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BOLTED
by Bleav
BOLTED is a six-part docuseries podcast from BLEAV Podcast Network that chronicles the rise and fall of the San Diego Chargers, the fight to keep them that split a city in two, and the aftermath that left a football team without fans, and football fans without a team. Dozens of former players, staff, politicians, reporters, and academics all weigh in for this story of money, power, and a little bit of football.
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BOLTED: The Saga That Made San Diego a Football Widow – Trailer
A look into what's to come on BOLTED
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Chapter 6 - The Fight for Nothing
2017. What was once unthinkable has become reality. The San Diego Chargers are now the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers’ move is the NFL’s grandest experiment yet. A test of civic pride, media market rights, and real estate deals. Money, power, and just a little bit of football. In our final...
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Chapter 5 - The Definition of Insanity
January 2015. New San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer triumphantly declared in his first State of the City address that he would be assembling a group of civic leaders to “keep the Chargers in San Diego where they belong.” But the Chargers were no longer the only team eyeing a move to Los Angeles.…
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Chapter 4 - Masters of Disaster
By the start of the 21st century, the Chargers franchise was in shambles. They were the worst team in football, playing in an aging and increasingly obsolete stadium. But change was coming. On the field, the organization underwent one of the most successful rebuilds ever accomplished in football,...
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Chapter 3 - Time Bombs
As the nineties came to a close, two parallel crises were slowly building in San Diego. The first was at City Hall, where the city’s pension system was pushing the city to the brink of financial ruin. The second was with the Chargers, whose elite prospect QB Ryan Leaf was about to take the field....
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Chapter 2 - The Bottom Line
In 1984, majority interest in the Chargers was bought by Alex Spanos, a construction magnate who rose from rags to riches. But how did the Spanos family first accumulate their fortune? How did their management style influence their conduct as owners? And what happens when a team of underdogs…
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Chapter 1 - Identity Theft
January 12th, 2017. The San Diego Chargers of the NFL packed their bags after 56 years of calling San Diego home, and headed north to Los Angeles. But to understand why, we have to go back decades, even centuries. How is the history of these two cities intertwined by centuries of a bitter…
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BOLTED: The Saga That Made San Diego a Football Widow - Trailer
BOLTED is a six-part docuseries podcast from BLEAV Podcast Network that chronicles the rise and fall of the San Diego Chargers, the fight to keep them that split a city in two, and the aftermath that left a football team without fans, and football fans without a team. Dozens of former players,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
BOLTED is a six-part docuseries podcast from BLEAV Podcast Network that chronicles the rise and fall of the San Diego Chargers, the fight to keep them that split a city in two, and the aftermath that left a football team without fans, and football fans without a team. Dozens of former players, staff, politicians, reporters, and academics all weigh in for this story of money, power, and a little bit of football.
HOSTED BY
Bleav
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BOLTED is a six-part docuseries podcast from BLEAV Podcast Network that chronicles the rise and fall of the San Diego Chargers, the fight to keep them that split a city in two, and the aftermath that left a football team without fans, and football fans without a team. Dozens of former players,...
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BOLTED is created and hosted by Bleav.
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