Episode 421: Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN. His new book is Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last.\n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re going to write a profile of someone \u2026 you have to find some piece of common ground with them so that no matter how famous or good or noble or bad\u2014or no matter how cartoonish their most well-known attributes are\u2014it shrinks them. And once they\u2019re small enough to fit in your hand, I think it changes the entire experience of asking questions about their lives.\u201d\n\nThanks to Mailchimp for sponsoring the show.\n\nShow notes:\n\nwrightthompson.com\nThompson on Longform\n01:00 Pappyland (Penguin Random House \u2022 2020)\n02:00 Bloodlines (ESPN Investigates \u2022 2020)\n18:00 "The Secret History of Tiger Woods" (ESPN \u2022 Apr 2016)\n18:00 "Michael Jordan Has Not Left The Building" (ESPN \u2022 Feb 2013)\n18:00 "Holy Ground" (ESPN \u2022 Jun 2007)\n31:00 \u201dMichael Jordan: A History of Flight" (ESPN \u2022 May 2020)\n47:00 "As Clayton Kershaw Waits for Baseball to Return, a Look at His Family, Legacy and Future" (ESPN \u2022 Apr 2020)\n49:00 The Big Fella (Jane Leavy \u2022 Harper \u2022 2018)\n52:00 "Pat Riley's Final Test" (ESPN \u2022 Apr 2017)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices