5: LEADING: Michael Johnson: Politics, protest, and sport

Leading

Goalhanger Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Do athletes now have a responsibility to use their platform to promote political change? Four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson sits down with Alastair to discuss the future of athletics, drugs in sport, political polarisation, and recovering from a stroke that doctors feared could stop him from ever walking again. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive a weekly newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Email: [email protected] Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to the rest is politics, sign up to the rest is politics plus to enjoy
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0:07.4	early access to live show tickets. Just go to the rest is politics dot com.
0:10.9	That's the rest is politics.com.
0:13.0	Welcome.
0:15.0	Welcome to another episode of the rest is politics leading.
0:20.0	And I am absolutely thrilled with the
0:26.8	guest in front of me right here in his rather splendid studio in London.
0:32.4	Rory is not with us, but then again, given that the person I have in the studio with me,
0:38.0	I don't know if Rory would even know who you were mine.
0:41.0	I mean, he's fair to say he's not the biggest sports fan in the world
0:46.4	okay so I've given you two clues people he's a sports guy and his name is Michael
0:51.6	and I'll fill in the gaps he shares a name if I may just
0:56.1	very briefly stay on politics he shares a surname with the worst prime minister
1:00.5	this country has ever had. Welcome Michael Johnson.
1:05.0	Good to be here.
1:07.0	Good to be here.
1:08.0	Good to see you.
1:10.0	And as Rory would say, for those who haven't been following the Michael Johnson story as closely as
1:14.8	Alister has Michael is without doubt one of the greatest athletes ever held the 200 metre and 400 meter records for a very very long time.
1:27.0	But I want to start off Michael by talking about something that you've kind of explored a lot and that is the role of
1:36.0	sport in political social change. One of the kind of key figures in the company that does this podcast is Gary Linnaker former footballer
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