The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

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Overview

Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voice mails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

244 Episodes

Boogaloo Zones with Pablo Torre

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2024

Chief End Times Correspondent

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2024

A Pog on Society with Rohan Nadkarni

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2024

What Was 1982 Like? with Ray Ratto

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2024

Mr. Met Has Fallen Down the Stairs at the Met Gala

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2024

100 Foods to Throw in the Garbage with Megan Greenwell

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2024

It Doesn’t Matter If We’re Off Topic with Ray Ratto

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2024

It’s the Distraction, I’m Sheila, That’s Roth.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2024

Elite Old Guy Excellence with Stephen Rodrick

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2024

Jake from State Farm Invented Women’s Basketball with Maitreyi Anantharaman

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2024

The Mashup Returns

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2024

Once, Twice, Three Times a Rohan Nadkarni

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2024

The Pajama Lesson with Alec Lewis

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2024

Kennedy Levels of Ruddiness with Patrick Redford

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2024

I Hear Him All Day with Justin Halpern

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2024

Subtraction by Subtraction with Ray Ratto

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2024

As Basil Exposition Once Said…

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2024

The 2024 Hater’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2024

I Am a Girl and I Drive! with Kathryn Xu

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2024

Subway Sandwiches Don’t Actually Look Like That! with Rohan Nadkarni

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2024

Run Out of Town with Pitchforks Media with Ed Zitron

Transcribed - Published: 29 February 2024

My University of Austin Class on Bloodletting

Transcribed - Published: 22 February 2024

The Future of Schlong-Form Reporting

Transcribed - Published: 15 February 2024

Live From the Bounty House on Radio Row with Matthew Coller

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2024

I Am Wearing a Christian Black Metal Hoodie in My Headshot With Jason Kirk

Transcribed - Published: 1 February 2024

No One Could Make Fun of Me If I Went to Bed Right Now

Transcribed - Published: 25 January 2024

The Fist Bump That Ages Me 20 Years with Ray Ratto

Transcribed - Published: 18 January 2024

Bury Me with a Terrible Towel with Rohan Nadkarni

Transcribed - Published: 11 January 2024

Happy Immunological New Year!

Transcribed - Published: 4 January 2024

A Boy Named Cloud with Dan McQuade

Transcribed - Published: 21 December 2023

The Extreme Bonilla

Transcribed - Published: 14 December 2023

Georgia Frat Relatives with “The Simpsons” Exec Producer Matt Selman

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2023

A Conglomeration of All Sports Writers with Dave McKenna

Transcribed - Published: 30 November 2023

Break Out 28 Dollars for Taco Bell with Jasper Wang

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2023

Non-Monster Mash Songs by the Monster Mash Guy with Rob Harvilla

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2023

It Is Self-Care to Not Watch the Giants

Transcribed - Published: 9 November 2023

The NBA Tush Push with Ray Ratto

Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2023

His Dream Was to Be a Dentist with Emma Baccellieri

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2023

A Farewell to Guys

Transcribed - Published: 19 October 2023

The Distraction Live in Brooklyn! with Rohan Nadkarni

Transcribed - Published: 12 October 2023

The Haterrr’s Guiiide to the 2023 MLB Playoffs!

Transcribed - Published: 5 October 2023

Taylor Swift's Elite Length with Giri Nathan & Samer Kalaf

Transcribed - Published: 28 September 2023

Vintage Smarm

Transcribed - Published: 21 September 2023

The Baseball Pathetic-Off with Justin Halpern

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2023

It’s NFL Good/Bad 2023! with Kalyn Kahler

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2023

Serious, Emotional Vikings Talk

Transcribed - Published: 31 August 2023

Shrimp-Fed Fools with Spencer Hall

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2023

4,000 Flipped Birds with Andy Behrens

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2023

Dog, I Lived at Warped Tour 2011 with Lindsey Adler and Tom Ley

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2023

What Is The Worst Profession of a Person You’d Admit to Have Dated?

Transcribed - Published: 3 August 2023

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