The Kyrie Irving and the Chamber of Secrets Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Josh Levin and ESPN’s Mina Kimes are joined by Slate’s Jim Newell to discuss Jordan Spieth’s British Open win. Josh and Mina also dissect Kyrie Irving’s trade drama, and Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley analyzes Hugh Freeze’s ousting as Ole Miss football coach. Jordan Spieth (2:15):Jim Newell joins to talk about how Jordan Spieth avoided a Sunday collapse, how he compares to Tiger Woods, and whether Spieth is cool or dorky. Kyrie Irving Trade Request (13:49): Josh and Mina examine the motivations behind the star point guard’s bid to leave Cleveland, where he could end up landing, and if this means the last of LeBron James’ prime years will be wasted. Hugh Freeze (30:50) Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley delves into the scandal-filled backstory of the Ole Miss football coach’s ouster, which featured gas mask bongs, America’s public information laws, and a vengeful coach named Houston Nutt. Pre-Twitter Viral Sports Stories (45:30): In lieu of afterballs, Josh, Mina, and Ben opine on what notable pre-social media sports story would have broken Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slates Legal Podcast, Amagus. If you are listening to this show, you might be interested in Amicus's live show that we're hosting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May the 14th.
0:45.0	My colleague, Mark Joseph Stern, and I will be talking to some amazing guests,
0:50.0	including Cheryline Eiffel and a sitting state Supreme Court justice.
0:54.5	All about how originalism, a relatively recently invented way of interpreting the Constitution,
1:00.9	has taken over the Supreme Court and radically reshaped the law. It's been
1:05.7	doctrinal rocket fuel for the conservative legal movement and facilitated the
1:10.3	rolling back of abortion rights, the expansion of gun rights, and the obliteration of the separation of church and state. And as another wildly consequential Supreme Court term, careers to its end, the Court's originalists are on a tear.
1:26.5	But there's something you can do about it and we hope you'll join us in DC on May 14th
1:31.7	to explore the possible pathways out of the current situation.
1:36.2	Go to slate.com slash Amicus Live for tickets. The following podcast contains explicit language. Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the
2:00.8	week of July 24th, 2017.
2:03.9	On this week show, we'll be joined by Slates Jim Newell
2:06.8	to discuss Jordan Speeth's amazing come from ahead victory
2:10.0	at the British Open and to assess whether
2:12.4	this fantastic young golfer is in fact cool.
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