最佳Longshot播客 (2024)

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Episode 11: ”First They Ignore You” 15:15

5M ago15:15

15:15

Series Finale. Mark Cuban checks a text message, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite, Elvis Is dead, and we're not feeling great ourselves... But there's always hope.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 10: ”Gold Coins, Bill Murray, and a Genius Hillbilly” 17:40

5M ago17:40

17:40

On the brink of collapse, the brothers have a crazy idea to mint Bill Murray gold coins. But they need Bill Murray's permission to get it done. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 9: ”We Got Screwed By Aunt Becky” 18:16

5M ago18:16

18:16

A college admissions scandal derails CHIVE TV. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 8: ”We Bet The Farm” 14:25

5M ago14:25

14:25

theCHIVE decides to place one of the largest bets in the history of tech after failing to make good beer. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 7: ”Really, Mark Zuckerberg… Really?” 16:58

6M ago16:58

16:58

theCHIVE decides to do something unthinkable, they pick a fight with Facebook. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 6: ”The Playboy Mansion: Part 2” 15:03

6M ago15:03

15:03

The Resig brothers suggest Playboy go non-nude. A mysterious envelope appears with a message that jeopardizes the entire deal. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 5: ”The Playboy Mansion: Part 1” 14:37

6M ago14:37

14:37

After multiple failed attempts to sneak into the Playboy Mansion, the Resig Brothers receive an official invite to the legendary Midsummer Night's Dream Party. There, they receive an alluring offer. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.…

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Episode 4: ”We Owed Bill Murray Money” 16:50

7M ago16:50

16:50

The company was selling so many Bill Murray t-shirts they owed Bill Murray a small fortune. But the urban legends are all true - He has no agent, manager, not even a cellphone. Bill Murray's mythical 1-800 number was their only hope. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.…

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Episode 3: ”Keep Calm and Chive On” 15:15

7M ago15:15

15:15

A lucky couple discovers a poster worth millions in an antique bookstore in England. It somehow ends up in a small cottage in Venice Beach, California. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 2: ”The $10,000 Tip” 18:42

7M ago18:42

18:42

A group of kids manufacture a fake story about a waiter getting a $10,000 tip that goes viral and puts them in the national spotlight. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Episode 1: ”Fence Jumper” 17:21

7M ago17:21

17:21

With 5 days remaining before rent is due, and no way to pay it, a young actor decides to jump a fence and crash the audition for the pilot episode of the HBO vampire drama, True Blood. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.…

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LONGSHOTS: TRAILER 1:29

8M ago1:29

1:29

Longshots is the story of two brothers from the Midwest with nothing to lose who created a tech empire. First episode available Thursday, September 28th, 2023. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at longshots@thechive.com Subscribe to our newsletter and leave a comment HERE.由Chive Media Group

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Part 10 Bonus: Dan Lust 17:28

2y ago17:28

17:28

Shortly after the publication of Payback, Part 10, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced it had ratified groundbreaking collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with both the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams, guaranteeing the players equal pay—the resolution of a decades-long fight by Jessica McDonald the women’s team for gender equality. In thi…

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Part 10: Pay Up 46:41

2y ago46:41

46:41

In late 2020, something unusual happens: Jessica McDonald and her USWNT teammates lose—this time in court, as the players’ lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation suffers a major setback. Yet, with a new president of U.S. Soccer on their side, the groundwork is laid for a breakthrough, including equal payments for the men's and women's teams. At…

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Part 9 Bonus: Dr. Leeja Carter 20:49

2y ago20:49

20:49

As listeners heard in Part 9 of Payback, the role of athletes acting as advocates has never been more prevalent—or more polarizing. That’s particularly true for women athletes of color. In this extended interview, Alex Andrejev speaks with Dr. Leeja Carter, an associate professor of exercise psychology at Temple University, about the intersection o…

