The Most Alarming Feet I’ve Ever Seen Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Courtney Nguyen to talk about Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open win. The Wall Street Journal’s Louise Radnofsky also joins to assess the U.S. figure skating championships, and the Washington Post’s Candace Buckner discusses NBA players’ feet. Naomi Osaka (6:22): The 21-year-old backed up her U.S. Open victory with a second grand slam title. Has Osaka matured in the last five months, and how should we reconcile her shyness and on-court toughness? Figure skating (22:50): What you need to know about U.S. champions Alysa Liu (she’s 13!) and Nathan Chen. Plus, Gracie Gold opened up about her battle with depression. NBA feet (44:01): Everything you maybe don’t want to know about basketball players’ disgusting toes. Afterballs(58:55): Stefan on the Dane who invented modern team handball and Josh on the biggest feet in NBA history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast
0:01.0	podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is is Slates Sports Podcast Hangup and Listen for the week of January 28th,
0:17.0	2018. On this week show Courtney Nguyen of the WTA Insider and No Challenges Remaining Podcast will be here to talk to us about
0:26.1	Naomi Osaka who backed up her bazaar win over Serena Williams at last year's
0:31.5	US Open with a triumph at the Australian Open.
0:35.1	Louise Radnofsky of the Wall Street Journal will also chat with us about the new U.S. figure skating champions, 13-year-old Alyssa Liu and 19 year old Nathan Chen as
0:45.7	well as former champion Gracie Gold in her battle with depression. Finally Candice
0:51.4	Buckner of the Washington Post will join the pod to share the deep and dark and smelly secrets of NBA players' feet.
0:59.0	Joining me in our Washington DC studio is Stephen Fatsis,
1:03.1	author of the books Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic.
1:08.3	Hello, Stephen.
1:09.2	Hey Josh.
1:11.4	Who had the best feet in the Broncos locker room?
1:14.0	Oof, you know what players would do?
1:16.0	I can't remember whose feet exactly were the most disgusting,
1:18.0	but what players would do is they would otherwise.
1:25.0	otherwise.
1:30.0	Good tip.
1:32.0	Everybody cut slits in your shoes right now.
1:34.3	But the downside was when someone stepped on your foot and went right through the slit.
1:39.8	Don't cut slits in your shoes.
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