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86. Ethan Strauss Is Our Kind of Sports Writer
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86. Ethan Strauss Is Our Kind of Sports Writer

We talk about how Nike ads went astray, what "The Blind Side" scandal tells us about current racial politics, if men need sex-segregated spaces, and why Jordan will always be hotter than LeBron
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Ethan Strauss, the wunderkind of the House of Strauss, joins groupies fans Sarah and Nancy to talk about …

  • Nike ads and the failure of trying to sell what does not resonate

  • Sports in an era of “toxic masculinity”

  • The atomization of men?

  • The podcaster/comedian Ethan and Sarah bonded over

  • Ethan’s 2 + 2 magic formula for success

  • Why football’s downfall was greatly exaggerated

  • Why we love old men in coffee shops and their fart jokes

  • Aspirational groupies are a thing

  • Ethan’s favorite sports movie

  • That time Sarah made Ethan cry

  • Why The New Yorker no longer excites us

  • The MSNBC anchor in an Under Armour scandal?

And much more!

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