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Hang Up and Listen

The Not a Victory Cigar Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Ethan Sherwood Strauss to preview the NBA Finals. They also talk with Charles P. Pierce about the legacy of writer Frank Deford, and Daniel Engber joins for a conversation about our favorite non-famous athletes. NBA Finals (1:54): A conversation with Ethan Strauss about what to look out for in the third consecutive finals matchup between the Warriors and Cavs. What will Golden State do in crunch time? Will Draymond Green kick anyone? Frank Deford (21:25): Charles P. Pierce, who worked with Deford at Sports Illustrated and The National, talks about what made him a great writer and reminisces about his favorite Deford stories. Non-famous athletes (40:10): Daniel Engber discusses his obsession with Mets utility player Keith Miller, and we talk about our listeners’ favorite non-superstars. Afterballs (56:50) More information at slate.com/hangup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

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0:20.1

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0:25.6

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

0:29.7

Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate's 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, all about how originalism, a relatively

0:57.0

recently invented way of interpreting the Constitution, 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

1:10.3

rolling 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.

1:26.5

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

1:31.7

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.

1:47.0

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the

1:56.4

week of May 30th, 2017. On this week show, we'll preview the third consecutive

2:01.4

Caves Warriors NBA finals and will be joined

2:04.5

for said preview by Ethan Sherwood Strauss who is formerly at the Warriors beatwriter

2:08.8

for ESPN. We'll also talk with Charlie Pierce about Frank de Ford, who died on Sunday at age 78.

2:15.8

We'll discuss de Ford's long career at Sports Illustrated and his tenure as the editor-in-chief

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