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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.
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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss how early mapping shaped empires, the cultural rise of a sports icon, and surprising infrastructure in tiny places.
• 📜 On this day in 1608: we dig into how explorers’ mapping and claiming in the New World were more than cartography—they were strategic acts that established settlement patterns, trade routes, resource claims, and rivalries among European powers, setting dynamics that influenced borders and societies for generations.
• 🎂 Birthday highlights: celebrating Arnold Palmer (1929), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), and Jose Feliciano (1945), with a focused look at Palmer — how his charisma, televised appeal, course design influence, and business partnerships transformed golf into a commercial, spectator-driven sport.
• 💡 Fact of the day: the world’s smallest country has its own train system — a striking example of how scale doesn’t determine infrastructure ambition, and how intentional planning, identity, and connectivity can play out even within minimal geography.
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