Jan 29, 2018
Bryan Fogel joins Lance to discuss his Academy Award nominated Best Documentary, Icarus. They discuss Bryan’s original vision of the film and how that changed. Bryan goes into detail about he got to know former Russian anti doping lab director Grigory Rodchenkov. They review the doping program that Bryan was on to compete at the Haute Route. Part one concludes with Bryan elaborating on how Russia was able to circumvent the testing process during the Sochi Olympic Games.
worth reading this https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/russia-doping-rodchenkov/551183/
O M F G ! I watched the movie and this on top of the movie makes it all feel surreal! Thank you so much for hosting Bryan Fogel and having this amazing conversation. Can't wait for part 2 to drop.