#9 - David Roth, Eric Feigl-Ding - Quitting Deadspin, Launching Defector, New Study on Covid19

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English - August 06, 2020 01:48 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB
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David Roth, writer and podcast host, talks with Lee Pacchia about resigning with his colleagues from Deadspin and plans to start a new website and podcast under the name Defector. They also talk about the challenges facing professional sports in America in the era of coronavirus. Also, Eric Feigl-Ding, Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, talks about a spate of new studies on Covid-19 and how the press and government are communicating new information to the public.

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