Numlock Sunday: Kalyn Kahler on Spiraled

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By Walt Hickey

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.

This week, I spoke to Kalyn Kahler, an outstanding NFL writer who is behind the brand new podcast Spiraled.

The podcast carries on from a Sports Illustrated story she wrote called “Pray for Kabeer, Chapter III: The Followers, the Courtroom Drama and the Next Chapter.” I have been super excited to hear this podcast, it dives into fascinating topics surrounding the most popular entertainment franchise in America. We spoke about what football players do once their career in the NFL is over, why football in particular is so strongly linked with Christianity, and the extremist extracurriculars putting Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila back in the headlines.

Kahler can be found on her new podcast, Spiraled.

This interview has been condensed and edited.

Kalyn, thanks so much for coming on.

Thank you.

I am a gigantic fan of your work. You are the senior NFL writer at ESPN, and you've had a really exciting couple years. I started …