Episode 324: "Hustling Backwards"

About this episode

The episode discusses Jay-Z's mention of Portland and DeVon's experience at the NCAA tournament, concluding with a segment on 'Takin L's'.

On this episode we discuss Jay-Z mentioning Portland in his recent GQ interview and speculate what it meant for Portland (15:45), and DeVon discusses his experience attending the NCAA tournament in Portland (41:37). We finish the episode with our "Takin L's" segment (53:34).

People in this episode

Host: DeVon

Topics covered

• Jay-Z
• Portland
• NCAA tournament
• Takin L's

Keywords

• GQ interview
• speculation
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hustling Backwards, Takin L's

Places: Portland

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