In the Moment with David Greene
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 245 ratingsThe most adrenaline-charged, fist-pumping moments in sports happen in the blink of an eye for fans. But those moments are years in the making for athletes. And the impact of them can last a lifetime.
In the Moment is a new podcast from the people who brought you Man in the Arena. Every Tuesday, host David Greene takes you inside the mind of an athlete at a pivotal moment in their career. David combines his experience as the former host of NPR’s Morning Edition with the passion of a diehard sports fan to relive some of the biggest moments in sports.
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Pedro Martínez asks “Who’s Your Daddy?” Now
March 07, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBIn the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox came back from three games to none, eventually forcing the New York Yankees to Game 7. During the do-or-die situation at Yankee Stadium, famed Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez was unexpectedly called to the mound in the seventh inning while the Sox were up 8-1. “I had no business being in that game,” Martínez told In The Moment’s David Greene. “I had a day’s rest.” Martínez had just pitched in Game 6 and was not supp...
Introducing: Roughhousing, Part 1: Hell Week
March 02, 2023 20:45 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIn Religion of Sports' latest podcast series, Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply personal stories of kids who have hazed, parents who have fought for accountability, coaches who are scared of what their players do when they’re not looking, and people who have hazed others, he ultimately asks why hazing is so ingrained in American culture – and what it says about us. Follow ROS ...
Olympian Alexi Pappas and the Art of Reinvention
February 28, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 43.8 MBAmerican-born runner Alexi Pappas competed for Greece in the 2016 Rio Olympics where she smashed the Greek world record in the Women’s 10k. But her journey to the Olympics didn’t fill the void she had expected. Pappas speaks publicly and in her book, Bravey, about the loss of her mother when she was just 5-years-old and the impact that had on her life – on and off the track. She’s now become a mental health advocate for athletes. Pappas sat down with In the Moment’s David Greene to...
Journey to Gold for Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis
February 21, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBIn the 2006 Torino Winter Games, first-time Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis missed out on the gold in the last second of the women’s snowboard cross final. It was a devastating and unpredictable loss for “America's sweetheart” of snowboarding. Jacobellis would go on to attend the next three Olympic Games, falling short of the podium every time. That was until the 2022 Beijing Winter Games when everything came full circle for Jacobellis and her 16-year road to redemption. Jacobellis sa...
Former NFL QB RGIII Talks Comebacks and Commitment
February 14, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MBThanksgiving Day, 2012 was a huge turning point for then-rookie quarterback Robert Griffin, III - RGIII - and Washington. They were three and six and their head coach, Mike Shanahan, had already said the season was essentially over. Then Washington did something no one expected when they took on the Cowboys in Dallas. They won. “You go on Thanksgiving and you obliterate the Cowboys, which is America's team, and you go out and you do it in a way that no one’s ever seen it done befor...
Raiders TE Darren Waller: “I’m Meant to Be Here… It’s not by Accident”
February 07, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 33.5 MBRaiders tight end Darren Waller is now considered one of the best tight ends in the NFL. But just a few years ago, he wondered if he would ever get back to the game. After being suspended for a year from the Ravens for a positive drug test, he was working in a local grocery store and going through rehab. “When I took that job, I had no desire to play football,” Waller told In the Moment’s David Greene. “I was just trying to regain structure in my life.” But Waller did come back to...
Reliving Super Bowl XLII with Former Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin
January 31, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 54.6 MBFormer NFL Head Coach Tom Coughlin sat down with In The Moment’s David Greene to relive arguably one of the most famous games in NFL history and how he coached the underdog Giants to a victory over the undefeated patriots to win Super Bowl XLII.
Center Ryan Jensen on Protecting Tom Brady
January 24, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 33.2 MBThe big question in football right now: What will Tom Brady do next? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended their season with a 31-14 loss to the Dallas Cowboys last week. Now, people are wondering if Brady will leave the Bucs, join another team or retire – again. In the Moment’s David Greene spoke to Buccaneers Center Ryan Jensen about what it’s like to protect Tom Brady on the field. And he spoke to him about what led Brady to retire, then unretire last year. Jensen said Brady’s decision...
