In this episode of Sports Bizarre, Titus and Mick discuss the biggest doping program in the history of sport. It was East Germany's State Plan 14.25, a strategy to turn an entire state into one big doping program to achieve sporting glory.

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Research

There's a lot written on this topic, I covered it in my book Cheat, and a lot of the more recent events are covered in the German press.

The best book on it I found was Faust's Gold: inside the east german doping machine by Steven Ungerleider. It's got some great chapters on how the files on the program were discovered.

 

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On this episode of Animal Bizarre, Mick and Titus dive into the scandalous saga of the OnlyFans guinea pig who fathered 100 offspring and that snakes can fly.

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Titus and Mick chat about the chaos surrounding the 1988 Seoul Olympics 100m final, diving into Ben Johnson’s steroid scandal, Carl Lewis’ golden opportunity, and all the bizarre twists that made it the dirtiest race in history.

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Mick and Titus dive into the world of kangaroos and uncover the sneaky truth about penguins up to no good.

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Titus and Mick examine Pablo Escobar's bizarre side hustle - a race car driver with dreams of Formula One glory.

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Mick and Titus tackle the antics of a Chinese police dog caught stealing sausages during patrol, a flightless bird than can't walk, and the age old debate of whether dogs deserve a seat at the dinner table.

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The 1945 VFL Grand Final, occurring just weeks after WWII, saw Carlton and South Melbourne face off in one of the most violent games in the history of sport. 

"The Bloodbath" would become remembered more for the mayhem than the football itself.

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Mick and Titus return with another round of unbelievable animal antics from dinosaur leather handbags to crocodile selfies that didn't go quite as planned. 

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Titus unravels the jaw-dropping scandal behind Rugby Union's most infamous moment - Bloodgate.

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Titus O’Reily is joined by stand-up comedian Adam Rozenbachs to chat about elephants unexpected fear of bees, smoking gorillas and bilingual parrots.

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