Ep 709 | Fired in my first hour on 60 Minutes, my 2.29 marathon, oh and my friendship with Stalin's Daughter - Nicholas Thompson

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0	do bad as this episode goes in all sorts of direction we are talking about what has been the
0:06.5	the best book about sport last year in america but actually before we even go into that we talk
0:12.8	about his relationship with Stalin's daughter and becoming very very good friends with her
0:19.4	we talk about what it becomes, what it took to become
0:21.8	a really good journalist as the, one of the editors of Wired and also the New Yorker and his
0:28.4	relationship with his father and how he went from running a mile aged five, and that being one of
0:34.0	the most embedded memories on his young childhood to not running at all,
0:38.3	losing the state final for his high school
0:41.3	in the last race all on him
0:43.9	to not running to then becoming the 50K
0:47.7	American champion and running a 229 in his 40s.
0:51.7	It's got a lot in here, guys.
0:53.2	You're going to love it.
0:55.1	They're bad. They're bad.
0:56.4	They're boys.
0:57.6	And occasionally, they talk about running.
1:00.6	Yes, it's the bad boy running podcast with your host, Jody Rainsford and David Heller.
1:07.0	Come back.
1:10.1	Baby, come back.
1:11.6	But I must admit I was a clown to be messing around.
1:18.6	But that doesn't mean that you have to leave down.
1:21.6	My next guest popped up because I'd seen an article about what they said was going to be the book of the year.
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