Andrew "Big Whit" Whitworth Re-lives Beating The Bengals to Win Super Bowl LVI
January 17, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MBAndrew Whitworth, also known as Big Whit, spent 16 seasons in the NFL as an offensive lineman – 11 of those years with the Cincinnati Bengals before going to the Los Angeles Rams. Despite being a 4-time Pro-bowler– Whitworth constantly found himself on the losing end of big games. When he finally made it to the Super Bowl with the Rams in 2019, the media narrative was that he was old then.. And this would probably be his last game. But the 13-3 loss to The New England Patriots just...
When Rex Chapman Dropped 39 Points on Michael Jordan
January 10, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBOn February 23, 1996 then-NBA star Rex Chapman dropped 39 points against Michael Jordan beating the infamous 72-10 Chicago Bulls. Chapman would go on to play 12 years in the NBA. A series of injuries and surgeries lead Chapman to develop an addiction to opioids. Following an arrest, he was able to overcome his addiction, and turn his life around. He talks to David Greene about how he became a beloved social media personality and advocate for people struggling with addiction. Find o...
A Super Bowl Moment Brings Heartache and Relief
January 03, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 58.3 MBOn February 1, 2009, the Arizona Cardinals faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII. For Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, this was the moment to cement his legacy. For Steelers safety Ryan Clark, it was the end of a yearlong battle with an illness that nearly killed him. The game had two moments that brought both of these athletes to their highest and lowest points. We look at the game from both sides of the field, and hear why this Super Bowl caused “...
UFC’s Francis Ngannou: “Becoming a heavyweight champion was …. my own revenge on my life.”
December 27, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBWhen MMA fighter, Francis Ngannou, stepped into the octagon to take on then-UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, he wasn’t just trying to win the title. Ngannou was on a mission to prove himself to the world. “Life threw me a lot of punches,” Ngannou told In the Moment’s David Greene. “Life put me down and made people doubt me.” Ngannou spent years of his life trying to put that doubt behind him. He grew up in the mountains of western Cameroon and started working in the sand min...
Overcoming Post-Olympic Depression ft. Alexi Pappas
December 20, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 43.8 MBAmerican-born runner Alexi Pappas competed for Greece in the 2016 Rio Olympics where she smashed the Greek world record in the Women’s 10k. But her journey to the Olympics didn’t fill the void she had expected. Pappas speaks publicly and in her book, Bravey, about the loss of her mother when she was just 5-years-old and the impact that had on her life – on and off the track. She’s now become a mental health advocate for athletes. Pappas sat down with In the Moment’s David Greene to...
Carli Lloyd’s Historic World Cup Hat Trick
December 13, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 37.9 MBIn the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, the USWNT suffered a devastating loss to Japan after the 2-2 match went to penalty kicks. In 2015, the two teams faced each other again in the final and this time, Carli Lloyd and the USWNT had something to prove. Lloyd went on to become the first woman in FIFA World Cup history to record a hat trick in a final in their 5-2 win over Japan. Lloyd sat down with David Greene for a special live taping of In the Moment to relive her historic hat...
The Road to Gold for Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis
December 06, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBIn the 2006 Torino Winter Games, first-time olympian Lindsey Jacobellis missed out on the gold in the last second of the women’s snowboard cross final. It was a devastating and unpredictable loss for “America's sweetheart” of snowboarding. Jacobellis would go on to attend the next three Olympic Games, falling short of the podium every time. That was until the 2022 Beijing Winter Games when everything came full circle for Jacobellis and her 16-year road to redemption. Jacobellis sa...
Extra Episode: "The Last Cup"
November 29, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBWith the World Cup upon us, we want to introduce you to a new podcast from NPR and Futuro Studios: “The Last Cup,” a podcast series about soccer and the immigrant experience. Lionel Messi is known as the best soccer player of his generation, but there's one dream he's never achieved: winning a World Cup. Host Jasmine Garsd tells the story of Messi as a young immigrant who left Argentina on his way to soccer stardom. Now, he faces his last chance to win a World Cup - and the respec...
