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501. Friendship Fest with Dinee Dorame & Mario Fraioli

Published: March 29, 2022, 9 a.m.

\u201cI could tell he wasn\u2019t mentoring me because he wanted it to be this public thing that made him look good. I wasn\u2019t his charity case.\u201d

Din\xe9e Dorame had a dream: to launch a podcast that would explore the intersection between running, land, community and culture. So she applied for the first-ever Tracksmith Fellowship program \u2014 and she won. Din\xe9e was one of the first recipients of a Tracksmith Fellowship grant, which gave her the support she needed to bring the Grounded podcast into existence. She was also paired with a mentor: Mario Fraioli, host of\xa0The Morning Shakeout podcast\xa0and creator of\xa0The Morning Shakeout newsletter.\xa0Din\xe9e and Mario started as total strangers, formed a fast mentor-mentee relationship, and now, one year later, are close friends with a "big brother, little sister" bond. In this conversation, they talk about their first phone call, the first time they met in real life, and how their differences have made their relationship stronger.

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What you\u2019ll get on this episode:

  • How Din\xe9e and Mario became paired together as mentor-mentee through the Tracksmith Fellowship (5:20)
  • All about Din\xe9e and Mario\u2019s first phone call (15:15)
  • How a phone call became a friendship (26:10)
  • On podcast rejection! (37:00)
  • Din\xe9e and Mario share the moments when they felt especially proud of each other (44:00)
  • On finally getting to meet in real life (48:00)
  • All about Common Ground (55:00)

For more, check out:

Din\xe9e Dorame on Episode 402 of the Ali on the Run Show

Din\xe9e Dorame on Episode 239 of the Ali on the Run Show

Mario Fraioli on Episode 266 of the Ali on the Run Show

Lauren Fleshman on The Morning Shakeout

Din\xe9e Dorame on The Morning Shakeout

Billy Mills on the Grounded podcast

Ali Feller on The Morning Shakeout

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