The Backstory: Back from the dead to take the gold
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
At age 16, Betty Robinson ran in the 1928 Olympics, the first games that allowed women to compete in track and field. She won gold and tied a world record. Three years later, she was in a horrific plane crash. Thought to be dead, she was taken to an undertaker. But her incredible determination and unbelievable recovery led her to another Olympic gold medal.
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| 0:00.0 | Try to imagine this. You're 16 years old and you win Olympic gold in track and field. |
| 0:06.0 | Three years later, you're in a horrific plane crash. They think you're dead. |
| 0:10.5 | But despite permanent injuries, you come back to win another gold five years later. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Patty Steele, beating life and death odds to take home the gold. |
| 0:20.6 | That's next on the backstory. |
| 0:25.0 | Immigration, reproductive rights. |
| 0:28.0 | Why former first lady Michelle Obama will never run for president, |
| 0:32.0 | affordable housing. |
| 0:34.1 | Exactly the type of discussions you'd expect on a sports podcast, am I right? |
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| 0:45.4 | journalist who has spent years writing about and discussing the intersection between |
| 0:50.0 | sports, politics, race, gender, and culture. |
| 0:53.4 | Join me every Thursday as I discuss, debate, and dissect the hottest and sometimes most |
| 0:58.8 | controversial political and social issues with some of the biggest names and smartest people all through the |
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| 1:21.2 | Once again we find ourselves in an unprecedented election, and with all that's happening in the lead up to the big day, a weekly podcast just won't cut it. |
| 1:30.0 | Get a better grasp of where we stand as a nation every weekday on the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:35.6 | Here are season reporters dig into the issues that are shaping voters' decisions |
| 1:39.8 | and understand how the latest updates play into the bigger picture. |
| 1:43.6 | Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:48.6 | The backstory is back. |
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