From the “worst kick” of his career to a Super Bowl for former Giants placekicker Lawrence Tynes
November 22, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBThe New York Giants are facing off against The Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving in a division rivalry game that could determine which team comes out on top of the dominant NFC East. Former Giants placekicker Lawrence Tynes knows what it’s like to be under that kind of pressure. During an NFC championship game in 2008, Tynes made “the worst kick” of his career, sending the Giants into overtime against the Green Bay Packers. Tynes spoke to In the Moment’s David Greene about how he cam...
Reliving One of the Biggest Upsets in Soccer History
November 15, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 40.5 MBThe launch of the 2022 FIFA World cup is just around the corner and the youngest team in USMNT history is set to represent the US on soccer’s biggest stage. Former USMNT striker Jozy Altidore sat down with David Greene to relive his time representing the US in two World Cups. His 2009 goal led the US to upset Spain and break that country’s 35-game winning streak. Some still consider it to be one of the most important wins in US men’s soccer history. “It was like a flag bearer mome...
Ryan Clark: “I had tears in my eyes…this is how we'll always be remembered” Super Bowl 43 Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals.
November 08, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 47.4 MBDuring the 2007 NFL Season, Steelers safety Ryan Clark was pulled off a plane after a team loss in Denver Colorado and rushed to the hospital. Clark would later have his gallbladder and part of his spleen removed due to a medical condition caused by the sickle cell trait. “I laid on the floor,” Clark told David Greene, “if I could just numb myself a little bit, the pain will stop.” Just one year later, Ryan Clark and the 2008 Steelers defense were the best in the NFL. With a 12-4...
Robert Griffin, III on returning to the NFL: “When that opportunity comes to play… then I’ll be back playing.”
November 01, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MBThanksgiving Day, 2012 was a huge turning point for then-rookie quarterback Robert Griffin, III - RGIII - and Washington. They were three and six and their head coach, Mike Shanahan, had already said the season was essentially over. Then Washington did something no one expected when they took on the Cowboys in Dallas. They won. “You go on Thanksgiving and you obliterate the Cowboys, which is America's team, and you go out and you do it in a way that no one’s ever seen it done befo...
Pedro Martínez: “Who’s Your Daddy?” Red Sox vs. Yankees 2004 ALCS Game 7
October 25, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBIn the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox came back from three games to none, eventually forcing the New York Yankees to Game 7. During the do-or-die situation at Yankee Stadium, famed Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez was unexpectedly called to the mound in the seventh inning while the Sox were up 8-1. “I had no business being in that game,” Martínez told In The Moment’s David Greene. “I had a day’s rest.” Martínez had just pitched in Game 6 and was not sup...
Denver Nuggets Bones Hyland: “The back-to-back-to-back threes – that was one of the biggest moments in playoff basketball.” (April 2022 NBA Playoffs)
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBBones Hyland of the Denver Nuggets lit up the court during game 4 of the 2022 NBA playoffs against the Golden State Warriors. Denver was down three games to none, and needed to shift the momentum. Hyland helped the Nuggets do just that when he hit a trio of three-pointers in just over a minute. “The back-to-back-to-back threes – that was one of the biggest moments in playoff basketball,” Hyland said. The Nuggets won 126 - 121. Even though Denver would go on to lose the series, th...
Steelers Cam Heyward: “This is the opportunity, everybody's gonna be watching.” (Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs 2016 season)
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 45.3 MBIt was one of the worst defeats in Pittsburgh Steelers history. In week 3 of the 2016 season, the Philadelphia Eagles drubbed the Steelers storied defense 34-3. The next week, the stakes were even higher, as the Steelers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in primetime Sunday Night Football. That kind of pressure would be hard to shake off. But Pittsburgh defensive tackle Cam Heyward went on to have one of the best games of his career. “One thing I’ve learned in my career is...
WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne: “I’ve come this far… I can’t not finish” (2019 WNBA Finals)
September 27, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 40.2 MBTwo-time MVP Elena Delle Donne is considered one of the best to ever play in the WNBA. In 2019, she led the Washington Mystics to their first WNBA championship in franchise history. Playing through three herniated discs, a broken nose and a knee injury, Delle Donne managed to dominate in the winner-takes-all Game 5 putting up 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. “I was given all the warnings. I was told, like, this isn't the greatest way to go about this,” Delle Donne told In ...
