Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin reflect on hosting Slate’s sports podcast, which debuted in July 2009.

Retrospective (6:51): How the show attempted to be an antidote to traditional sports talk radio.

Old Afterballs (30:55): Josh on a 1934 battle between a scorpion and a spider. Stefan with an update to “Proud to Be an Astro” from Ball Four.

New Afterballs (51:17): Josh on listener comments after the first episode of Hang Up and Listen. Stefan on a decade and a half of Afterballs.

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