Welcome to the latest — and last! — episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. Last week, President Trump spoke out against NFL athletes like Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee during the national anthem. On the podcast’s final episode (Sept. 26, 2017), we discuss how Trump’s comments are an example of the way that hot takes have changed over the years. Next, Chad, Neil and Kate discuss what they’ve learned from the last three years of doing the podcast.
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Links to what we discussed this week:
- The New York Times’s Juliet Macur asks whether this week’s NFL protests were a one-day revolt or something more.
- FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten wrote that the NFL protests are unpopular now — but they may not always be.
