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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily
	Episode:		Something in the Water: Where Do Great Athletes Come From? \| Good Sport
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:34:51
	Publish Date:		2023-02-10 11:00:00
	Description:		"Muck City," Florida. Kinston, North Carolina. The courts of New York City in the 80s and 90s. These places share one unique trait: they found a way to produce a particular kind of great athlete, over and over. Is there something in the water – or is it something else? In our first episode, host Jody Avirgan talks to sports journalist Bomani Jones and Olympic table tennis coach Rajul Sheth about talent "hotbeds," the role opportunity and access play in crafting success, and the important distinction between having talent and achieving greatness.
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