NFL Great Larry Fitzgerald: “That was my moment… only to have it snatched away.” (Super Bowl XLIII)
September 20, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBLarry Fitzgerald is considered one of the best wide receivers of all time, and is expected to be a first ballot NFL Hall of Famer. But in his 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, he made it to the Super Bowl just once. In 2009, the Cardinals were the underdogs against the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were behind Pittsburgh most of the game until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. That’s when Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner connected with Fitzgerald, who avoided two safeties...
Raiders TE Darren Waller: “I’m Meant to Be Here… It’s not by Accident” (12/16/2018 Raiders vs. Bengals)
September 13, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 33.5 MBRaiders tight end Darren Waller is now considered one of the best tight ends in the NFL. But just a few years ago, he wondered if he would ever get back to the game. After being suspended for a year from the Ravens for a positive drug test, he was working in a local grocery store and going through rehab. “When I took that job, I had no desire to play football,” Waller told In the Moment’s David Greene. “I was just trying to regain structure in my life.” But Waller did come back to...
Bucs WR Chris Godwin: “It was an out of body experience” (2020 NFC Championship)
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MBTampa Bay’s Chris Godwin is one of the NFL’s best wide receivers. But the career-defining moment that sticks with him: when Tom Brady handed off the ball to him for a five yard run in the 2020 NFC championship game. Godwin says time slowed down. “I'm watching what's happening as I'm doing it,” he tells In the Moment’s David Greene. “It's like an out of body experience.” Now, after sitting out part of last season due to an ACL tear, everyone wants to know if the fantasy football fav...
Introducing: In the Moment with David Greene
August 30, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBFrom the people who brought you Man in The Arena comes a new podcast that takes you inside the mind of an athlete during one of the most important moments of their career. Each week, In The Moment host David Greene sits down with the biggest names in sports to dive into career-defining moments from their point of view, second-by-second. This podcast transports listeners to in-game moments: from Super Bowl touchdowns to heavyweight title fights and everything in between. Hear athlete...
MAN IN THE ARENA (Bonus Episode): Tom Brady Retires
February 03, 2022 18:08 - 36 minutes - 84.4 MBIt's finally time to talk about Tom Brady's legacy. Gotham Chopra is the director of the ESPN Plus docuseries “Man In The Arena” and host of this podcast. He’s also spent a lot of time working closely with Tom as a collaborator and friend. In this bonus episode, Gotham shares his unique perspective and reaction to Tom Brady's retirement. He'll also take you behind the scenes of "Man in the Arena." Journalist and former NPR host David Greene guest hosts. Guest: Gotham Chopra
Man in the Arena: Tom Brady Retires (Bonus Episode)
February 03, 2022 18:08 - 36 minutes - 84.4 MBIt's finally time to talk about Tom Brady's legacy. Gotham Chopra is the director of the ESPN Plus docuseries “Man In The Arena” and host of this podcast. He’s also spent a lot of time working closely with Tom as a collaborator and friend. In this bonus episode, Gotham shares his unique perspective and reaction to Tom Brady's retirement. He'll also take you behind the scenes of "Man in the Arena." Journalist and former NPR host David Greene guest hosts. Guest: Gotham Chopra
Tom Brady Retires (Bonus Episode)
February 03, 2022 18:08 - 36 minutes - 84.4 MBIt's finally time to talk about Tom Brady's legacy. Gotham Chopra is the director of the ESPN Plus docuseries “Man In The Arena” and host of this podcast. He’s also spent a lot of time working closely with Tom as a collaborator and friend. In this bonus episode, Gotham shares his unique perspective and reaction to Tom Brady's retirement. He'll also take you behind the scenes of "Man in the Arena." Journalist and former NPR host David Greene guest hosts. Guest: Gotham Chopra
Post Game
January 18, 2022 08:01 - 26 minutes - 61 MBThere’s an old saying that pro athletes die twice. First, when their career ends. Second, of course… when they actually die. The transition from pro sports to regular life is so extreme that it feels as terrifying as dying. And what’s especially scary about that transition is that you’re facing … the unknown. Tom Brady has figured out the formula to keep playing football for at least the foreseeable future. In some ways, you can look at his time in Tampa as a kind of second life. B...
