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Episode 52: Dan Roberts

Dan Roberts is an attorney and has written about boxing, law, violence against women and - occasionally - good champagne for Deadspin (RIP), Splinter, and others.

Episode 51: Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman is an American showrunner. He is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions.

 

 

Episode 50: Gay Talese

Gay Talese is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.

Episode 49: Alex Vadukul

Alex Vadukul is a city correspondent for The New York Times. He writes for Sunday Metropolitan and is a three-time winner of the New York Press Club award for city writing. He teaches journalism at The New School.

 

Episode 48: Jason Kander

Jason Kander is an American attorney, author, veteran, and former politician. A Democrat, he served as the 39th Secretary of State of Missouri, from 2013 to 2017. 

Before entering politics, he was an intelligence officer in the Army National Guard, achieving the rank of captain.

 

 

Episode 47: Holly Lawson

Holly Lawson is a personal trainer and former professional boxer originally from Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada 

 

 

Episode 46: Evan Rutkowski

Evan Rutkowski is the head of boxing at Ring City USA and formerly worked as a marketing executive for HBO Sports. 

Episode 45: Bruce Pandolfini

Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America's most experienced chess teacher. Pandolfini was a consultant to The Queen's Gambit, a 2020 American Netflix miniseries.

Episode 44: Andre Ward on 'Tyson vs Jones'

Andre Ward is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes. He also won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Olympics.

 

Episode 43: Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.