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Part 9: Nasty Women 33:11

2y ago33:11

33:11

In early 2019, heated internal negotiations explode into public view as 28 USWNT players, including Jessica McDonald, file a landmark lawsuit against U.S. Soccer for “institutionalized gender discrimination.” In that lawsuit, the players argue they play more games and win more often than the U.S. men’s team, yet still receive less pay from the fede…

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Part 8: My Other Half 32:03

2y ago32:03

32:03

The unlikeliest of U.S. Women’s National Team journeys comes full circle in a doctor’s office. There, on a phone call during a routine checkup for her reconstructed knee, 31-year-old Jessica McDonald gets the call she’s waited for her entire life. But realizing her global soccer ambitions will mean once again contending with home life as a single m…

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Part 7: Smooth as Butter 29:32

2y ago29:32

29:32

After her first minutes with the U.S. Women’s National Team, Jessica McDonald returns to the NWSL, and is once again on the move. This time, it’s her entire team, as the Western New York Flash become the North Carolina Courage. McDonald is only paid roughly $13,000 per season; but she flourishes back in the Triangle, where she’d once attended colle…

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Part 6 Bonus: Dr. Tanya Prewitt-White 20:54

2y ago20:54

20:54

Content warning: This episode contains adult language and adult themes, including sexual coercion and emotional abuse. If you or anyone you know is facing these issues, help is available through RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. Visit RAINN.org, or call their hotline: 800-656-HOPE. As listeners heard in Part 6 of Paybac…

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Part 6: Hanging by a Thread 39:58

2y ago39:58

39:58

Content warning: This episode contains adult language and adult themes, including sexual coercion and emotional abuse. If you or anyone you know is facing these issues, help is available through RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. Visit RAINN.org, or call their hotline: 800-656-HOPE. In 2013, Jessica McDonald makes it to …

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Part 5: The Tiny Prophet 31:47

2y ago31:47

31:47

In 2010, Jessica McDonald is drafted by the Chicago Red Stars of WPS, the women’s professional soccer league. The WPS acts as a feeder system for the larger U.S. national team, and McDonald is poised to become the fresh blood the USWNT needs. But in her first pro start, McDonald tears the patellar tendon in her left knee. The best-case prognosis: a…

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Part 4: Tough as Nails 34:38

2y ago34:38

34:38

Following the fateful encounter with her mother, Jessica McDonald runs away from home. Soon, her grades flounder, leaving her ineligible for Division I athletics at all. McDonald's road to Chapel Hill detours through a nearby junior college in Phoenix, where she improves her GPA — and rewrites the juco record books as the most decorated female athl…

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Part 3: The Safe Place 29:43

2y ago29:43

29:43

Throughout Jessica McDonald's tumultous childhood, there was one person she could always turn to: her grandmother Abbie, who becomes McDonald's biggest cheerleader. McDonald becomes a superstar for multiple Cactus High School sports teams, but the Sereno Soccer Club she plays for after school is where she truly stands out. And as McDonald leads Ser…

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Part 2: A Coping Mechanism 26:48

2y ago26:48

26:48

A child of a broken home, McDonald finds her calling — and her refuge — on the playing field. She grows up competing against her brother, cousins and other boys in the neighborhood, and no matter what the sport — basketball, volleyball, football, track — as the child of two talented athletes, McDonald can do it all. But she now shares for the first…

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Part 1: The Roach Motel 34:15

2y ago34:15

34:15

The 2019 World Cup-champion U.S. Women’s National Team was arguably the most dominant team ever fielded by the most dominant institution in soccer. But striker Jessica McDonald remembers that for many people, what that team represented off the field was more important than what it accomplished on it, as fans around the world rallied behind the play…

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Part 5: The Police Station 33:52

2y ago33:52

33:52

According to officials, Jim Duncan walked into the Lancaster Police Station on Oct. 20, 1972, and crossed the lobby in just a few steps. Without saying a word, authorities allege, he ripped the revolver from the holster on an unsuspecting officer's hip, stepped back, and shot himself in the head. But what sort of investigation was done after the fa…

