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7-footers & the case for universal healthcare
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There’s a wild stat that’s floated around basketball circles for a long time: A 7-foot (or taller) American man has a 17% likelihood of being an NBA player. This week, we try to find out if this statistic holds true, and along the way we learn how extremely rare it is to be so tall, why the number of seven-footers in the league saw a dip, and… the case for socialized medicine?
Our guests this week are Barry Bogin, Björn Quanjer, Guillaume Lettre, Stereogum’s Tom Breihan, and The F5’s Owen Phillips.
Check out Owen’s basketball newsletter, The F5: https://thef5.substack.com/
Tom Breihan, “On Being a Giant” & his book: The Number Ones
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Manage episode 489211331 series 3618694
There’s a wild stat that’s floated around basketball circles for a long time: A 7-foot (or taller) American man has a 17% likelihood of being an NBA player. This week, we try to find out if this statistic holds true, and along the way we learn how extremely rare it is to be so tall, why the number of seven-footers in the league saw a dip, and… the case for socialized medicine?
Our guests this week are Barry Bogin, Björn Quanjer, Guillaume Lettre, Stereogum’s Tom Breihan, and The F5’s Owen Phillips.
Check out Owen’s basketball newsletter, The F5: https://thef5.substack.com/
Tom Breihan, “On Being a Giant” & his book: The Number Ones
For more, please subscribe to our newsletter www.nosuchthing.show
Have a question you want us to tackle? Email us: [email protected]
Or leave a voicemail: (860) 325-0286
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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