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In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Josh Levin, Mike Pesca, and Justin Peters discuss NBC’s Olympics coverage in Rio de Janeiro, American jingoism, shooting sports, and gymnastics injuries. Then, Justin discusses his part-time job as a beer vendor at Wrigley Field.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Read Slate’s Five Ring Circus blog and follow Justin Peters on Twitter.
- Does “red flag guy” have the best job at the Rio Olympics?
- Three Swedish tourists were abducted in Rio.
- A Brazilian man was fatally shot just after the opening ceremony.
- A bullet tore through a media tent at the Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio.
- NBC’s Gold Zone shows all the medal events.
- In Slate, June Thomas wrote about Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu and how Americans tend to accuse foreign winners of doping.
- Josh wrote about American swimmer Lilly King wagging her finger at Russian swimmer and “drug cheat” Yuliya Efimova.
- Justin’s piece on air rifle gold medalist Ginny Thrasher.
- The Guardian covered British gymnast Ellie Downie’s fall and return to competition.
- The Indianapolis Star’s report on sex abuse and pedophilia in gymnastics.
- Wrigley Field added Goose Island beer in 2014.
- A Chicago Reader story about beer-vending from 1994.
- Read about Justin’s first and second appearances on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
A photo of Justin selling beer at Wrigley Field:
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Kim Song I:
Mike’s Kim Song I: Egyptian brothers Amro and Omar El Geziry are both competing in the modern pentathlon in Rio.
Justin’s Kim Song I: The 1948 Olympic Iraqi basketball team was incredibly bad. But at least they tried.
Josh’s Kim Song I: Should Donald Mackintosh be credited with the gold medal for live-pigeon shooting in the 1900 Olympic Games?
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Justin, Mike, and Josh discuss Alex Rodriguez’s forced retirement from the New York Yankees and why the semi-discgraced great is such an awkward weirdo. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try it free for two weeks.
Podcast production and edit by Dan Bloom.
Our intern is Laura Wagner.
You can email us at hangup@slate.com.
