The Caught Between the Moon and Golden State Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham. They discuss Raheem Sterling and racism in English soccer, the 25th anniversary of the FOX-NFL alliance (with the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis), and Stephen Curry’s comments about the moon landing being a hoax. Raheem Sterling (2:26): How an Instagram post started a much-needed conversation about race, society, and soccer. Fox and the NFL (21:57): Rupert Murdoch’s $1.6 billion deal changed the network and pro football forever. What were the biggest repercussions and missed opportunities? Stephen Curry and the moon (39:10): Does Curry really believe that the moon landing was faked or was he just trying to go viral like Kyrie Irving? Afterballs(51:04): Vinson on the “modern NBA,” Stefan on the origin of the game ball, and Josh on Pat Summerall and House of Buggin’. This episode is brought to you by the following advertisers: SimpliSafe, protect your home today with twenty-four seven monitoring for just fifteen dollars a month, visit simplisafe.com/hangup. Helix, a new kind of DNA testing. Try today for a deep discount at helix.com/hangup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is Slate's Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of
0:15.8	December 17, 2018. On this week show, we'll discuss Manchester City Star Rahim Sterling's call to end the culture of racism in English
0:26.1	soccer. The ringers Brian Curtis will also be here to talk about the 25th
0:30.2	anniversary of the NFL's TV deal with Fox, a move that changed both the sport and the network
0:36.8	in profound ways. And we'll also discuss Steph Curry's doubts about the Moon Landing,
0:42.8	Kyrie Irving's view that the world is flat
0:46.1	and other deep thoughts about the Milky Way
0:48.5	from NBA Stars.
0:50.2	Joining me in our Washington DC studio is the Pleiades to my highades the author of the book's word freak in a few seconds of panic
0:58.0	It's Stephen Fatsis. Hello Stephen.
1:02.0	Hello highides And also Hello, Heidi's Hiades.
1:04.0	And also with us today is a guy who hangs the moon as far as I'm concerned.
1:09.0	It's New Yorker, staff writer Vincent Cunningham.
1:11.0	Welcome back to the show, Vincent Vincent thank you so much for having me
1:15.0	guys I'm looking forward to it
1:17.1	um Steph Ann I called Steph Curry Steph Curry just to distinguish him from you.
1:23.0	And this like, at this dark moment
1:26.2	at which he's destroying the knowledge base
1:29.2	of our nation's children.
1:31.2	I just want to make sure that people know.
1:33.0	Do I need to go on the record, do you think,
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