The Old Man and the Participation Trophy (The Secret Podcast PREVIEW)
The Next Level
The Bulwark
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Sarah and JVL talk about Montana Republicans kicking a trans Democrat out of the chamber, the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit, Nikki Haley’s death pool, DeSantis in Israel, Trump and debates. And then we close out with the scourge of participation trophies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone this is James Harkin and Anna Tashinsky two writers of the TV show |
| 0:05.2 | QI and two-fourths of the hit podcast no such thing as a fish. |
| 0:09.2 | We'd like to let you know that we've written a book it It is called everything to play for. The most |
| 0:14.4 | interesting things there are to know about the world of sports. It's for you |
| 0:18.2 | whether you like sports or not. Did you know that legendary cricketer Gary Sobers scored his final century while drunk? |
| 0:25.7 | Or that games of lacrosse used to involve 100,000 players. |
| 0:31.7 | Learn that and so much more by getting everything to play for, the QI Book of Sports, available |
| 0:36.2 | in all bookshops and online right now. |
| 0:39.0 | Hey there, it's JVL. |
| 0:41.5 | On the Secret Show with Sarah Longwell today. |
| 0:43.3 | We talked about Nicky Haley's Joe Biden is gonna die line. |
| 0:48.1 | And then we talked about participation trophies in youth sports. |
| 0:51.8 | Here's the show. |
| 0:53.0 | All right, Nicky Haley. |
| 0:57.0 | Nicky, |
| 1:00.0 | Nicky. Why don't you, you take the Nicky story? So here's what I like about this Nicky, why don't you take the Nicky story? |
| 1:03.0 | So here's what I like about this Nicky Haley story. |
| 1:05.0 | Our optimistic sunny Reaganite conservative Nicky Haley has come out and made her case for why she needs to be president to lead America into a new new time. |
| 1:17.0 | She was just like and here's the thing this is I I've also said made that said this but it's funny as a like declared candidate she says |
| 1:28.0 | this and so I'm not positive how I feel about it but she basically like said |
| 1:32.1 | Joe Biden's gonna die in the next five years positive how I feel about it, but she basically like said, |
| 1:32.7 | Joe Biden's gonna die in the next five years. |
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