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Aug 2023
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Make-or-Break Fantasy Football Guys With...

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by NBC's Matthew Berry to discuss the top 10 "make-or-break" fantasy football players for the 2023-24 NFL season (2:09). Then, Bill talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his podcast series, 'Revisionist History' (1:01:15), before discussing several ways Malcolm proposes to completely overhaul youth sports in America (1:16:58).


Host: Bill Simmons

Guests: Matthew Berry and Malcolm Gladwell

Producer: Kyle Crichton



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