Today’s podcast is part of a series to accompany my current serialized novel, An Interpreter in Vienna, as we investigate the truth in fiction. You can also listen to the podcast via Apple or Spotify or in the Substack app. As always, feel free to share any of your work related to the conversation. Thank you!
A full AI-created transcript can be accessed on the desktop version.
Keywords:
* Sport as part of Everyday Life
* Both as action, something we do or your character does
* And as culture: supporting teams, iconic athletes, Olympics & nationalism, sport subcultures, songs, designs, pastimes & social activities
* Or the story itself may be about a professional or iconic athlete
* Theatrics of sport / spectacle
* America: baseball
* Austria: skiing
* Sports in literature
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