662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying

2026-02-06 · 53 min · episode 662 · 6 entities

episode page audio

Asserted relationships

→ discusses Society & Culture concept

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Society & Culture
→ hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher company

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
→ discusses Documentary concept

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Documentary

Entities found in this episode

concepts 4

mentioned Society & Culture concept

0.50

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Society & Culture
mentioned Documentary concept

0.50

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Documentary
discusses Society & Culture concept

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Society & Culture
discusses Documentary concept

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Documentary

companys 2

mentioned Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher company

0.70

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher company

0.40

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Episode description as stored

In sports, the rules are meant to be sacrosanct. But when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs, the slope is super-slippery. (Part one of a two-part series .) SOURCES: April Henning , associate professor of international sport management at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Aron D'Souza , founder of the Enhanced Games. Floyd Landis , former professional cyclist, founder of Floyd's of Leadville. Louisa Thomas , staff writer at The New Yorker. RESOURCES: Doping: A Sporting History , by April Henning and Paul Dimeo (2022). " The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong ," by Matt Hart (The Atlantic, 2018). Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong , by Juliet Macur (2014). Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France , by Floyd Landis (2007). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , by Lewis Carroll (1865). EXTRAS: " Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean? " by Freakonomics Radio (2018). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.