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The Running for Real Podcast

Mike Africa, Jr.: Happiness Is a Choice - R4R 425

The Running for Real Podcast

Tina Muir

Sports, Running, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Live Aid was THE event of 1985. The concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, viewed by 40 percent of the world’s population, was broadcast live from London and… not New York, not Los Angeles, but Philadelphia. A few months earlier, the city’s police had bombed the home of a revolutionary communal organization, MOVE, killing eleven residents, including five children.

The city hoped that by hosting the epic concert, the bombing would be forgotten. It was. Mike Africa, Jr., who lost family and friends, wants to change that through his book, “On a Move,” and his 13 Run Challenge.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running.

0:13.0

Together we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps us become better people.

0:23.3

Whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run

0:25.8

while the rest of the world still sleeps,

0:27.9

or befriending the strangers next to you at the start line of a race,

0:31.3

we are here to connect with others who see running

0:34.1

as the common thread that weaves our lives together.

0:37.1

Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk

0:39.4

with people from all walks of life, united by a love of running. Hello, my friends, welcome to

0:49.0

episode 425 of the Running for a podcast. Thank you for joining me today. I'm excited that you are here.

0:56.9

And those of you who sent me a message after last week's impromptu mini episode, I'm just so

1:05.1

grateful for you. It didn't feel right releasing this episode while my guest today is very inspiring to me. And in many

1:14.9

ways, it's an important message that could have gone out last Friday because of the topic and the

1:21.5

content. It just didn't feel right to me to kind of go ahead as usual. And so I'm excited today. We are back on track.

1:29.4

And with the ideal person for that, as we figure out what this next step looks like.

1:33.9

Today, I am excited to welcome Mike Africa Jr. to the podcast. He's the author of On a Move.

1:40.7

He is the Move legacy director. And you're going to hear hear what move is if you don't already know.

1:46.6

And yes, he is a runner.

1:48.7

So we're going to hear about the way he ties these three parts of his life together about how running,

1:55.5

what running means to him and also the background of his family that has led him to do what he's doing

2:04.2

today. Without any further ado, let's go meet Mike. Thank you to Runner for sponsoring this

2:13.5

episode of the Running for a podcast. You have heard me talking about runner. It's the number one

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