The Marvelousness of Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the lead-up to March Madness. They also talk about the controversy surrounding “The Eyes of Texas,” the song the University of Texas plays before and after football games. Finally, they assess the life and career of Marvelous Marvin Hagler. March Madness (01:09): Should the NCAA Tournament be played? “The Eyes of Texas” (21:35): What we know about the song and what the conversation about it leaves out. Hagler (41:00): What made him and his fights so memorable. Afterballs (60:25): Stefan on the etymology of packed and stuffed. Podcast production and edit by Margaret Kelley. You can email us at hangup@slate.com. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slates Legal Podcast, amicus. If you're listening to this
0:06.7	show, you might be interested in Amicus's live show that we're hosting in Washington,
0:11.6	D.C. on Tuesday, May the 14th.
0:15.0	My colleague, Mark Joseph Stern, and I will be talking to some amazing guests,
0:20.0	including Cheryline Eiffel and a sitting state Supreme Court justice.
0:24.4	All about how originalism, a relatively recently invented way of interpreting the Constitution,
0:30.8	has taken over the Supreme Court and radically reshaped the law.
0:35.2	It's been doctrinal rocket fuel for the conservative legal movement and facilitated the rolling
0:40.5	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.
0:56.4	But there's something you can do about it, and we hope you'll join us in D.C. on May 14th
1:01.6	to explore the possible pathways out of the current situation, go to
1:06.5	slate.com slash Amicus live for tickets.
1:11.6	The following podcast contains explicit language, including the words, well, you'll just have to wait and see.
1:19.0	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slaits National Editor, and this is hanging up and listen for the week of March 15, 2021.
1:30.0	On this week's show, we're going to talk about March Madness and he rode to be
1:34.1	Final Four which this year is about avoiding COVID-19. We'll also discuss the Eyes of
1:40.0	Texas, the song the University of Texas plays before and after football games, which has become the subject of heated debate at the school because of its historical connection to minstrel shows.
1:51.0	And we'll assess the life and career of marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight
1:56.0	boxing champ, who died on Saturday at the age of 66.
2:00.0	I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen, and the host of Sloburn season four on David Duke.
2:05.0	Also in D.C. Stephen Fatsus, he's the author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic.
2:11.0	Hello, Stephen. Hey Josh. And also with us, Slate Staff Writer,
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