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UnFictional
UnFictional

Faster and Faster

Hosted by Bob Carlson Aug. 19, 2016 Arts
"If everything seems under control…. you’re not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti

Three stories about speed: giving yourself over to it, overcoming your fear of it, and falling in love with it.

This episode originally aired on February 27, 2015.

Photo courtesy of Bob Carlson.

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Let the Purple Bike Live On

There was something about Dan Dombroski’s flashy purple bicycle that had the power to turn casual bike riders into bicycling champions, and it became a symbol for a...

10 min

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