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Podcast Host 1 (0:36)
From the executive producers of Hell and Gone comes a new podcast investigating the serial murders orchestrated by South African cult leader Cecilia Stein. She conditioned them to be monsters.
Podcast Host 2 (0:48)
She was telling people the Bible says.
Michael Wilbon (0:51)
She must go and kill, but actually she was taking revenge.
Podcast Host 2 (0:54)
We are all so horrified by the.
Podcast Host 1 (0:56)
Idea that a mother would sully her daughter in this way. Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcast Host 2 (1:10)
We gotta get started with the NBA where Don't look now, but the Los Angeles Lakers have climbed all the way up to the top two seed in the Western Conference. The Lakers swept two games against the Clippers Friday and Sunday. The Lakers have now won six straight games and 12 of the last 14. They're 6 and 2 with Luka Doncic in the lineup and LeBron James is putting up numbers reminiscent of his MVP season. The Lakers on a roll and many are starting to wonder if they can win the West. I'm here to tell you they can win the west, but it's not just because of LeBron James. It's not because you're expecting and anticipating that Luka Doncic is going to go berserk is because of the way the Lakers are playing defense? That brings us to J.J. redick. Did you know that over the last six and a half weeks the Lakers are the number one defensive team in the NBA, efficiency wise. Number one. That is special. Nobody anticipated that. So we got to give love where it's due, respect where it's due. And we got to start contemplating whether or not the Lakers can indeed come out of the West. Now when I think about okc, I'm thinking about Shay Gilgis, Alexander. I'm thinking about Jalen Williams. I'm thinking about Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein. I'm thinking about the brothers that they got playing in that squad. Youthful exuberant athleticism, three point shooting ability, shot blocking ability, defensive prowess. They've got like nine different categories that they're number one in. All of those things play a role. The question is, will their youth get the better of them, particularly going up against some more experienced teams. Dare I say the Los Angeles Lakers. We look at Memphis, they struggle shooting the ball. We look at Houston, we look they're too young. We look at Denver, they don't have a bench. We look at the Clippers, we see what the Lakers have already done to them. We look at the Phoenix Suns, they're non existent. They've lost like 12 of their last 14 despite Kevin Durant and Devin Booker both averaging over 26 points a game. They can't win a game to save their damn life. The Minnesota Timberwolves are winning games. But do you really, really wonder whether or not Anthony Edwards is going to have the help he needs from a Rudy Gobert, from a Julius Randle and others to really make some noise out in the Western Conference? And of course there is the Dallas Mavericks, who everybody believes could make some noise. But then again, Anthony Davis and Daniel Gafford is out. When are they coming back? And when they do come back, how ready are they going to be? There's a whole bunch of things to point to throughout the Western Conference. And we can't forget the Golden State warriors either. Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler and those boys. Whole bunch of things to point to. But here's the bottom line. The Lakers got luka, they got LeBron, and now they got a defense. Damn, they can take the West. They really, really can. Now, forgive me for transitioning to another NBA topic, but I want to follow up on a conversation from last week where LeBron James wondered why anyone would want to be the face of the NBA. James essentially blamed the media for being critical of the players in the game who are compared to the legends in the sport. I gave my thoughts on the issue last Friday, and then my buddy, the Godfather, the one and only Michael Wilbon from pti, pardon the interruption, weighed in on the subject himself. Take a listen to what my man Wilbon had to say.