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Hang Up and Listen

The NBA’s COVID Christmas

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin and Joel Anderson are joined by ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz to talk about Christmas Day in the NBA. Washington Post health reporter Dan Diamond also joins to discuss the past, present, and future of COVID in sports. Finally, Josh, Joel, and Stefan Fatsis interview Mitchell S. Jackson about his award-winning story on Ahmaud Arbery and running while Black.   NBA (3:37): How did the Warriors and Suns leap to the top of the West? And how are teams dealing with all the positive tests?   COVID (25:51): What should leagues be doing, and what will they do in 2022?   Arbery (45:59): A discussion about the Pulitzer-winning story “Twelve Minutes and a Life.”   Afterball (1:06:04): Josh on the Washington Post’s coverage of Daniel Snyder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

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Pepsi Max knows the music isn't just a soundtrack.

0:06.0

It's a pulse and every city has its own.

0:09.0

That's why they teamed up with Spotify to measure the musical taste of cities across the UK

0:14.4

and create a playlist that matches their pulse perfectly.

0:17.6

From Glasgow's dance scene to the rap game in Birmingham.

0:21.1

Search for Pepsi Max's profile on Spotify to hear the music your nearest city

0:25.6

loves. Brought to you by Pepsi Max. Dusty for more.

0:29.7

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

1:10.4

rolling back of abortion rights, the expansion of gun rights, and the

1:14.0

obliteration of the separation of church and state. And as another wildly

1:19.3

consequential Supreme Court term, careers to its end, the Court's originalists are on a tear.

1:26.6

But there's something you can do about it and we hope you'll join us in DC on May 14th

1:31.8

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, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's National Editor, and this is Hangup and Listen for the week of December 27th, 2021.

2:07.0

On this week's show, E-SPN's Kevin Arnavitz will be here to talk about the NBA's Christmas Day

2:12.0

showcase, which featured one good game and a bunch of stars in the protocols.

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