The Naomi Osaka Withdraws Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about what Naomi Osaka’s French Open withdrawal reveals about athletes and mental health and athletes and the press. They also discuss the spate of atrocious fan behavior in NBA arenas, and Rebecca Schuman joins for a conversation about Simone Biles’ latest feat of gymnastics excellence. Osaka (2:20): How the controversy over her French Open comments played out, and what comes next. NBA (25:44): Has fan behavior reached a new low or are we just paying closer attention? Biles (45:47): Why her new vault is so amazing, and why judges are undervaluing it. Afterball (63:26): Remembering Lee Evans, who staged a quiet protest at the 1968 Olympics. Podcast production by Margaret Kelley. 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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0:36.6	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slates National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of May 31st, 2021.
0:48.0	I guess it's June 1st, 2021, but it's the week of May 31st, 2021. On this week show, we're going to talk about
0:54.3	Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from the French Open and what that episode reveals about
0:59.0	athletes and mental health and athletes in the press. We'll also discuss the spate of atrocious fan behavior
1:05.8	in NBA arenas.
1:07.5	And Rebecca Schuman will join us to talk
1:09.3	about Simone Biles' latest feats of gymnastics excellence and whether international sportocrats are out to get her.
1:16.8	I'm in Washington DC. I'm the author of the Queen, the host of Sloburn season 4 on David Duke.
1:22.2	Also in DC back in our loving arms after two weeks
1:25.8	away. Stephen Fats us author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of
1:29.8	panic. Hello Stephen. Hey Joel it's going to be a double dose of sportocratic behavior.
1:34.0	He got the tennis and gymnastics.
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