Why Am I Talking to the New Jags GM Right Now? with Tim Marchman

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Director of politics, security, and science at Wired Tim Marchman joins Drew and Roth to explain what the hell is going on with DOGE. What exactly are they doing? How has Wired been able to investigate what’s been going? And what can Americans do to fight back? In the back half of the show, Marchman gets a chance to talk about the White Sox and they dive into the Funbag, answering real questions from real listeners.

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Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

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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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0:00.0	We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew. That's raw. How you doing, Roth?
0:06.4	Oh, amazing, man. I'm doing incredible right now. How about you? I'm poor. We're all poor. Isn't that excited? I love, love being. I just, I ate, I ate franks and beans. I have a can for dinner last night. It was great. Yeah, I think listeners can tell that I'm wearing a barrel. It's just got two straps, and I'm kind of wearing it like a, like you might wear
0:24.2	overalls, but it's just a barrel.
0:26.1	Yeah, I'm actually, I'm doing this podcast from my oil drum fire that I stand around for warmth
0:31.6	and for heat.
0:33.3	But let's talk to our guests because look who's back after years out in the digital wilderness.
0:39.8	It's the former co-host of this show, Tim Marshman of Wired.
0:44.6	How the fuck are you doing, Marshman?
0:46.2	Oh, I'm doing great.
0:47.5	I'm around my oil can that's burning.
0:51.5	It's, um.
0:52.2	Oil can boyd.
0:53.0	Hey, come join us around this bean circle.
0:55.5	Let's share some beans.
0:57.5	More bees, Mr. Tagger!
0:59.7	I saw a movie the other night from 1988 called Shakedown with Peter Weller and Sam Elliott as a lawyer and a cop who are fighting the crack wars in the 80s with the least New York looking
1:13.5	crack syndicates you can imagine and like shot in Vancouver no it was shot in New York but
1:20.5	it looked like it was shot in Vancouver it was pretty incredible how do you do that wow you got
1:25.9	to ask a director James Glickenhouse.
1:27.9	Yes.
1:28.1	You made some amazing movies.
1:29.2	And this was a they live level of burning oil cans around for no reason.
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