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Hang Up and Listen

The Universe Really Is Just a Circle Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2015

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Mina Kimes, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about the end of “The Process” to turn the Philadelphia 76ers into a championship team. They are joined by Sam Miller of Baseball Prospectus to discuss baseball's newly minted juggernaut, the Chicago Cubs. Finally, they interview University of Minnesota punter Peter Mortell, who has given himself a prestigious award: college football's Holder of the Year. Facebook: facebook.com/HangUpAndListen Email: hangup@slate.com Show notes at www.slate.com/hangup Hang Up and Listen is brought to you by MileIQ. If you're one of the 60 million Americans who drive for work then you know that your miles are your dollars. Every mile you don't log is money that you are losing. MileIQ is the only mileage-tracker app that detects, logs, and calculates your miles for you, ensuring that every mile is accounted for and no dollar is lost. Try MileIQ for free today by texting HANGUP to 31996. Give the gift of Slate Plus to another Slate fan in your life and they'll receive all the benefits of membership: ad-free podcasts, bonus podcast segments, access to our ambitious, multi-part Slate Academies and so much more. No wrapping required! Give Slate Plus today. Visit slate.com/giveplus 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.

0:03.0

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 and create a

0:14.9

playlist that matches their pulse perfectly. From Glasgow's dance scene to the Rat Game

0:20.1

in Birmingham. 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 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.

1:40.0

Hangup and Listen is brought to you by Mile Like You. If you're one of the 60 million Americans who drive for work, then you know that your miles are your dollars.

1:50.0

Every mile you don't log is money that you are losing.

1:53.0

Mile IQ is the only mileage tracker app that detects logs and calculates your miles for you,

1:58.0

ensuring that every mile is accounted for and no dollar is lost.

2:02.0

Try Mile IQ for free today by texting hang up to 31996 that's hang up to 31996

2:08.3

that's hang up to 31996 the following podcast contains explicit language.

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