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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Sklars on Sports

    Do short referees call more fouls because of their unique vantage point? We address that and other topics in our regular roundup with the Sklar Brothers, a sport-comedy duo. Also on the roster: accident-prone ball players and a sad champion who wasn’t allowed to ride a parade horse.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 6, 2014 • 1 min read

    Do short referees call more fouls because of their unique vantage point? We address that and other topics in our regular roundup with the Sklar Brothers, a sport-comedy duo. Also on the roster: accident-prone ball players and a sad champion who wasn’t allowed to ride a parade horse.

    The full episode

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    LACMA’s Michael Govan, and the Big-Eyed Children Art Fraud
    1. 0:00Sheila Kuehl
    2. 7:24LACMA’s Big Gift
    3. 16:31Sklars on SportsYou’re reading this
    4. 25:25A Look Back With Henry Waxman
    5. 37:36An Art Fraud Based on Big-Eyed Children
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Randy Sklar

      sports commentator and comedian

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      Jason Sklar

      one half of the Sklar brothers comedy team, and cohost of the “View From the Cheap Seats” podcast

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    LACMA’s Michael Govan, and the Big-Eyed Children Art Fraud
    1. 0:00Sheila Kuehl
    2. 7:24LACMA’s Big Gift
    3. 16:31Sklars on SportsYou’re reading this
    4. 25:25A Look Back With Henry Waxman
    5. 37:36An Art Fraud Based on Big-Eyed Children
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand