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TED
Good Sport
There's no better way to understand our world than through sports. Epic wins. Heartbreaking losses. The feeling you get when you look a teammate in the eye. Sports reveal the strange and fascinating psychology that competition brings out in all of us. Good Sport dives into worlds like F1 racing, table tennis, NBA shooting, and beyond. Asking questions like: Is "the zone" a real place? What are talent hotbeds, and how do we create them? And… is it still baseball if you're wearing a giant banana suit? From host Jody Avirgan (30 for 30, FiveThirtyEight, Radiotopia) and the TED Audio...
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4.5 stars from 92 ratings
Wonderful!
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“You’re an Ultimate Player?? Of course:) so thoughtful and smart. The stories you’ve put out there Jodi are complex and dynamic. I’ll listen to anything you are a part of.”
cacordel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/02/24
Interesting
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“Very interesting podcast , I love the world of sports . The shows are very interesting and educational, keep doing the content and don’t listen to the na-sayers.”
JmosiJahi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/01/23
It had potential
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“Good idea but it failed to deliver. Some episodes interesting, others nearly unlistenable. Sports are entertainment. Too often Jody takes it down a socio-political route and it kills what should have been a cool idea”
lrhhrl via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/20/23
Recent Episodes
Competitive sports give athletes structure, community and purpose. And an outlet for their passion. So what happens when, because of injury or age, they can’t play anymore? Does the competitive drive find a new home? Or get slowly extinguished? Jody talks to aging expert Tracey Gendron, Olympian,...
Published 03/29/23
Published 03/29/23
We often take gender for granted as a “natural” division in sports and life. But did you know the first decisions to divide sports into “male” and “female” categories were in many ways the result of women beating men in mixed gender competitions? In this episode, Jody chats with Veronica Ivy, a...
Published 03/22/23
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