In Gelf Magazine's weekly podcast, The Hack and The Flack, journalist Michael Myser—the hack—and PR guru Merrill Freund—the flack—break down the news of the week. From their different perspectives, Michael and Merrill discuss sports, tech, politics, and media—much like Gelf. In this week's episode, Michael and Merrill enjoy the coverage of the pro forma Sotomayor hearings, talk Lance Armstrong—is he really like Sarah Palin?—with Bill Gifford , and take the measure of mixed-martial arts. Cl

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