NBA Optimism Alert!!! Plus: MJ vs. Tyson, Quarantine 'PTI,' 'The Wire,' and Post-Virus Social Un-Distancing With Tony Kornheiser and Van Lathan | The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shares his thoughts about Adam Silver’s meeting with the board of governors which seems to garnered "positive feelings" (2:28), before he's joined by ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser to discuss Tony’s mortal enemy, modern technology, continuing 'Pardon the Interruption' during the pandemic, and all-time captivating athletes including Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Bobby Orr, Secretariat, and more (16:53). Then Bill talks with The Ringer’s Van Lathan about his rewatch of HBO’s ‘The Wire,' quarantine thoughts, COVID-19’s impact on Louisiana, ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance,’ and more (1:04:35). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight's episode of the BS podcast on the Ringer podcast network is brought to you by Zippercruder.
0:05.0	If you've been wondering what athletes some of our favorites have been doing on their hiatus,
0:10.4	you're not alone because I've been wondering too. I can't wait to see if Steph Curry is now shooting
0:15.3	in the low 60s and golf. While some people in businesses are branching out there in this time,
0:20.2	there are places that are doing what they've always done like our presenting sponsor Zippercruder.
0:24.5	Throughout all this their mission has remained the same. They're still helping people find jobs,
0:29.7	no growing companies hire for their teams. They're doing it by bringing together candidates who
0:35.3	need employment and employers looking for great candidates. Zippercruder committed to helping
0:40.0	our workforce stay strong. Let's work together. Zippercruder.com slash work together. We're also
0:48.0	brought to you by World Central Kitchen where we've been helping them raise money. They're
0:51.7	doing some awesome stuff, bringing food to the heroes on the front lines all over the country as
0:57.9	well as trying to keep local restaurants in business. If you care about that stuff, I would
1:02.9	highly recommend new episode of the Dave Chang show. You might have heard of Dave Chang. He's been on
1:09.2	here a few times. He is an awesome podcast. Him and Christine called up former World Bank President
1:14.7	and epidemiology. Epidemiology. Boy, that's another word I can't say. Epidemiology expert Jim Kim
1:23.1	to discuss the science-based methods for the United States to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:29.5	Chang shows doing a lot of good stuff about what's going on in these last few months.
1:34.8	Coming up, we're going to talk to my old friend Tony Cornheuser about everything with this Jordan
1:41.0	doc, how they're doing PTI during the pandemic and everything else. And then Vian Lathen,
1:47.8	who's hosting the wire way down on the whole great ringer podcast, by the way. We're going to
1:52.9	talk about why the wire is so sustainable 15 years later as an entertainment source. And then
1:59.6	a lot of quarantine stuff, especially stuff going on in Louisiana where Vian's from. So
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