About this episode
The hosts discuss March Madness moments and interview authors about sports culture and gymnastics.
Hosts Lindsay Gibbs and Ben Lindbergh discuss the maddest moment of March—from the UConn buzzer beater, to Women’s Final Four redux. Alex Kirshner rejoins for two interviews: the first with author and professor Seth Tannenbaum about the growing class divide inside baseball stadiums, the subject of his new book, Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark . The second with Nina Mandell about an Ohio gymnastics dynasty, chronicled in her book: A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line . Finally, Ben closes with an Afterball about the historic and cringey N64 video game Mia Hamm Soccer 64. In this week’s bonus episode for Slate Plus members: the T-Rex hunting for a draft spot in the NFL. March Madness: (6:37): Duke’s demise Bleacher Seats (26:32) : The haves and the have-nots Fraction of a Point (42:42): The gymnastics world beaters Afterballs (57:49): Mia Hamm Soccer 64 (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Get more Hang Up and Listen with Slate Plus! Join for weekly bonus episodes of Hang Up and Listen and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Lindsay Gibbs, Ben Lindbergh
Guests: Alex Kirshner, Seth Tannenbaum, Nina Mandell
Topics covered
- March Madness
- class divide in sports
- gymnastics
- N64 video games
- baseball
- interviews
Keywords
- March Madness
- UConn
- class divide
- gymnastics dynasty
- N64
- Mia Hamm
- baseball
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Mia Hamm Soccer 64
Books & works: Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark, A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line
Places: Ohio, Duke
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