John Hoberman

University of Texas at Austin

Guest

Professor and former Chair of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin; sports historian and an expert on doping, and author of four books, including Olympic Crisis: Sport, Politics and the Moral Order and Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodesia, Doping

John Hoberman on KCRW

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Lance Armstrong Walks Away from Doping Fight

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