The First Half Is About the State of the World with Denny Carter

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Editor of the Bad Faith Times Denny Carter joins Drew and Roth to talk about everything that’s happening. They know what happened the last time Denny was on. That’s what they’re talking about.

But don’t worry, they’re pivoting about something much more sunny in the second half of the podcasts: the Dallas Mavericks! Is this team cursed, rigged, or just plain bad? And are there other sports teams that have painted themselves into a corner like this? And as always, they dive into the Funbag, answering real questions from real listeners.

Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!

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Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts

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About The Show

The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

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0:54.0	We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew. That's raw. How you doing? at audible.com.
0:57.8	We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew. That's Roth. That's raw.
1:02.1	How are you? Good, man. How are you? Better than the Dallas Mavericks. I'll tell you that.
1:06.3	Oh, yeah. Two intact ACL stunting on the haters.
1:10.0	It's like, Jimmy Haslam looking at the Dallas Mavericks and being like, how do you do it?
1:10.6	What's your secret?
1:18.3	We're going to talk some sports, but first, we've been putting this off long enough.
1:22.7	It was high time we brought back Denny Carter of Bad Faith Times.
1:29.5	If you guys remember, we had Denny back on the show prior to the 2024 election.
1:33.0	And because Danny writes about politics, he also writes about sports too.
1:37.1	But he and I were quite chesty about the Democrats' chances.
1:42.4	And we even, I think we even turned Roth optimistic a bit and some audience members.
1:46.4	And it turns out we were wrong. About what?
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