344 - Abebe Bikila and the 1960 Rome Olympics
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
This week we look at the historic 1960 Rome Olympics, as well as the incredible life of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila - who seemingly came from no where to win the Olympic marathon barefoot.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://olympics.com/en/athletes/abebe-bikila
https://www.olympics.com.au/games/rome-1960/
https://www.thoughtco.com/1960-olympics-in-rome-1779605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics#Highlights
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abebe-Bikila
http://www.ethiopians.com/abebe.htm
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, just a few letting you know that I'm doing a live book cheat podcast in Melbourne |
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| 0:34.6 | Hello and welcome to another episode of doogawon. |
| 0:38.1 | My name is Dave Waterkey and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. |
| 0:42.3 | Hello David, hello Matt. |
| 0:44.6 | Hello Jess and hello Dave. |
| 0:47.7 | Hello Jess and Jess's cat. |
| 0:49.7 | I don't have a cat. |
| 0:51.9 | My cat is dead. |
| 0:52.9 | How do you? |
| 0:53.9 | I always bring it up. |
| 0:54.9 | I love to bring up people's dead pets. |
| 0:56.8 | Yeah you always, you're like hey Jess how's Archie, your bird that died when you were 17. |
| 1:01.8 | Dave the pet cemetery warner key. |
| 1:03.9 | I finally got the nickname. |
| 1:05.4 | It makes sense now. |
| 1:06.9 | I just love to break the ice. |
| 1:08.6 | Okay well do you want to break the ice on this show by explaining to new listeners how |
| 1:12.7 | it all works. |
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