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In this Hang Up and Listen Extra, Josh Levin delves into the history of the greatest taunt in sports: the “air ball” chant.Facebook: facebook.com/HangUpAndListenEmail: [email protected] notes at www.slate.com/hangup

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Tom Rath is a New York Times bestselling author and researcher best known for his books Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes and Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life. On the show, Tom shares a few tips about how to make better micro-decisions (7:00) and how to teach kids better social and behavioral dynamics (17:00). Plus, Brian and Tom discuss the work of Adam Grant and why doing things for others is often our best motivator (21:00). Tom also talks about the difference between finding happiness and finding meaning (31:00) and shares his thoughts about people pursuing their passions and how we can change employee to employer relationships to encourage people to find meaningful work (41:00). You can watch Tom’s documentary, Fully Charged, by clicking here. Topics mentioned:Fully Charged by Tom RathFully Charged DocumentaryEat Move Sleep by Tom RathStrengths Finder 2.0 by Tom RathMan’s Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklGive and Take by Adam GrantOriginals by Adam GrantPeople mentioned:Tom RathBrian WansinkNicholas ChristakisJames AltucherJames FowlerAmy WrzesniewskiThe Moment is brought to you Monster. Find employees who work as hard as you at Monster.com/hiring. Monster. Find Better. And by Amazon. Detective Harry Bosch is back on the new season of Amazon’s Original Series Bosch, based on the best selling novels by Michael Connelly. Stream the new season now on Amazon Prime Video.Twitter: @BrianKoppelmaniTunes: itunes.com/themomentPodcast production by Jayson De Leon

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Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the leaked March Madness bracket and NCAA tourney snubs; review Fantastic Lies, ESPN's documentary on the Duke lacrosse case; and speak with Ben Rothenberg about Maria Sharapova's positive drug test.Facebook: facebook.com/HangUpAndListenEmail: [email protected] notes at www.slate.com/hangupThis episode of Hang Up and Listen is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code RealSimple at checkout to get 10% off!

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Jamelle Bouie about his latest article "How Trump Happened."

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Last night ESPN’s 30 for 30 series aired the documentary about the Duke Lacrosse case called Fantastic Lies. Back when the Gist was being piloted in April 2014, we spoke with author William D. Cohan about the case following his book The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities. For the first time ever, we’ll air that interview on The Gist. For the Spiel, why all right-thinking Americans should want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee.

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Stacey Vanek Smith of Planet Money discuss the business and finance news of the week.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Buying citizenship, in St. Kitts and the U.S.

-Why activist investors aren't nominating women to board positions.

-How white collar America secretly loves working too much.

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On The Gist, our regular guest Chris Molanphy tells us how disco music swallowed up rock in 1978. We’ll discuss Billboard chart hits from 1978, and just about all of them have a disco beat. He writes Slate’s “Why Is This Song No. 1?” column. For the Spiel, a belated Lobstar of the Antentwig.

Do check out this Spotify playlist to hear the songs mentioned in today’s show one more time. It’s got groove, it’s got meaning!

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Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Parke Muth answer more listener questions. Parke is a private college counselor and a former admission officer at the University of Virginia.

Julie and Parke talk about some interesting admission trends he's seen this spring --including the prevalence of "likely letters" and tuition discounts being offered his students.

And they answer listener questions: Two different mothers contacted the podcast describing the intense pressures high schoolers face that come with living in Fairfax County, Virginia. A father wants to know which small liberal arts schools have rigorous STEM programs. And a high school junior wonders what's the right number of schools one should apply to-- given that she's seen peers apply anywhere in the range of 2 to 26.

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On The Gist, Slate’s Fred Kaplan shares the history and stories behind our ongoing cyberwar. He’s the author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War. For the Spiel, a collection of news from the states.

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John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon discuss the strength of Donald Trump's campaign for the Republican nomination, the latest results within the Democratic primary race and the loss of Nancy Reagan.

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