The Defector Swimsuit Issue with Pablo Torre

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Pablo Torre, host of Pablo Torre Finds Out, shares with Drew and Roth what thing he’s found out about lately. For instance, he found out that the NFLPA is a flaming shitwreck! Then, will the NBA gambling stories remain mini-scandals in the public eye right up until the moment that someone openly rigs an NBA Finals? Finally, they open up the funbag to answer real questions from real listeners.

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

Turks & Caicos and the Seychelles
NFLPA head Lloyd Howell resignation
NBA gambling
All-time great company names

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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1:07.6	We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew, that's raw.
1:11.6	They're not raw? I'm good. And if you don't mind my saying, great job on the we're back. Oh, go to hell. You go to hell right now. There were a couple little, I'm taking people. They're getting the production notes. Drew had to find it. He's on vacation. It's not easy to get that tone of voice. Every time I pick it up, you tell the listeners that.
1:09.0	They don't need to know everything that happens behind the game. They don't need to know that I'm like buck naked right now. There's not every, you have to tell him every guy being detailed. His camera is off. I can't say that he's not nude. Yeah, I could be pulling a Jeffrey tube and then you wouldn't know it, buddy. You do sound a little nude.
1:45.7	No, I am not.
1:46.8	I am not nude.
1:48.3	I am clothed and wearing all the same shit I always wear.
1:51.3	Hey, we have a guest this week.
1:53.1	And it's why your team sucks season already Roth.
1:57.6	I know it's only July, but we're already at training camp and we have to cover why every team sucks.
2:05.6	But we have to do something even more important this week because we have to get into why the NFL Players Association sucks.
2:14.4	And to help us with that, well, it is famously humble podcaster. Pablo Tori,
2:22.4	Pablo Tore finds out. And what things Pablo has found out lately. He found out the NFLPA is a
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