The One-Armed Bandit Edition

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Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk about the Patriots’ and Eagles’ wins in the NFL’s title games; the New York Times’ Juliet Macur discusses the sex abuse scandal in U.S. gymnastics; and Deadspin’s Dave McKenna helps remember D.C. sports legend Gary Mays. NFL playoffs (1:41): A conversation about the Patriots’ inevitability, the rise and fall of the Jaguars, the state of being Blake Bortles, and the shocking excellence of Nick Foles. Larry Nassar (24:40): The New York Times’ Juliet Macur discusses the power of the victim impact statements from Aly Raisman and other gymnasts, and talks about how the sport should reckon with its massive sexual abuse scandal. Gary Mays (42:52):Deadspin’s Dave McKenna memorializes the one-armed basketball and baseball star, who died last week at the age of 82. McKenna explains how Mays shut down Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, and how he thrived despite being deprived of opportunities due to segregation. Afterballs (1:00:21): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slates Legal Podcast, amicus. If you're listening to this
0:06.7	show, you might be interested in Amicus's live show that we're hosting in Washington,
0:11.6	D.C. on Tuesday, May the 14th.
0:15.0	My colleague, Mark Joseph Stern, and I will be talking to some amazing guests,
0:20.0	including Cheryline Eiffel and a sitting state Supreme Court justice.
0:24.4	All about how originalism, a relatively recently invented way of interpreting the Constitution,
0:30.8	has taken over the Supreme Court and radically reshaped the law.
0:35.2	It's been doctrinal rocket fuel for the conservative legal movement and facilitated the rolling
0:40.5	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.
0:56.4	But there's something you can do about it and we hope you'll join us in DC on May 14th
1:01.6	to explore the possible pathways out of the current situation, go to
1:06.5	slate.com slash Amicus live for tickets.
1:12.0	The following podcast contains explicit language. Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the
1:36.4	week of January 22nd, 2018. On this week show, we'll talk about the New England
1:41.3	Patriots' latest comeback to make it to their latest Super Bowl
1:45.7	and the Philadelphia Eagles blowout win
1:47.5	over the Minnesota Vikings,
1:48.7	getting them back to the title game
1:50.5	for the first time since they lost to the Patriots in 2005.
1:55.0	We'll also be joined by Juliet McCur of the New York Times to discuss the powerful courtroom
1:59.4	testimonials from Ali Racemen and others who are abused by gymnastics Dr Larry
2:04.3	Nassar and what the future holds for those at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State
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