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So You Want to be a Sprinter
Bud Winter wrote a how-to manual "So You Want To Be a Sprinter" that became a must-read for coaches and athletes. The manual included cartoon characters called "Jack Champ" and "Joe Chump" to illustrate the proper and improper ways to execute Bud's techniques.
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Bud held coaching clinics nonstop. He wrote a how-to manual, "So You Want to be a Sprinter", that became a must-read for coaches and athletes alike.
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Episode: Relax and Win from Legacy of Speed
Bud Winter wrote a how-to manual "So You Want To Be a Sprinter" that became a must-read for coaches and athletes. The manual included cartoon characters called "Jack Champ" and "Joe Chump" to illustrate the proper and improper ways to execute Bud's techniques.
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Bud held coaching clinics nonstop. He wrote a how-to manual, "So You Want to be a Sprinter", that became a must-read for coaches and athletes alike.
In it, two cartoon sprinters helped demonstrate the right way and the wrong way to execute Bud's techniques. Their names were Jack Champ and Joe Chump. Their coach is a Bud-like figure named Igor Beaver. Get it? Igor Beaver.
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A Celebration of the First Edition (Chronicles of Narnia, 2)
This book is used as an analogy to describe the experience of discovering wargaming, as it's something you stumble upon unexpectedly and it's not something you might even know exists.
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In C.S. Lewis's famous book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Pevensie children happen upon the magical land of Narnia, entering through a secret passage in an English countr...
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Episode: A Serious Game
This book is used as an analogy to describe the experience of discovering wargaming, as it's something you stumble upon unexpectedly and it's not something you might even know exists.
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In C.S. Lewis's famous book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Pevensie children happen upon the magical land of Narnia, entering through a secret passage in an English country house.
Until recently, the path into wargaming is similar to the path to getting to Narnia. You stumble upon it by accident. It's not of your own design. You don't even know it exists.
Creed - Weathered
Thomas Schelling was a Nobel Prize winner and is considered the spiritual godfather of wargaming.
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Thomas Schelling was an economist, a Nobel Prize winner, and the spiritual godfather of the wargaming world.
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Episode: A Serious Game
Thomas Schelling was a Nobel Prize winner and is considered the spiritual godfather of wargaming.
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Thomas Schelling was an economist, a Nobel Prize winner, and the spiritual godfather of the wargaming world.
So did Thomas Schelling, author of The Wargamer's Creed.
The Uses of Enchantment
The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Chinese Edition)
Bruno Bettelheim, in his book 'The Uses of Enchantment,' argues that fairy tales teach children valuable lessons about life, such as the inevitability of struggles and the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity. This was referenced as a point of contrast to the way Disney reinterprets classic stories for a modern audience.
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a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence, but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships,...
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Episode: Little Mermaid Part 1: The Golden Contract
Bruno Bettelheim, in his book 'The Uses of Enchantment,' argues that fairy tales teach children valuable lessons about life, such as the inevitability of struggles and the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity. This was referenced as a point of contrast to the way Disney reinterprets classic stories for a modern audience.
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a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence, but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious, end quote.
A Theory of Justice
Revised Edition (Belknap)
'A Theory of Justice' by John Rawls was referenced as a possible comparison for Meghan Markle's predicament with the royal family, but 'The Little Mermaid' was chosen instead.
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Not A Theory of Justice by John Rawls. No, The Little Mermaid.
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Episode: Little Mermaid Part 1: The Golden Contract
'A Theory of Justice' by John Rawls was referenced as a possible comparison for Meghan Markle's predicament with the royal family, but 'The Little Mermaid' was chosen instead.
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Not A Theory of Justice by John Rawls. No, The Little Mermaid.
The Princess and the Pea (Little Golden Book)
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The Emperor's New Clothes (Folk Tale Classics)
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The Satanic Verses
Larry Adler was mentioned as having done a public reading of this book in the past tense, showing his courage and willingness to take a stand on principle.
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He did a public reading of The Satanic Verses with various other artists at the time that Salman Rushdie had the fatwa put on him, and he would do a lot of things like that.
