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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Ethan Scheiner: Freedom to Win
Description: During the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town young men would lead their underdog hockey team from the little country of Czechoslovakia against the mighty Soviet Union, the juggernaut in their sport and the superpower in their neighborhood. As they battled on the ice, the young players would keep their people’s quest for freedom alive, and forge a way to fight back against the authoritarian forces that sought to crush them.Join us as University of California, Davis, political science professor Ethan Scheiner, whose research focused on the intersection of politics and sports, di...