Unsung Heroes, Loveable Losers, Also-Rans, and Forgotten Failures

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For those with a few minutes to spend. On those who spent theirs in a losing cause.

We may not have a “winner take all” culture, but it often feels that way. We have a tendency to overvalue winners and overly devalue losers. However, if you look just a notch or two below the undisputed champions, the world-changers, the gold medal winners who bestride their domains like colossi, there are thousands of stories – sometimes cautionary, sometimes inspiring – among those who didn’t quite make it to the very pinnacle.

This podcast is about them. We hope you’ll enjoy listening to these short stories and that you find them as interesting to sample as we have found it rewarding to report on.