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Welcome to a Kings Rain.

My name is Andrew Schlecht.

I'm the executive producer and host for the Athletic Embaier Show.

We are incredibly excited to bring you a Kings Rain, a new narrative podcast series

detailing LeBron James' life, career, and impacts.

For the next two weeks here on this feed, we're going to be talking all about LeBron, bringing

you stories beginning all the way back from when he was nine years old.

Telling those stories is a team of journalists here at the Athletic, voices you know very

well, including Sam Amick, David Aldridge, Marcus Thompson, the No Dunks, crew, and many,

many more.

We've gotten an incredible range of people from across LeBron's life and career to contribute

their experiences.

In this first episode, the Athletics Joe Varton details LeBron before the hype.

How LeBron moved from intriguing high school player to an internationally known prospect.

All before he turned 18 years old.

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