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Episode 102: Brin-Jonathan Butler

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Education, Arts, Books, News

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2014

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Brin-Jonathan Butler has written for SB Nation, ESPN, and The New York Times. His new book is A Cuban Boxer’s Journey. "He smiled at me and just to make small talk, I said, 'You know, you’ve got this gold grill on your teeth. Where did you get that from?' And he said, 'Oh, I just melted my gold medals into my mouth.' And I thought, 'I think I’ve got a story here.'" Thanks to TinyLetter, WW Norton & Company and Open Road Integrated Media for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: @brincio [4:45] Pitching Around Fidel (S.L. Price • 1998) [7:45] Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway • 1952) [12:00] "Mike Tyson Jail Interview" (YouTube) [19:30] Granma [29:30] "Héroes for Sale" (SB Nation • June 2014) [35:45] Split Decision: The Story of Guillermo Rigondeaux (Documentary directed by Butler) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Support for this episode comes from Zell.

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This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

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