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Hang Up and Listen: The Live in Philadelphia Edition

Slate’s sports podcast on Buzz Bissinger’s After Friday Night Lights, how to fix college athletics, and sports’ most impressive feats.

Posted Monday, May 14, 2012, at 6:36 PM ET

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In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, Mike Pesca and special guest Buzz Bissinger talk about Bissinger’s new e-book After Friday Night Lights and his memoir Father’s Day. They also discuss the woes facing college athletics and identify the most-impressive feats in sports.

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Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Mojos:

Josh’s Mojo: Dick Lane, who hit five home runs in a game in 1948, explains the secret to his one-off success.

Podcast production and edit by Mike Vuolo.

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Stefan Fatsis is the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, a regular guest on NPR's All Things Considered, and a panelist on Slate's sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen." You can email him at sfatsis9@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter.

Josh Levin is Slate's executive editor. You can email him at sportsnut@slate.com, visit his Web site, and follow him on Twitter.

Mike Pesca is a correspondent for National Public Radio who covers mostly sports.