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What Does A Winning Streak Mean In MLB?

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s episode (Sept. 12, 2017), we discuss an American tennis champion finally not named Williams — Sloane Stephens, ranked 957th in the world earlier this summer, won the U.S. Open last weekend. We break down what her victory may mean for U.S. […]

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What Does A Winning Streak Mean In MLB?

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s episode (Sept. 12, 2017), we discuss an American tennis champion finally not named Williams — Sloane Stephens, ranked 957th in the world earlier this summer, won the U.S. Open last weekend. We break down what her victory may mean for U.S. […]

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Politics Podcast: Does Hillary Clinton’s Book Get 2016 Right?

Hillary Clinton gives her account of why she lost the 2016 presidential election in a book that’s titled “What Happened” and is coming out this week. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses her assessment, from the role of the “Comey letter” to the media’s coverage of her email scandal. Plus, in the wake of Hurricanes […]

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