Encore: The GOAT

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Italian cyclist Gino Bartali could rightfully be called "the GOAT" -- the Greatest of All Time -- for his athletic achievements alone. But in this episode, we tip our hats to him as a humanitarian. During World War II, Bartali was living a double life. It involved the Catholic church, secret missions, Jewish refugees, and what may be the most honorable fake ID operation of all time.

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0:00.0	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	Emory, happy Thanksgiving.
0:11.0	Happy Thanksgiving, Ben.
0:12.2	I am thankful to be making this show with you and with the team.
0:15.8	Me too.
0:16.8	We're 44 episodes into this thing and we have a lot of favorites at this point so we thought
0:21.6	we'd listen back to one of them this week while my mouth is literally full of stuff.
0:27.5	And whether you were already subscribed to Endless Thread when this episode came out or
0:31.0	you're hearing it for the first time right now, it's worth a listen.
0:34.9	I guarantee it will make everything feel a little more hopeful.
0:38.2	Ah yes, hope.
0:39.2	A thing we need while arguing with our drunk uncles about politics.
0:42.5	A freaking man.
0:43.5	We'll be back next week with a new episode, but in the meantime, know that we're thankful
0:47.7	for listeners like you.
0:49.4	Okay, enjoy the show.
0:51.1	Gobble, gobble.
0:58.5	Emory.
0:59.5	Yes.
1:00.5	Confession time.
1:02.5	Oh, you know that Michael Jackson gif of him eating popcorn and smiling from the thriller
1:08.1	video?
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