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Podcast: Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone
Episode: The RagTag Revolutionaries Who Made the Empire Sweat
Description: In Breaking Away, the Cutters have everything against them. Their bike barely works, their shoes are old and tattered, and only one of them can ride. But they still want to compete in the big race against the best and the brightest rich college kids. Something in us, something in me, feels an eternal ache to see the underdogs win. No one needs to tell us who they are, and we can see if we’re watching the same movie. The Cutters are the team we want to win despite the enormous odds against them. They’re ridi...