lifer John Gruden.
1:15.4	Writer Roberto Jose Andrade Franco
1:18.1	will be here to talk about budding US soccer star Ricardo Pepi,
1:22.3	who was not responsible in any way for the national
1:25.0	team's pathetic 1-0 loss to Panama over the weekend. And finally we'll break
1:30.4	down the W-N-V-V-V-V-Liss with Chantel Jennings of the athletic.
1:35.9	I'm the author of the book's Word Freak, a few seconds of panic and wild and outside.
1:40.7	I'm in Washington, D.C. Joel Anderson is off this week. Josh Levine is not. He's
1:45.9	Slate's national editor, author of the Queen, host of the podcast series One Year.
1:51.6	Hello Josh. Hey Stephan and I have a I forgot to say you're in
1:56.0	Washington too. I am and I have a special announcement for you today. The
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