Here's a special preview of a new Pushkin podcast, Started from the Bottom. Every week on Started from the Bottom, host Justin Richmond interviews successful people who grew up on the outside – people of color, people who weren’t part of the ol

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Running in Recycled Shoes from What's Your Problem?

Mar 16th, 2023 27m 17s

Here's a special episode of another Pushkin podcast, What's Your Problem? Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers about the future they’re trying to build – and the pro

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Introducing Good Sport: Something in the Water: Where Do Great Athletes Come From?

Feb 15th, 2023 36m 1s

Here's a preview from Good Sport, a new show from TED. “Muck City”, Florida. Kinston, North Carolina. The courts of New York City in the 80s and 90s. These places share one unique trait: they found a way to produce a particular kind of great at

Episode 6: Live in Eugene

Aug 23rd, 2022 44m 26s

Legendary sprinters Wyomia Tyus, Ato Boldon and Tommie Smith join host Malcolm Gladwell live on stage for a conversation about sports and activism. Recorded live at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.If you’d like to keep

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Bonus: Just Relax with Malcolm Gladwell

Aug 16th, 2022 7m 28s

Writer and podcast host Malcolm Gladwell is guest hosting an entire week of the podcast, Radio Headspace. He'll be discussing how to increase performance in your personal and professional life. Today, he talks about how superstar track and fiel

Episode 5: The Legacy

Aug 9th, 2022 37m 50s

The track in San Jose has been turned into a parking lot. But the legacy of Speed City is alive and well, on and off the track. More than half a century after Tommie Smith and John Carlos sprinted their way into the spotlight and shocked the wo

Episode 4: The Mexico City Games

Jul 26th, 2022 34m 50s

After months of debate about whether to boycott or not, our trio of Speed City sprinters are headed to Mexico City. In this episode, we zoom in on those fateful days: From the penultimate race that left Tommie Smith injured, to the world-record

Episode 3: Exit, Voice or Loyalty

Jul 6th, 2022 35m 7s

Tommie Smith. Lee Evans. John Carlos. Hear how these three legendary sprinters all ended up at San Jose State. They spurred each other to record-breaking success – and became leaders in the movement to boycott the 1968 Olympic Games. Their ment

Episode 2: Building a Movement

Jun 28th, 2022 29m 46s

By the early 1960s, Speed City was earning a reputation for breaking records. But Bud Winter’s track program was broke. He stretched his scholarship budget so far that many athletes struggled to make ends meet. That, coupled with the racism Bla

Episode 1: Relax and Win

Jun 14th, 2022 35m

A small group of people — all connected to a second-tier state college — revolutionized coaching and athletic activism in the 1960s. In this episode, we hear how coach Bud Winter took what he learned from working with fighter pilots in World Wa

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Coming Soon: Legacy of Speed

Jun 1st, 2022 2m 56s

When two Black sprinters raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Olympic Games, it shook the world. More than 50 years later, the ripple effects of their activism are still felt. In this new series from Pushkin Industries, get to know the run