Meet the Tree: Why Jesse Owens Really Brought Hitler's Olympic Gift Home

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Adolf Hitler gave the legendary runner a mysterious gift: four potted oak tree saplings — one for each of the four gold medals that Owens won, while surrounded by Nazis, in one of the greatest performances in the history of sports. Almost a century later, correspondent David Fleming examines what Owens decided to do with his so-called Hitler Oaks... and why that decision remains an enduring act of American defiance. Plus: tree people, myth-busting, redlining and witch-doctor science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.0	When I first met the tree in probably 2016, I thought it was a perfect treat.
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0:53.3	Flem, I'm a plant guy.
1:01.3	I'm a plant guy. I'm a tree guy, you look behind you over your shoulder in our studio.
1:07.6	That is an homage to an interest that I have long held.
1:10.8	Uh-huh, uh-huh.
1:11.8	I don't know if you have a property full of greenery but I don't I live in the
1:17.5	city here in New York. Thank you for being here by the way. You're welcome.
1:21.0	Actually I thought that's why I was here to help you with your
1:24.8	Limelight hydranges which mine are really world-class I'm just gonna go ahead and
1:30.0	say that I'm jealous I have like two dozen houseplants.
1:34.0	Well that's that's pretty good.
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