This American Life Ep 668

[Jaybee]

I've been doing a lot of driving for work, so I've been digging through a backlog of podcasts.

Caught this interesting story (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/the-long-fuse/act-three-5) of Mike Friedman and Ian Dille at Jr. Nationals back in the day.

[glepore]

thanks. That was sweet.

[bthornt]

There's a link to an article in Bicycling magazine that accompanies this radio broadcast: https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a22551004/i-made-a-deal-in-a-bike-race/

[XXtwindad]

There's no better way to start the morning than a strong cup of coffee and a well-written article. That was incredibly moving. Kudos to the author. Thanks to the OP for posting it.

[peanutgallery]

I wouldn't accept the jersey...just the hug...and a beer

It seemed like a weird affirmation thing for the author. Seemed to say "you might be an Olympian with a divorce and a dead father....but I really won that one race forever ago and my life is better than yours"

Interesting, but odd