Shodders For The Cup with Lauren Theisen
The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
Defector Media
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Defector’s chief hockey officer Lauren Theisen is back! Drew and Roth ask her how it’s possible that the Sabres hadn’t made the playoffs in 14 years. Also, Drew bought a Quinn Hughes jersey while stoned – was that a bad purchase? Then, they move to the NBA. Will we actually see the Knicks in the finals? And finally, they end with musical theater talk and opening up the funbag.
Check out Lauren’s upcoming book, Every Time a Bell Rings, when it comes out this holiday season!
Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!
Stuff We Talked About
- Uninsulated bathrooms
- The secret room above the vent
- Singing while ice fishing
- The “Real” Bedford Falls
- A musical that makes you question if you really even like musicals
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Credits
- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth
- Producer: Brandon Grugle
- Editor: Mischa Stanton
- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts
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About The Show
The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | testing testing |
| 0:01.4 | did anybody get that everybody get that one yeah I got that |
| 0:05.3 | back the distraction I'm Drew that's raw they do raw I'm good man how are you |
| 0:14.0 | by the way you were talking in a British accent an automated British accent just |
| 0:18.0 | before we went live and I for I didn't mention that my wife on the GPS |
| 0:22.7 | directions, she set up the Google Lady voice to have a British accent. And sometimes I don't |
| 0:29.5 | understand. Like, I'm not, like, I have it in the usual, like, whatever, Siri voice, like, |
| 0:35.0 | when I'm driving, whatever but hers has a bridge accent |
| 0:38.7 | and I'm always thrown at the beginning I'm always like oh wait I think I didn't quite get that but |
| 0:42.7 | there's no going back once they don't turn into the aluminum facility in three kilometers |
| 0:47.8 | soon there'll be a roon to boot back by popular demand it's defector chief hockey officer, Lauren Tyson, was here to help |
| 0:57.8 | us preview the NHL playoffs. |
| 0:59.1 | Hi, Lauren, how you doing? |
| 1:00.5 | Hey, guys, I'm actually doing pretty good. |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.4 | Thanks for having me on here. |
| 1:04.8 | Lauren has just secured herself and her boyfriend, a new apartment. |
| 1:09.9 | Is this correct, Lauren? This is correct. I'm moving to Queens, and I'm moving in with the man in my life for the first time ever. So that's, yeah, big thing. Congratulations. Let's talk about the real estate search on your end. And I know it has a happy ending, and I know there are happy parts, but I don't want to hear about that. I want to hear about all the miserable parts that caused you a great amount of stress and angst. |
| 1:30.1 | Can you tell us about that? Did it suck, Lauren? Was it bad? Yeah. I mean, happy ending, but I mean, Roth, you and I were talking at a bar like a couple weeks ago and I was like, clearly just my hair was all over the place. I was very, very stressed out. |
| 1:45.1 | I was not doing great because I was also working on a book |
| 1:47.8 | and was in sort of final edits for that at the same time |
| 1:50.2 | as we were trying to find an apartment. |
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