The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
by Defector Media
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/16/26 | writingsports+4 | Justin Halpern | Get LostDefector Media | — | Justin HalpernGet Lost+8 | Raycon20% off | 1h 03m 43s | ||
| 7/9/26 | World Cupsoccer+3 | Diana MoskovitzDave McKenna | Defector MediaMultitude Podcasts | — | World Cupsoccer+5 | MeUndiesSubscribe & Save | 50m 06s | ||
| 7/2/26 | summer vacationlistener questions+3 | — | Defector MediaDoctor Who+1 | — | summer vacationlistener questions+3 | Factor50% off | 47m 49s | ||
| 6/25/26 | video podcastbook writing+3 | Kelsey McKinneyAlex Sujong Laughlin | Defector MediaTry Hard+1 | — | video podcastTry Hard+5 | — | 1h 04m 51s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Stanley CupWorld Cup+3 | Ray Ratto | DefectorDefector Media | New YorkVegas+1 | Stanley CupWorld Cup+5 | Zocdoc | 58m 46s | ||
| 6/11/26 | KnicksVictor Wembanyama+3 | Giri Nathan | Defector MediaReddit | — | KnicksVictor Wembanyama+5 | Blueland15% off | 57m 22s | ||
| 6/4/26 | World Cup previewsoccer in America+3 | Leander Schaerlaeckens | Defector MediaThe Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts | — | World Cupsoccer+3 | Raycon15% off | 59m 03s | ||
| 5/28/26 | NBANew York Knicks+3 | David Grann | The New YorkerThe Wager+1 | — | David GrannNew York Knicks+3 | Factor50% off | 56m 11s | ||
| 5/21/26 | puzzlesNBA finals+3 | Ian Livengood | New York TimesDefector+1 | — | puzzlesNBA finals+3 | RedditN/A | 53m 34s | ||
| 5/14/26 | NBA playoffssports analysis+3 | Patrick Redford | DefectorMultitude Podcasts | — | NBA playoffsPatrick Redford+5 | ZocDoc | 58m 58s | ||
| 5/11/26 | podcast previewfriendship+3 | — | No Such Thing | — | No Such Thingpodcast+3 | — | 13m 36s | ||
| 5/7/26 | hockeyNBA+3 | Lauren Theisen | Every Time a Bell RingsDefector Media | — | hockeyNBA+3 | Blueland15% off | 59m 45s | ||
| 4/30/26 | sportspolitics+3 | — | Defector MediaSteely Dan | — | Knickssports+6 | Factor50% off | 59m 11s | ||
| 4/23/26 | NFL draftfootball analytics+3 | Aaron Schatz | FTN FantasyESPN+2 | Worcester | NFLfootball+5 | Storyworth | 1h 01m 48s | ||
| 4/16/26 | baseballMLB+4 | Mike Schur | Big Fan | Mets | baseballMLB+5 | RayconCODE | 1h 05m 45s | ||
| 4/9/26 | AI ethicstechnology+4 | Ed Zitron | AnthropicOpenAI+2 | — | AItechnology+5 | — | 1h 03m 50s | ||
| 4/2/26 | baseballrestaurants+3 | Kelsey McKinney | Elias Sports BureauDefector Media+1 | — | baseballKelsey McKinney+7 | — | 1h 07m 13s | ||
| 3/26/26 | women's basketballWNBA+3 | Emma Baccellieri | Sports IllustratedDefector Media+2 | — | Emma BaccellieriWNBA+5 | — | 1h 01m 18s | ||
| 3/19/26 | March Madnessbasketball+4 | Ken Pomeroy | KenPom.comDefector+1 | — | March MadnessKen Pomeroy+4 | Raycon20% off | 54m 21s | ||
| 3/12/26 | Italian Olympic experienceice dancing+4 | Rohan Nadkarni | NBC News | MiamiItaly | Rohan NadkarniItalian food+5 | Raycon20% off | 58m 55s | ||
| 3/5/26 | college footballcollege sports+3 | Spencer Hall | Channel 6 | — | college footballsports funding+3 | Blueland15% off | 1h 00m 00s |
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