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Episode: A Polite Word for Liar
Larry Adler was mentioned as having done a public reading of this book in the past tense, showing his courage and willingness to take a stand on principle.
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He did a public reading of The Satanic Verses with various other artists at the time that Salman Rushdie had the fatwa put on him, and he would do a lot of things like that.
The Godfather
It was initially met with low expectations but caused trouble with Joe Colombo and his Italian-American Civil Rights League who did not want it made, believing it would perpetuate negative stereotypes of Italians.
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Paramount almost by accident got the film rights to a novel by a writer named Mario Puzo. The novel was The Godfather.
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Episode: Chutzpah vs. Chutzpah
It was initially met with low expectations but caused trouble with Joe Colombo and his Italian-American Civil Rights League who did not want it made, believing it would perpetuate negative stereotypes of Italians.
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Paramount almost by accident got the film rights to a novel by a writer named Mario Puzo. The novel was The Godfather.
Because Columbo was not at all happy about the movie.
The league called Bob Evans up and threatened him. We don't want that movie made. If that movie made, someone's going to get hurt.
So to answer your question, I am not going to go tell them they don't even know me.
Chutzpah is a bunch of violent mobsters threatening to shut down a movie because it depicts them as violent mobsters. Chutzpah is tricking them because they're too lazy to read the script.
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
It was a self-help book that became a sensation, covering a wide range of topics, including the importance of posture and self-responsibility.
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He wrote a very provocative self-help book called 12 Rules for Life.
— Episode: Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life
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Episode: Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life
It was a self-help book that became a sensation, covering a wide range of topics, including the importance of posture and self-responsibility.
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He wrote a very provocative self-help book called 12 Rules for Life.
Rule number one, stand up straight with your shoulders back.
Rule number two, treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.
Rule number twelve, pat a cat when you encounter one on the street.
The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition HC)
Avery Brundage was described as similar to the architect character, Howard Roark, in the book The Fountainhead. This comparison was made to highlight Brundage's ambition and self-reliance, as well as his potential dislike for those who aren't as driven.
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He's also just like an epic, epic figure. I think we have to start, we have to begin in an epic register. Yes. Honestly, it's best if he introduces himself. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, usually...
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Episode: Hitler’s Olympics, Part 4: Outcast in Olympia
Avery Brundage was described as similar to the architect character, Howard Roark, in the book The Fountainhead. This comparison was made to highlight Brundage's ambition and self-reliance, as well as his potential dislike for those who aren't as driven.
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He's also just like an epic, epic figure. I think we have to start, we have to begin in an epic register. Yes. Honestly, it's best if he introduces himself. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, usually I'm introduced as the last living amateur.
He's also just like an epic, epic figure. I think we have to start, we have to begin in an epic register. Yes. Honestly, it's best if he introduces himself. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, usually I'm introduced as the last living amateur. Something like the tattooed man, you know. That's Avery Brundage, late in life, speaking to some reporters in Japan. A journalist friend of mine in Chicago, one of the most sophisticated and cynical columnists there, visited Olympia not so long ago.
He's also just like an epic, epic figure. I think we have to start, we have to begin in an epic register. Yes. Honestly, it's best if he introduces himself. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, usually I'm introduced as the last living amateur. Something like the tattooed man, you know. That's Avery Brundage, late in life, speaking to some reporters in Japan. A journalist friend of mine in Chicago, one of the most sophisticated and cynical columnists there, visited Olympia not so long ago. And I was amazed to pick up the paper in Chicago, shortly thereafter, and see a headline, Brundage may be right after all.
He's also just like an epic, epic figure. I think we have to start, we have to begin in an epic register. Yes. Honestly, it's best if he introduces himself. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, usually I'm introduced as the last living amateur. Something like the tattooed man, you know. That's Avery Brundage, late in life, speaking to some reporters in Japan. A journalist friend of mine in Chicago, one of the most sophisticated and cynical columnists there, visited Olympia not so long ago. And I was amazed to pick up the paper in Chicago, shortly thereafter, and see a headline, Brundage may be right after all. This man was so impressed by the atmosphere at ancient Olympia that he was almost converted.