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 10: Post Game
January 18, 2022 08:01 - 26 minutes - 61 MBThere’s an old saying that pro athletes die twice. First, when their career ends. Second, of course… when they actually die. The transition from pro sports to regular life is so extreme that it feels as terrifying as dying. And what’s especially scary about that transition is that you’re facing … the unknown. Tom Brady has figured out the formula to keep playing football for at least the foreseeable future. In some ways, you can look at his time in Tampa as a kind of second life. B...
Man in the Arena: Post Game
January 18, 2022 08:01 - 26 minutes - 61 MBThere’s an old saying that pro athletes die twice. First, when their career ends. Second, of course… when they actually die. The transition from pro sports to regular life is so extreme that it feels as terrifying as dying. And what’s especially scary about that transition is that you’re facing … the unknown. Tom Brady has figured out the formula to keep playing football for at least the foreseeable future. In some ways, you can look at his time in Tampa as a kind of second life. B...
Football vs. Football
January 11, 2022 08:01 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBThis episode looks at how the NFL and Tom Brady are viewed by the “other” football—AKA soccer. Can American football ever speak the language of international sport, become truly global, expand its appeal across the pond... and even beyond? Or is there something about the game that makes it... too American? And what can football tell us about who we are as a country? Guests: Harry Kane, Roger Bennett (Men In Blazers), Brendan Hunt (co-creator Ted Lasso)
Man in the Arena: Football vs. Football
January 11, 2022 08:01 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBThis episode looks at how the NFL and Tom Brady are viewed by the “other” football—AKA soccer. Can American football ever speak the language of international sport, become truly global, expand its appeal across the pond... and even beyond? Or is there something about the game that makes it... too American? And what can football tell us about who we are as a country? Guests: Harry Kane, Roger Bennett (Men In Blazers), Brendan Hunt (co-creator Ted Lasso)
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 9: Football vs. Football
January 11, 2022 08:01 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBThis episode looks at how the NFL and Tom Brady are viewed by the “other” football—AKA soccer. Can American football ever speak the language of international sport, become truly global, expand its appeal across the pond... and even beyond? Or is there something about the game that makes it... too American? And what can football tell us about who we are as a country? Guests: Harry Kane, Roger Bennett (Men In Blazers), Brendan Hunt (co-creator Ted Lasso)
Real Talk
January 04, 2022 08:01 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBWhen Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl, social media barely existed. But now Brady is kind of a master of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, even Tik Tok. For Brady and other athletes, the key to success is making people think they're seeing the real you—something that is a lot harder than it sounds. And we’re now in a world where pretty much all of us can share something about our personal lives online. But is this online version of ourselves really true to life? And what do the di...
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 8: Real Talk
January 04, 2022 08:01 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBWhen Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl, social media barely existed. But now Brady is kind of a master of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, even Tik Tok. For Brady and other athletes, the key to success is making people think they're seeing the real you—something that is a lot harder than it sounds. And we’re now in a world where pretty much all of us can share something about our personal lives online. But is this online version of ourselves really true to life? And what do the di...
Man in the Arena: Real Talk
January 04, 2022 08:01 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBWhen Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl, social media barely existed. But now Brady is kind of a master of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, even Tik Tok. For Brady and other athletes, the key to success is making people think they're seeing the real you—something that is a lot harder than it sounds. And we’re now in a world where pretty much all of us can share something about our personal lives online. But is this online version of ourselves really true to life? And what do the di...
Risky Business
December 28, 2021 08:01 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBAt one point during Super Bowl 51, the Pats had a .02 percent chance of winning the game. But that game wasn’t the first time that Brady faced long odds. In fact, in a lot of his previous playoff games he’d had win probabilities in the low single digits: 7 percent, 4 percent. But Brady and the Pats kept winning, and in Super Bowl 51… they did it again. So is Brady magic? Or do we just have the idea of probability all wrong? This episode looks at how probability - and risk - influ...
