Hang Up and Listen

Our New Tennis Overlord

Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham discuss the opening weekend of the NFL season and the rise of tennis phenoms Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek. They’re also joined by Josh Levin (same name, different guy) to discuss how he made the final stage of American Ninja Warrior.
 
NFL (3:10): The cognitive dissonance of a new season.
 
Tennis (23:27): Why 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz looks like a legend in the making.
 
Josh the Ninja (47:20): How he conquered his Ninja Warrior demons.
 
Afterball (1:11:07): Josh on notable moments in Knicks message board history.
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A weekly sports discussion from Slate. Hang Up and Listen features Slate sports editor Josh Levin, writer Stefan Fatsis (author of A Few Seconds of Panic), Slate writer and Slow Burn host Joel Anderson, and a selection of interesting guests from around the sports world.