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What Sports Can Teach Us About Elections

Hang Up and Listen
Hang Up and Listen
Episode • Nov 10, 2020 • 1h 14m

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the differences between election TV and sports TV, and whether election forecasters should be criticized. They also compare how a great sports victory compares to a political one. And they discuss Notre Dame’s win over Clemson and the field-storming that followed.

Election TV (4:12): Can cable news learn something from how sports are covered?

Sports victories vs. political victories (24:23): Do we prefer landslides/blowouts or the thrill of a last-second win?

Notre Dame-Clemson (43:16): A great college football game feels different in 2020.

Afterball (58:36): Stefan on the heroism of Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers.

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