#15: Louie Lazar
How Tibet Fell in Love with Hoops
Louie Lazar is a freelance journalist in New York. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Grantland, and the Jerusalem Post. This podcast is about his Atlantic article Basketball in Tibet - A Sport’s Unlikely Ascent.
We speak about how basketball has become so popular in Tibet, and how it’s providing a sense of meaning and purpose to many Tibetan people, coach Bill Johnson and his impact on the region, the differences between how Americans view the sport compared to the nomads and monks, the relationship between basketball, Buddhism, and meditation, and other topics.
Resources Mentioned:
Basketball in Tibet - A Sport’s Unlikely Ascent
Meet the Jerusalem Old City Basketball Legend Known as Issa 6
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