Rick Kaufman and Glenn Allen, Legendary authors of Played: The Games of the 1936 Olympics

Legendary storytellers Rick Kaufman and Glenn Allen riff about their seminal book and upcoming series Played: The Games of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. They tell heartbreaking stories that help us conclude that the 1936 Olympics was the most significant games of all time. They have written this important book through the lens of historians, weaving important people and details together to tell the bigger story. The mentors of Rick and Glenn are no less than Ron Howard, President Bill Clinton, and Jonathan Demme. Both were taught to trust their own instincts. Purchase the book today and enjoy reading about American Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage, unmoved by the new Nazi regime's anti-Jewish doctrines. He leads the fight to participate in the 1936 Berlin Games after much debate of a U.S. boycott. Brundage desperately wants to be on the International Olympic Committee. If he doesn't get the Americans to Berlin, he can kiss that dream goodbye.When the vote is decided in Brundage’s favor, AP Sports Editor, Alan J. Gould, friend and champion of the athletes, travels to Berlin to cover all of the “games” being played. Through his eyes we see the machinations of Brundage’s complicity with the Nazis, the tenacity of the proud American athletes, and the extreme pressure from the Nazis on their German athletes. Their stories, heartbreaking and tragic, give rise to feats of heroism that go beyond the playing field.PLAYED is a cauldron of politics, sports, espionage and courage. Along the way we meet some of the most famous people of the time; Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, Eva Braun and the madman himself, Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.