New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse

01/25/18 • 59 min

Today we’re talking with New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse, about her new book, Norwich.

Norwich is a tiny town in Vermont that has produced eleven Olympians, and Karen’s extremely well-written book looks into how it is that this little town has managed to produce so many successful athletes.

But Karen is also exploring far bigger, universal questions about the relationship of athletic achievement and personal well-being, and really, I think her book Norwich is best understood as a blueprint for how to raise and train athletes to be more than mere medal-winning machines. Norwich is a book about community, about parenting, and how to go about helping kids become fully-developed people who are well positioned to lead happy, healthy lives.

Karen and I also discuss the current state of the Olympic Games, since Karen has been to and has covered a bunch of them and will be at the Olympics again next month, and she and I talk about how her time spent with all-time achievers like Michael Phelps and Tiger Woods has informed her thoughts on the price of greatness.

TOPICS & TIMES:

How do you sum up what this book is about? (1:55)
How do you view the state of the Olympics today? (4:17)
Some of the principles of Norwich that are worth emulating / cultivating (8:51)
Takeaways from the experience of Olympic moguls skier, Hannah Kearney (13:53)
Ford Sayre & Norwich’s culture of volunteering (23:38)
Replicating elsewhere the connection between Dartmouth College & Norwich (28:09)
Praising Effort vs. Praising Results (31:07)
Cultivating Happiness, Cultivating Greatness (on Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, & Hannah Kearney) (34:04)
Placing the Person before the Performer - shifting our priorities (51:14)

Connect with Karen on Twitter at: @bykaren

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Today we’re talking with New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse, about her new book, Norwich.

TOPICS & TIMES:

How do you sum up what this book is about? (1:55)
How do you view the state of the Olympics today? (4:17)
Some of the principles of Norwich that are worth emulating / cultivating (8:51)
Takeaways from the experience of Olympic moguls skier, Hannah Kearney (13:53)
Ford Sayre & Norwich’s culture of volunteering (23:38)
Replicating elsewhere the connection between Dartmouth College & Norwich (28:09)
Praising Effort vs. Praising Results (31:07)
Cultivating Happiness, Cultivating Greatness (on Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, & Hannah Kearney) (34:04)
Placing the Person before the Performer - shifting our priorities (51:14)

Connect with Karen on Twitter at: @bykaren

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Previous Episode

Black Crows Skis - Camille Jaccoux & Julien Regnier

Black Crows is one of the hottest brands in the entire ski world, and today we’re talking with their co-founder, Camille Jaccoux, and head ski designer, Julien Regnier, about the origins and design principles of the brand, a few of the important skis in the history of the company, and what's next.

TOPICS & TIMES:

When did Black Crows start, and talk a bit about what was going on at the time in skiing? (2:58)
When & how Julien and Camille met (9:17)
Chamonix’s particular impact on the company and the skis they were making (12:29)
The 1st Black Crows ski: the Corvus (13:30)
The 2nd Black Crows ski: the Navis (14:45)
The origin of the Black Crows name & the Black Crows logo (16:00)
If someone were to ask, “What do Black Crows skis ski like?”, what would your answer be? (22:03)
Julien on the new-for-this-season Black Crows Daemon (23:25)
Which are your personal favorite skis in the lineup? (29:35)
Outside of the ski world, what areas of design are you interested in? (34:10)
Julien on the Japanese architect, Tadao Ando (34:55)
Camille on the designer, Yorgo Tloupas (36:30)
On the move from making only skis to making other hardgoods, and now, Black Crows apparel (41:10)

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Next Episode

Greg Hill & Chris Rubens' Electric Adventures

This week we're talking to Greg Hill and Chris Rubens. Greg is probably best known for his feats in ski touring, including his accomplishment in 2010 of skiing 2 million vertical feet in a year. And Chris Rubens is probably best known for being dumb enough to try to keep up with Greg.

We sat down with Greg and Chris in Denver to talk about how the two became the unofficial power couple of Revelstoke, and to learn more about the logistics of their latest Electric Adventure which took them from Revy to Colorado in an electric car for a screening of their new film, The Curve of Time.

Greg and Chris talk about what inspired the film, how it embodies both their love of the outdoors and their continued efforts to consider the impact that each of us is having on the environment — and what we might do about that. So I really hope their new film and our conversation here stimulate some new thoughts that get each of us to take some new actions.

TOPICS & TIMES:

When did you guys meet? (2:10)
Greg’s background & trajectory (5:35)
How long have you guys been adventuring together? (8:45)
The Salomon film, Guilt Trip (11:12)
Chris & Gregs' Electric Adventures - the logistics of journeying in various electric cars (15:25)
Recognizing our footprints, taking steps to reduce it (22:38)
Taking action & the charges of hypocrisy (26:08)
The new film by Jordan Manley, The Curve of Time (30:45)

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