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Podcast: Coffee & Grit
Episode: The Legend of Doc Ping
Description: It’s not every episode we get to meet a living legend. In this episode, undoubtedly one of our greatest ever, we have the honor of jamming with Da-I “Doc” Ping, whose life would make Forest Gump look like a homebody by comparison. He fled Communist China at age 9, nearly died before being given one of the first doses of penicillin in Bangkok. He then emigrated to the United States from Japan in order to be safe, but was adopted into an abusive environment. From there, he became an athlete, a coach, a Marine who served with distinction in Vietnam, a husb...