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Host Susan Matthews explores Justice Neil Gorsuch's journey from conservative roots to his unpredictable influence on the Supreme Court in this interview-driven season of Slow Burn.
14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hanging Up and Listening
Hosts Alex Kirshner (https://www.splitzoneduo.com/), Lindsay Gibbs (https://lindsaygibbs.com/), and Ben Lindbergh (https://www.theringer.com/authors/ben-lindbergh) join forces one last time to break down (what else?) the week’s top sports stories. Then, the panel is joined by Hang Up all-star guests from across the years (including John Wertheim, Jeff Passan, Louisa Thomas, and more) to share memories from the show’s seventeen-year run and make predictions of the sports world for the next seventeen.
Finally, Lindsay closes us out with an Afterball capturing what the WNBA was like seventeen years ago.
The Masters: (12:48): Rory is still great
The Hang Up Guest All Stars (39:27): “This show was the perfect anti-toxin to sports radio.”
Afterballs (1:11:41): One of the most thrilling WNBA Finals occurred in 2009 (not a typo!)
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7 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
A March Without Madness
Hosts Alex Kirshner (https://www.splitzoneduo.com/), Lindsay Gibbs (https://lindsaygibbs.com/), and Ben Lindbergh (https://www.theringer.com/authors/ben-lindbergh) recap a chalky March Madness marked by coaching drama and uncertainty about college basketball’s future. Then Alex and Lindsay ask Ben about the early MLB season, from the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system to a new wave of impressive rookies. Finally, the panel speaks with author and soccer journalist Ryan O'Hanlon (https://x.com/rwohan?lang=en) about the real story behind Wrexham A.F.C. and how high the celebrity-owned club can realistically climb.
Ben also has an Afterball on Kenny Albert's impending record for most national broadcasts called.
In this week’s bonus episode for Slate Plus members: Saudi Arabia makes a big push into esports and fighting video games.
March Madness: (6:29): Was relatively mild
MLB ABS (22:50): “You can’t challenge the robots!”
Wrexham AFC (43:34): The aging Welsh TV stars need to win now
Afterballs (1:00:33): Kenny Albert has called almost 1480 national games
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Inside a recent episode
Announcing Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Gorsuch
Published 13 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Madden filed a claim against his employer. After some legal back and forth, the Department of Labor eventually ruled in his favor. They said his employer had been wrong to fire him. That's because truckers are protected in dangerous circumstances like this one. But the trucking company appealed. So the case kept going through the courts for seven years. Judge after judge kept ruling in Madden's favor. Except for one. That judge was Neil Gorsuch. Neil Gorsuch ruled against Madden in 2016. At the time, he was a judge on the Tenth Circuit, one of the federal appeals courts one step below the Supreme Court. […]
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