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The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Maybe the Apocalypse is Nigh (with Jason Gay)

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.72.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week, the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay joins Drew and Roth to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks winning the NBA Championship, homemade American Ninja Warrior courses, and overreacting to hot takes on Twitter. Plus, questions from the Funbag! Visit Defector.com.

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0:00.0

Back, back, this is a distraction.

0:04.2

I'm drool, that's raw.

0:05.5

I'm raw, how you doing?

0:07.3

I'm good, dude, what's up?

0:08.8

I'm good, I'm fine.

0:11.3

I'm just fine.

0:12.8

I was terrific.

0:14.0

The sky is like slightly hazy here.

0:16.7

I've not gotten the blood sun that New York has

0:19.6

from the Western wildfires.

0:21.4

We had that real Mumbai grade air quality here yesterday.

0:25.4

Everything was kind of a faint, topish color.

0:28.2

It was really nice.

0:29.1

I was like, I was in Slack with you guys and you guys were like,

0:33.9

oh my god, the apocalypse is nine and all that.

0:35.9

And I was like, well, it's just fine here in DC.

0:38.4

And then I went outside and I was like,

0:39.8

actually, no wait, because the sky looked all like one.

0:43.2

Like someone had washed out the sky.

0:46.8

And I was like, okay, well, all right,

0:48.6

maybe the apocalypse is nine.

0:50.7

It was very like Dennis Villanuev, like cinematography,

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