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Part 4: October 20, 1972 29:53

2y ago29:53

29:53

After a series of injuries and bizarre behavior, Jim Duncan's last chance to catch on with a new NFL team fell short. By the fall of 1972, he was back in Lancaster; his career was over, his marriage wasn't much better off, and he was running out of money. On the morning of Oct. 20, 1972, Duncan left his family's house and drove downtown. It was the…

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Bonus 1: Seth Stoughton 31:47

2y ago31:47

31:47

Seth Stoughton, whom listeners heard in the podcast, was a police officer before becoming a lawyer. Today, he teaches at the University of South Carolina School of Law, and is an expert in the evolution of policing tactics throughout American history. In this extended interview, Stoughton talks about lessons today's officers can learn from a case l…

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Part 8: Speaking from the Grave 33:18

2y ago33:18

33:18

For some, including some of Jim Duncan's friends, the past is better left in the past. But for others, there could never be closure with so many open questions; and the chance to find answers is worth the pain of asking one last time. Late in our reporting, we learned that a legal team in New York could begin an independent investigation of this ca…

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Part 1: The Milltown 28:32

2y ago28:32

28:32

Jim Duncan was one of eight children, growing up in a shotgun house on the poorest side of a small South Carolina milltown. There in Lancaster, the public facilities were segregated—but one of the few spots Blacks and whites both called home was the lone football field in town, shared by the Black and white high schools. There, Duncan began carving…

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Part 3: The Burden 23:40

2y ago23:40

23:40

Following his Super Bowl win, Jim Duncan fell in love with a woman he met in South Carolina. But financial obligations soon sapped his joy for the game, and those who knew Jim say his personality began changing in unsettling ways. They speculate that for a rising star playing arguably the most dangerous position on the football field, head injuries…

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Bonus 2: Paula Johnson 20:48

2y ago20:48

20:48

Paula Johnson, whom listeners heard in the podcast, is a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law, and co-director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI). Her team at CCJI could soon begin investigating Jim Duncan's death from a legal perspective. In this extended interview, Johnson talks about how her team of student-volunteers appr…

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Part 2: From the Cotton Fields to Glory 26:50

2y ago26:50

26:50

Jim Duncan's rare athleticism made him a star on the Maryland State College football team, where he played offense, defense and special teams. In 1968, he was a fourth-round draft pick by the Baltimore Colts, and soon became the leading kickoff return man in the NFL, enjoying a level of celebrity and status that friends and family back in Lancaster…

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Part 7: Conspiracy 28:06

2y ago28:06

28:06

In the weeks following Jim Duncan's death, conspiracy theories proliferated throughout the Black community in Lancaster. Was his death really about drugs? A woman? His skin color? Many other proposed versions of events seemed equally as implausible as the official narrative—but one scandalous theory came up time and time again, and it was one we co…

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Part 6: The Inquest 27:57

2y ago27:57

27:57

Following Jim Duncan's death, the Lancaster County coroner called an inquest to determine what happened inside the police station. Seven witnesses were called to testify under oath; all worked at, or with, the Lancaster police department. After a short deliberation, the small jury concluded that Duncan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But …

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Introducing Return Man 1:57

2y ago1:57

1:57

From The Herald in Rock Hill, S.C., McClatchy Studios and iHeartRadio comes an investigation into the life and mysterious death of the only Super Bowl champion from Lancaster, S.C. At one time, Jim Duncan was a star on the rise for the Baltimore Colts; the NFL’s leading kickoff returner in 1970; and a hero of that year’s title game. Then, two years…

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Introducing Payback 2:23

2y ago2:23

2:23

From The Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer, McClatchy Studios and iHeartRadio comes the remarkable journey of Jessica McDonald, a striker on the 2019 World Cup-champion U.S. Women's National Team who might not be a household name, but whose story you’ll never forget. A teen runaway who became a single mom, McDonald reveals for the first t…

