The NFL's Nine-Figure Quarterback Crisis

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Slate contributing writer and co-host of the podcast Split Zone Duo, Alex Kirshner is back in the host chair this week. Joining Alex is the founder of the Power Plays newsletter, Lindsay Gibbs, and Yahoo Sports’ Charles McDonald. The panel comb through NFL Week 1, the American near victories at the US Open, and Angel Reese’s season-ending injury. In the Bonus episode, Slate Plus members can hear a discussion about Deion Sanders' disappointing Buffaloes. NFL (3:13): The big budgets and big gambles on the current crop of QBs US Open (23:02): The American Grand Slam drought continues. WNBA (40:21): Angel Reese’s rookie season is cut short. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:01.0	Monday.
0:02.0	It's Monday.
0:04.0	It's Monday, September 9th.
0:15.0	I'm Alex Kirsner, filling in here on Hang Up and Listen.
0:19.0	You probably remember me from frequent guesting appearances over the years with Joshua Bean, Stephan Fais and Joel Anderson.
0:24.6	I'm also a contributing writer for slate and I'm co-host of Split Zone Duo, a national college football
0:29.5	podcast, and I'll also be with you a bit here this fall on Hangup. My honor today to be joined by
0:34.4	Lindsay Gibbs, she's the author and founder of PowerPlace, a bi-weekly newsletter that adds critical
0:39.6	context to the biggest women's sports stories of the day. She was formerly the co-host of the
0:44.2	feminist sports podcast Burn It All Down. She has written for Business Insider,
0:48.4	The Athletic, The Ringer, Bleacher Report, and USA Today, among other outlets, in nearly 15 years doing this.
0:54.3	Welcome, Lindsay. Great to see you again.
0:56.0	Good to see you too.
0:58.0	Also with us today is Charles McDonald.
1:00.0	He's a staff writer for Yahoo Sports.
1:01.6	He previously reported for the New York Daily News and
1:04.1	SB Nation, where we worked together many moons ago. You may know him as at 4verts on Twitter
1:09.8	where he's extremely popular, but I know him as one of the smartest football writers in or covering the sport at any level among other areas of
1:15.8	expertise that I'm sure we'll get into today. Charles hello.
1:18.8	Hello busy Sunday but great to be back in the mix. We are recording this at about 10 a.m. Eastern time the
1:25.6	morning after the NFL season got started in earnest. I know for a fact from talking
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