What does it take to win Olympic gold? To become "the world's fastest human"? This hour, Olympic fame, the politics of sports, and the science of running.

Original Air Date: July 31, 2021

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-carlos" target="_blank">John Carlos</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/gretchen-reynolds" target="_blank">Gretchen Reynolds</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mark-mcclusky" target="_blank">Mark McClusky</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/michael-powell" target="_blank">Michael Powell</a>

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/fist-and-1968-olympics" target="_blank">The Fist and the 1968 Olympics</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/walk-run-swim-or-bike-most-important-exercise-merely-movement" target="_blank">Walk, Run, Swim Or Bike — The Most Important Exercise Is Merely Movement</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/faster-higher-stronger" target="_blank">Faster, Higher, Stronger</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/magic-rez-ball" target="_blank">The Magic of 'Rez Ball'</a>

What does it take to win Olympic gold? To become "the world's fastest human"? This hour, Olympic fame, the politics of sports, and the science of running. Original Air Date: July 31, 2021 Guests: John Carlos — Gretchen Reynolds — Mark McClusky — Michael Powell Interviews In This Hour: The Fist and the 1968 Olympics — Walk, Run, Swim Or Bike — The Most Important Exercise Is Merely Movement — Faster, Higher, Stronger — The Magic of 'Rez Ball'

What does it take to win Olympic gold? To become "the world's fastest human"? This hour, Olympic fame, the politics of sports, and the science of running.

Original Air Date: July 31, 2021

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-carlos" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Carlos</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/gretchen-reynolds" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gretchen Reynolds</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mark-mcclusky" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mark McClusky</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/michael-powell" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michael Powell</a>

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/fist-and-1968-olympics" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Fist and the 1968 Olympics</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/walk-run-swim-or-bike-most-important-exercise-merely-movement" rel="noopener noreferrer">Walk, Run, Swim Or Bike — The Most Important Exercise Is Merely Movement</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/faster-higher-stronger" rel="noopener noreferrer">Faster, Higher, Stronger</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/magic-rez-ball" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Magic of 'Rez Ball'</a>

Sprinting for the Finish Line

To The Best Of Our Knowledge is a nationally-syndicated, Peabody award-winning public radio show that dives headlong into the deeper end of ideas. We have conversations with novelists and poets, scientists and software engineers, journalists and historians, filmmakers and philosophers, artists and activists — people with big ideas and a passion to share them.

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge is a nationally-syndicated, Peabody award-winning public radio show that dives headlong into the deeper end of ideas. We have conversations with novelists and poets, scientists and software engineers, journalists and historians, filmmakers and philosophers, artists and activists — people with big ideas and a passion to share them. For more from the TTBOOK team, visit us at ttbook.org.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge is a nationally-syndicated, Peabody award-winning public radio show that dives headlong into the deeper end of ideas. We have conversations with novelists and poets, scientists and software engineers, journalists and historians, filmmakers and philosophers, artists and activists — people with big ideas and a passion to share them.

For more from the TTBOOK team, visit us at <a href="https://ttbook.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">ttbook.org.</a>

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