S11 Ep144: Renaissance Jan
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
In Germany, the hot topic of the last few days has been the release of the new, multi-part Jan Ullrich documentary ‘Der Gejagte’. Daniel reports back on what we as viewers learn and also reflects on how the film in some ways acts as the perfect afterword to his Ullrich biography.
In the final part of the episode, there’s time for a bit more self-examination - in this case from Rob on the ever-evolving craft of the commentator.
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| 0:00.0 | The Hello and joining you on November the 29th in a week when a monument of the sports media |
| 0:25.4 | sports illustrated had to publicly and rather I must say unconvincingly rebut |
| 0:31.0 | allegations by the Futurism website that SI was in the habit of |
| 0:35.1 | publishing AI generated articles written by AI generated writers with AI |
| 0:41.3 | generated names byline picks and even hobbies. |
| 0:45.0 | My name is Daniel Freba and I can assure you that I am the flesh and blood host of this episode of the |
| 0:51.7 | Cycling Podcast in which we'll talk a lot about what it is to be human |
| 0:55.6 | to show vulnerability, fragility, strength and courage on that rather solemn and |
| 1:02.4 | slightly terrifying note. |
| 1:04.0 | Joining me to do all of that today is a man who embodies many of those aforementioned qualities. |
| 1:11.0 | He was an obvious choice today since I'm currently squatting in |
| 1:15.4 | his house in Mayorca or he hunkers down at commentator camp on another Spanish island |
| 1:22.0 | he is not squatting but as ever extremely welcome in |
| 1:26.4 | the cycling podcast Hasienda he is the voice for cycling long-time Euros sport commentator he's Rob Hatch Rob how you doing |
| 1:36.3 | Wena the yes I have to say it does sound like it was too nice that intro you sure it's not |
| 1:41.0 | written by AI? No, no, it was not, it was not, but I did find myself, I found myself worrying about your future, my future as the listeners will know or as they will remember a couple |
| 1:56.4 | of weeks ago I think it was was it my conversation with Taylor Gaggenhart or one of the |
| 2:00.6 | podcasts we did recently I suggested that the 2024 Tour de France might be the last one because we can all be toast because of recent developments in AI and future developments in AI. |
| 2:12.0 | But what a story that was. What a very |
| 2:15.8 | very embarrassing story for Sports Illustrated. For such a renowned publication |
| 2:21.3 | and some of it's been sort of the North Star for a lot of people |
| 2:24.0 | getting into journalism. Very, very worrying and it was one of those that I almost |
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