WLF Kicks! Episode 42: Patrick Skene (author, The Big O - The Life and Times of Olsen Filipaina)

Pre-order signed a personally inscribed copies of The Big O: https://bit.ly/2VTyU4D |
It was an absolute pleasure to spend half an hour with writer Patrick Skene, who has written a unique biography of Olsen 'The Big O' Filipaina. We wind our way through eighties rugby league, racism and our shared disappointment regarding the World Cup postponement. Patrick is one of the game's new intellectuals. Required listening
Subscribe to the White Line Fever Kicks! podcasthttps://apple.co/3geeV6N
Get access to a YouTube secret playlist by signing up to my mailing listhttps://bit.ly/3AlhFbd
Hear this content FIRST by becoming a patronhttps://www.patreon.com/whitelinefeverhttp://patreon.com/rugbyleaguenines
Get top quality and exclusive rugby league journalism in your inbox each dayhttp://patreon.com/rugbyleaguelongreads
Pre-order my second book Two Tribes about the 1997 season and the birth of the NRL - and get my first book Touchstones immediately plus 27 months of regular contenthttp://twotribes.substack.com
https://www.facebook.com/WLFpodcasthttps://twitter.com/wlf_podcasthttps://instagram.com/WLFpodandmerch
You can also support this content by buying your Amazon goodies through my affiliate links!https://amzn.to/3gEJy5C (Australia)https://amzn.to/3xvpABe (Canada)https://amzn.to/3zx6psp (UK)https://amzn.to/35AG2E4 (US and rest of the world)
Special thanks to our PATRONSOmar ElrayesRichard YorkKeith WhitelockRaheem BashirDarcy LussickBevan BakerDaryl MasonVivek Nayak
DONATE at https://paypal.me/stevemascord(I may receive a small commission from sales generated through the links above)
Theme song: “I’m Not Here” by Hell City Glamours