Author:
Vicki Mayk is the author of Growing Up on the Gridiron, a book about Owen Thomas, a student and football player at the University of Pennsylvania who committed suicide. Owen was also my next-door neighbor.
Matt, Morgan, Owen, Kathy, and Tom Thomas
Conversation:
Total run time: 38:24
3:59 - Why Vicki wrote this book
8:35 - My relationship with Matt
15:35 - My memories of Owen, including when he broke our window with a bb gun
21:38 - Penn professor Adam Grant on how Owen was special
25:28 - Football as a brotherhood, and if any changes to football should be made
32:05 - Impressions of Parkland School District
The embedded player works best in Google Chrome. You can download the mp3 by clicking here, and the podcast is available in iTunes.
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