Man in the Arena: Risky Business
December 28, 2021 08:01 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBAt one point during Super Bowl 51, the Pats had a .02 percent chance of winning the game. But that game wasn’t the first time that Brady faced long odds. In fact, in a lot of his previous playoff games he’d had win probabilities in the low single digits: 7 percent, 4 percent. But Brady and the Pats kept winning, and in Super Bowl 51… they did it again. So is Brady magic? Or do we just have the idea of probability all wrong? This episode looks at how probability - and risk - influ...
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 7: Risky Business
December 28, 2021 08:01 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBAt one point during Super Bowl 51, the Pats had a .02 percent chance of winning the game. But that game wasn’t the first time that Brady faced long odds. In fact, in a lot of his previous playoff games he’d had win probabilities in the low single digits: 7 percent, 4 percent. But Brady and the Pats kept winning, and in Super Bowl 51… they did it again. So is Brady magic? Or do we just have the idea of probability all wrong? This episode looks at how probability - and risk - influ...
Time Out
December 21, 2021 08:01 - 29 minutes - 68.7 MBTime just seems to move differently in football. There are 60 minutes on the game clock, but the games take three hours to play. For the players, time can seem to slow down at certain moments, during certain plays. But then... the whole season seems to go by quickly. And most careers are over in only a few years. And it's not just football. For all of us, time flies, it crawls, it stands still, and when we look back we think... Where did it go? This episode looks at what “footbal...
Man in the Arena: Time Out
December 21, 2021 08:01 - 29 minutes - 68.7 MBTime just seems to move differently in football. There are 60 minutes on the game clock, but the games take three hours to play. For the players, time can seem to slow down at certain moments, during certain plays. But then... the whole season seems to go by quickly. And most careers are over in only a few years. And it's not just football. For all of us, time flies, it crawls, it stands still, and when we look back we think... Where did it go? This episode looks at what “footbal...
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 6: Time Out
December 21, 2021 08:01 - 29 minutes - 68.7 MBTime just seems to move differently in football. There are 60 minutes on the game clock, but the games take three hours to play. For the players, time can seem to slow down at certain moments, during certain plays. But then... the whole season seems to go by quickly. And most careers are over in only a few years. And it's not just football. For all of us, time flies, it crawls, it stands still, and when we look back we think... Where did it go? This episode looks at what “footbal...
Fail Safe
December 14, 2021 08:01 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBWhen you’re taught that winning is everything, losing the Super Bowl can be a significant blow. And after a dynasty that saw three titles in four years, a decade-long championship drought can hit hard. But sometimes the biggest failures can ultimately lead to success. GUESTS: Rich Ohrnberger, Xiaodong Lin-Siegler from Columbia’s failure-studies research center Thanks to ESPN and The JFK Presidential Library for the clips used in this episode.
Man in the Arena: Fail Safe
December 14, 2021 08:01 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBWhen you’re taught that winning is everything, losing the Super Bowl can be a significant blow. And after a dynasty that saw three titles in four years, a decade-long championship drought can hit hard. But sometimes the biggest failures can ultimately lead to success. GUESTS: Rich Ohrnberger, Xiaodong Lin-Siegler from Columbia’s failure-studies research center Thanks to ESPN and The JFK Presidential Library for the clips used in this episode.
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 5: Fail Safe
December 14, 2021 08:01 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBWhen you’re taught that winning is everything, losing the Super Bowl can be a significant blow. And after a dynasty that saw three titles in four years, a decade-long championship drought can hit hard. But sometimes the biggest failures can ultimately lead to success. GUESTS: Rich Ohrnberger, Xiaodong Lin-Siegler from Columbia’s failure-studies research center Thanks to ESPN and The JFK Presidential Library for the clips used in this episode.
MAN IN THE ARENA Part 4: Almost Perfect
December 07, 2021 08:01 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBOnly one team in NFL history has had a perfect season, and it wasn’t Brady’s Patriots. In 20007 Tom Brady and the Patriots were on the cusp of perfection when they fell short against the Giants in the Super Bowl. But perfection is a spectrum, and how we define it depends on the metrics we use to measure it. Could that Giants team have been the one with a “perfect” season that year? Could even the 1972 Miami Dolphins’ perfect season have fallen short in some ways? GUESTS: Kevin Gilb...