Gobi | From This Is Love
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Gobi | From This Is Love

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 202624 min

We're taking a break to bring you an episode of This Is Love, from the makers of Criminal and hosted by Phoebe Judge. Where Heavyweight explores past regrets, This Is Love looks at the expansiveness of all kinds of love — sometimes love between people, sometimes not. In June of 2016, Dion Leonard attempted one of the toughest races in the world — a 155-mile ultramarathon through the Gobi Desert in China. At the start of day two, he looked down and saw a little brown dog chewing on his shoes. Dion and the little dog were about to embark on an...

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And we're here to tell you, I feel like we were about to launch into like an early 80s rap. And we're here to say, if you like heavyweight, I think you might enjoy the podcast, This is Love. It's from the makers of Criminal and hosted by Phoebe Judge. It's another narrative nonfiction podcast.

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