On Basketball, Politics & Life (with Bill Bradley)

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4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Former Senator and two-time NBA champion Bill Bradley joins Preet to talk about his new one-man show, Rolling Along. In it, he reflects on his life’s path and the lessons he learned along the way about basketball, politics, and our shared humanity. Plus, how did Special Counsel Hur’s report go public? What happens if Trump is convicted and then elected? And finally, what’s a motion for reconsideration? For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/bill-bradley-rolling-along-film-nba/ Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:05.0	I'm Preet Barara.
0:08.0	Basketball has a high and it's over, high and it's over.
0:12.0	In the Senate, it just continues because our life
0:14.8	continues, our politics continues, the needs of the people continue, and so it
0:20.9	is an ongoing process.
0:23.4	That's former senator Bill Bradley
0:30.0	and two-time NBA champion Bill Bradley.
0:33.0	Yes, some people can do it all.
0:35.0	After achieving national stardom as a high school and college basketball player,
0:39.0	Bradley found himself studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
0:43.1	He then spent a decade in the NBA, playing for the New York Knicks,
0:46.7	where he won two titles, the last time the team won a championship.
0:51.1	After retiring from the Knicks, Bradley pivoted once again.
0:54.0	He served three terms as a Democratic senator from New Jersey until 1997.
0:59.0	There he co-sponsored the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and rallied major bipartisan support for its passage.
1:06.6	In 2000, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president, but lost to Al Gore.
1:12.3	Now he's out with a one-man show called Rolling Along.
1:15.7	Streaming on Max, the show chronicles his life and its many ups and downs
1:20.1	from his early years to the floor of Madison Square Garden to the Senate Chamber.
1:24.8	He shares all that he's learned along the way.
1:27.8	That's coming up.
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