Episode 1: RUMBLE YOUNG MAN RUMBLE
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Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s heavyweight title fight is considered one of the greatest sporting events of all time. What’s less well known is that five weeks earlier in the very same stadium, James Brown headlined an epic, three-day long, pre-fight music festival. Rumble braids together both boxing and music history for a compelling account of Muhammad Ali’s growth into both The People’s Champ and the GOAT. For his first title fight, he takes on the “bad man” Sonny Liston. REFERENCE BOOKS: Ali: The Greatest, My Own Story by Muhammad Ali Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig Rumble In the Jungle by Lewis Erenberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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