I feel like the mid-century was full of men like this. Fiction was full of men like this. The architect in Howard Roark, and Ayn Rand's the fountainhead.
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
It was mentioned and discussed, as it explores the idea of a zero-sum game, and how racism has negatively impacted all of society, rather than just people of color. It was called a book that many Americans could learn from.
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Heather McGee is an expert in economic and social policy and the author of the best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
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Episode: Presenting: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi
It was mentioned and discussed, as it explores the idea of a zero-sum game, and how racism has negatively impacted all of society, rather than just people of color. It was called a book that many Americans could learn from.
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Heather McGee is an expert in economic and social policy and the author of the best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
Your book, The Sum of Us, is the type of book that I learned from, that I think many Americans and many people around the world can learn from.
I wrote this book because I felt like we were missing something.
Circus of Ideology and Cynicism - Political - O'Reilly
This book was published in Germany shortly before Avery Brundage's visit and was given to all sports clubs in Nazi Germany. It explicitly denounced Jewish sports leaders and their supporters as harmful and dangerous, arguing for their exclusion from German sports and the Olympic Games.
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There is no room in our German land for Jewish sports leaders and their friends infested with the Talmud, for pacifists, political Catholics, pan-Europeans, and the rest.
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Episode: Hitler’s Olympics Part 5: The Amateur’s Hour
This book was published in Germany shortly before Avery Brundage's visit and was given to all sports clubs in Nazi Germany. It explicitly denounced Jewish sports leaders and their supporters as harmful and dangerous, arguing for their exclusion from German sports and the Olympic Games.
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There is no room in our German land for Jewish sports leaders and their friends infested with the Talmud, for pacifists, political Catholics, pan-Europeans, and the rest.
They are worse than cholera and syphilis, much worse than famine, drought, and poison gas.
Do we want them in the Olympic Games in Germany? Yes, we must have them. We think they are important for international reasons. There could not be better propaganda for Germany.
The Way Lightning Splits the Sky
Tales of a Modern Medicine Man
David Maraniss wrote a great biography of Jim Thorpe called Path Lift by Lightning. This biography was mentioned when discussing Jim Thorpe's athletic abilities in the 1912 Olympics and how Avery Brundage might have been jealous of him.
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That's David Maraniss, Washington Post editor and author of a great biography of Jim Thorpe called Path Lift by Lightning. We called him up to talk about Brundage and Thorpe in 1912.
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Episode: Hitler’s Olympics, Part 4: Outcast in Olympia
David Maraniss wrote a great biography of Jim Thorpe called Path Lift by Lightning. This biography was mentioned when discussing Jim Thorpe's athletic abilities in the 1912 Olympics and how Avery Brundage might have been jealous of him.
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That's David Maraniss, Washington Post editor and author of a great biography of Jim Thorpe called Path Lift by Lightning. We called him up to talk about Brundage and Thorpe in 1912.
Dreamers and Schemers
How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
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Blackpink
Queens of K-Pop
It was mentioned as a book Jesse Owens wrote in response to the Black Power movement, where he discusses Lutz Long and his supposed friendship with him.
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He titled it Blackthink, one of a series of books he wrote at the end of his life with a white co-author.
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Episode: Hitler’s Olympics, Part 7: Long Jump, Tall Tale
It was mentioned as a book Jesse Owens wrote in response to the Black Power movement, where he discusses Lutz Long and his supposed friendship with him.
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He titled it Blackthink, one of a series of books he wrote at the end of his life with a white co-author.
Don't pass up your Olympics and your Lutz Long. Don't let the Blackthinkers sell you out.
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How Non-Conformists Move the World
In the episode, the host referenced the title as one of Adam Grant's bestsellers, noting that it explored innovation and creativity in the workplace. The mention highlighted its relevance to the discussion about non‑conformist thinking, but no detailed endorsement was given.
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