About this episode

Ray Ratto joins Drew and Roth to discuss the Stanley Cup, the US men's soccer team, and answer listener questions.

Ray Ratto joins Drew and Roth to talk about two cups, Stanley and World. But first, on a scale of Not Very to Maybe A Little, how happy is Ray for New Yorkers right now? Then, because Drew does not watch nor care about either the Vegas Golden Knights or the Carolina Hurricanes, he asks Ray – was it a good Stanley Cup? Also, the US men’s team looked genuinely good in their first group match. Should we be getting our hopes up for this team? Finally, they open up the funbag to answer real questions from Defector listeners.  Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0! Stuff We Talked About A cat in a blender singing backup for Taylor Swift Indifference to your joy F**king yourself as good policy Bad energy stink lines Penile moves Sponsors - Zocdoc , where you can find and instantly book a doctor you love today. Credits - Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth - Producer: Brandon Grugle - Editor: Mischa Stanton - Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts - Subscribe to Defector ! About The Show The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain…

People in this episode

Hosts: Drew Magary, David Roth

Guest: Ray Ratto

Topics covered

• Stanley Cup
• World Cup
• US men's soccer
• listener questions
• sports culture

Keywords

• Stanley Cup
• World Cup
• Ray Ratto
• Drew Magary
• David Roth
• listener questions
• Zocdoc

Sponsors

Zocdoc

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Defector, Defector Media

Places: New York, Vegas, Carolina

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