Hang Up and Listen
A weekly sports discussion from Slate.
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1
Prediction Season
The hosts look ahead to 2026 and make predictions across the sports world.
67 min
2
2025: The Year in Sports
We look back at the biggest sports stories from each month of the past year.
71 min
3
Michigan is a Mess
48 min
4
FIFA's Trumpy World Cup Draw
How the international organization bent the knee to the American president.
68 min
5
The Ballad of Lane Kiffin
You can’t get left on the tarmac if you move to the bayou first.
63 min
6
Apple’s Soccer Shakeup
Why the tech giant tore down its MLS streaming paywall.
79 min
7
The Mavericks' Meltdown
How Dallas lost Luka and then showed G.M. Nico Harrison the door.
64 min
8
Mamdani and the Knicks
How New York’s favorite team influenced the recent mayoral race.
60 min
9
A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min
10
The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair
How legal prop betting may have set the table for the latest scandal affecting pro basketball.
55 min
11
Nate Silver and the NFL's Year of Parity
The FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin founder joins to discuss the unpredictability of professional football.
82 min
12
How the Ceasefire Keeps Israel in European Soccer
Trump’s peace deal pressed pause on a move to expel the country from UEFA.
64 min
13
Everything Is Sports Betting
How prediction markets are turning everything from elections to football games into wagering opportunities.
61 min
14
America's Trumpy Ryder Cup Flop
Kevin Van Valkenburg on the embarrassing, raucous, and painfully American display that was the Ryder Cup
66 min
15
The Year Without Caitlin Clark
How well have the Indiana Fever and the WNBA navigated a season without the superstar?
63 min
16
The Chiefs and the Week 2 NFL Panic Button
NFL Playoff panic has already arrived in Kansas City
59 min
17
When Trump Took Center Court
The president stole the spotlight – and tested the audience's patience – at the U.S. Open.
60 min
18
Bill’s Chapel Hill Spill
71 min
19
ESPN Gambles on Streaming
The broadcasting giant rolled out a new streaming app. They still want you to have cable.
57 min
20
Stalkers: A Hidden Threat to Athletes
Inside the issue that’s becoming a problem for athletes in every sport.
69 min
21
Micah and Jerry’s Dallas Standoff
What the Micah Parsons contract dispute reveals about the Cowboys' endless cycle of drama.
58 min
22
Trump vs. the IOC
International athletes keep getting caught up in Trump’s immigration policies. Could kicking out athletes draw the ire of the Olympic Committee – and imperil L.A. 2028?
52 min
23
Chaos Inside the NFLPA
55 min
24
Golf’s Boring GOAT?
54 min
25
Sinner Mows Down Alcaraz on the Grass
76 min