Till Further Notice...
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2020
⏱️ 164 minutes
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Summary
The coronavirus has taken over the sports landscape and Ben Maller is here to break it all down. The NBA has suspended the regular season as Rudy Gobert tests positive as Ben discusses if sports should be played without fans, what we will miss watching if the NBA season is shut down for a month or more, coronavirus conspiracy theories, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | experiencing the news each day can feel like a journey with up first from npr though it doesn't have to be welcome to 15 easy minutes of breaking news clarity on international and national affairs and a casual tone that you can take in with breakfast begin your day informed ready and refreshed Begin your day with Up First. |
| 0:25.9 | Subscribe to Up First from NPR on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.1 | It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? |
| 0:39.3 | Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, |
| 0:45.0 | Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, |
| 0:50.8 | which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. |
| 0:55.4 | So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. |
| 1:00.4 | Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:01.5 | Hey, it's Ben. |
| 1:09.0 | I hope you're having a wonderful day today, and I'm glad you have chosen to spend some time with us in the Magic Podcast box. |
| 1:14.4 | Coming up on today's edition of the show, we do in-depth team coverage. |
| 1:16.6 | Sky is falling. |
| 1:19.9 | We act as peddlers of panic unless we don't. |
| 1:25.1 | But we do cover the big news of the day a historical night in sports. |
| 1:26.9 | There was breaking news throughout the night. |
| 1:46.2 | The coronavirus has hit the sporting world here the NBA suspending operations patient zero Rudy gobert becoming the answer to a trivia question the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus players put in quarantine on multiple teams. |
| 1:48.0 | What's going to happen next? |
| 1:52.8 | Should sports be played without fans in the arenas to watch? |
| 2:00.1 | Or should everyone just stay in place and not play anything until it is safe to do so again? And what are we going to miss from the NBA season being put on suspension and possibly not playing again? |
| 2:08.4 | And do you have a favorite conspiracy theory? |
| 2:11.8 | It seems the Internet is filled with amateur conspiracy theorists that are spreading all kinds of falsehoods and speculative |
| 2:20.1 | stories about the coronavirus and where it originated from and whatnot. |
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