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PTFO - Hippie, Hooper, Swimmer, Spy: The Basketball Coach Who Secretly Worked for the CIA
PTFO - Hippie, Hooper, Swimmer, Spy: The Basketball Coach Who Secretly Worked for the CIA
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
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No, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are not a government psy-op. But Shaun Raviv from "Sports Explains the World" joins us to tell the story of a sports figure who actually was: The CIA sent Jay Mullen to Uganda, undercover, in the 1970s. His job was to spy on the Soviet Union. But when one of the most notorious dictators in world history made Mullen the head coach of the Ugandan national basketball team, a different mission presented itself. So did The Russian Hulk.
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Released:
May 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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