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Charles Barkley’s NBA-NFL Summer Takes, Plus the Jewish Pop Culture Pantheon With Juliet Litman and Mallory Rubin

Charles Barkley joins to discuss Nikola Jokic, USA falling behind in basketball player development, international basketball, and much more

By Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Mallory Rubin
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Charles Barkley to discuss Nikola Jokic, USA falling behind in basketball player development, international basketball, a look at the West next season, Charles’s favorite NFL story lines, and more (1:37). Then Bill talks with Mallory Rubin and Juliet Litman about the new Netflix film You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (1:15:08), before hearing Juliet’s list of major Jewish pop culture moments (1:34:21).

Host: Bill Simmons
Guests: Charles Barkley, Mallory Rubin, and Juliet Litman
Producer: Kyle Crichton

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