What Next: How Gambling Took Over Sports
Slate Culture
English - April 03, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsArts TV & Film culture interview comedy politics armchair expert books entrepreneurship interviews health news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sports betting is now mostly legal, and, if you watch sports, its advertisements are inescapable. Now, a series of scandals has rocked the professional leagues. When everyone bets, odds are – someone will cross a line.
Guest: Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for “The New Yorker” and author of The Loneliest Americans.
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Sports betting is now mostly legal, and, if you watch sports, its advertisements are inescapable. Now, a series of scandals has rocked the professional leagues. When everyone bets, odds are – someone will cross a line.
Guest: Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for “The New Yorker” and author of The Loneliest Americans.
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