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Bonus: Seth Stoughton 31:47

3y ago31:47

31:47

Seth Stoughton, whom listeners heard in the podcast, was a police officer before becoming a lawyer. Today, he teaches at the University of South Carolina School of Law, and is an expert in the evolution of policing tactics throughout American history. In this extended interview, Stoughton talks about lessons today's officers can learn from a case l…

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Bonus: Paula Johnson 20:48

3y ago20:48

20:48

Paula Johnson, whom listeners heard in the podcast, is a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law, and co-director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI). Her team at CCJI could soon begin investigating Jim Duncan's death from a legal perspective. In this extended interview, Johnson talks about how her team of student-volunteers appr…

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Speaking from the Grave 33:18

3y ago33:18

33:18

For some, including some of Jim Duncan's friends, the past is better left in the past. But for others, there will never be closure with so many open questions; and the chance to find answers is worth the pain of asking one last time. Late in our reporting, we learned that a legal team in New York could begin an independent investigation of this cas…

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Conspiracy 28:06

3y ago28:06

28:06

In the weeks following Jim Duncan's death, conspiracy theories proliferated throughout the Black community in Lancaster. Was his death really about drugs? A woman? His skin color? Many other proposed versions of events seemed equally as implausible as the official narrative—but one scandalous theory came up time and time again, and it was one we co…

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The Inquest 27:57

3y ago27:57

27:57

Following Jim Duncan's death, the Lancaster County coroner called an inquest to determine what happened inside the police station. Seven witnesses were called to testify under oath; all worked at, or with, the Lancaster police department. After a short deliberation, the small jury concluded that Duncan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But …

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The Police Station 33:52

3y ago33:52

33:52

According to officials, Jim Duncan walked into the Lancaster Police Station on Oct. 20, 1972, and crossed the lobby in just a few steps. Without saying a word, authorities allege, he ripped the revolver from the holster on an unsuspecting officer's hip, stepped back, and shot himself in the head. But what sort of investigation was done after the fa…

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October 20, 1972 29:53

3y ago29:53

29:53

After a series of injuries and bizarre behavior, Jim Duncan's last chance to catch on with a new NFL team fell short. By the fall of 1972, he was back in Lancaster; his career was over, his marriage wasn't much better off, and he was running out of money. On the morning of Oct. 20, 1972, Duncan left his family's house and drove downtown. It was the…

1
The Burden 23:40

3y ago23:40

23:40

Following his Super Bowl win, Jim Duncan fell in love with a woman he met in South Carolina. But financial obligations soon sapped his joy for the game, and those who knew Jim say his personality began changing in unsettling ways. They speculate that for a rising star playing arguably the most dangerous position on the football field, head injuries…

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From the Cotton Fields to Glory 26:50

3y ago26:50

26:50

Jim Duncan's rare athleticism made him a star on the Maryland State College football team, where he played offense, defense and special teams. In 1968, he was a fourth-round draft pick by the Baltimore Colts, and soon became the leading kickoff return man in the NFL, enjoying a level of celebrity and status that friends and family back in Lancaster…

1
The Milltown 28:32

3+ y ago28:32

28:32

Jim Duncan was one of eight children, growing up in a shotgun house on the poorest side of a small South Carolina milltown. There in Lancaster, the public facilities were segregated—but one of the few spots Blacks and whites both called home was the lone football field in town, shared by the Black and white high schools. There, Duncan began carving…

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Longshot: Return Man Trailer 1:56

3+ y ago1:56

1:56

From The Herald in Rock Hill, S.C., McClatchy Studios and iHeartRadio comes an investigation into the life and mysterious death of the only Super Bowl champion from Lancaster, S.C. At one time, Jim Duncan was a star on the rise for the Baltimore Colts; the NFL’s leading kickoff returner in 1970; and a hero of that year’s title game. Then, two years…