From the Radiolab podcast: How one of hockey’s most famous enforcers squared up against the NHL by becoming an all-star fan favorite.
John Scott was the professional hockey defenceman/winger that every fan loved to hate. A tough guy. A brawler. A goon. But when an impish pundit named Puck Daddy (sportswriter Greg Wyshynski) called on fans to vote for Scott to play alongside the world’s greatest players in the NHL All-Star Game, Scott found himself facing off against fans, commentators, and the powers that be. Was this the realization of Scott’s childhood dreams? Or a nightmarish prank gone too far? In this episode of Radiolab, a goof on a goon turns into a parable of the agony and the ecstasy of the internet, and democracy in the age of Boaty McBoatface.
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This episode was reported by Latif Nasser and was produced by Matt Kielty.
Special thanks to Morgan Springer, Faizal Khamisa, Ben Hankinson and Larry Lynch. Check out John Scott's "Dropping the Gloves" podcast and his book "A Guy Like Me." In this episode we had a lot of original music from John Dryden, the Oh Sees, Weedeater and Bongzilla.
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Video by Michael Snyder and Kim Nowacki.
This episode of Radiolab was originally published on podcast platforms with the title "The Punchline."
5 окт 2024
