Ep 239 - Sunday in German (Stephen Rutgers)

Pace the Nation

Farley opens up telling us how disheveled his life is right now, which is so so out of character. At (9:45) we are joined by the director of sales and marketing at the Washington Blade, Stephen Rutgers. Farley opens up explaining why he never confirmed the interview and then we talk about when Farley and Stephen met. At (13:35) Stephen talks about running cross country at GW and his application to Rutgers University, and Stephen talks about his experience coming out in college. At (18:09) he talks about running through injuries after college and how being forced to take time off may have lead to healthier running going forward. At (20:50) we talk about his job at the Washington Blade, DC Pride week, the foundation and Farley learns about the freedom of the press. At (26:23) the foundation helps Pacers with a tshirt and then we get back to the Blade Foundation and discuss the Washington Blade some more. At (31:37) June is Pride Month, we talk about some of the Pride activities and ask Stephen how he feels about progress for the community. At (39:53) we talk about Stephens new Great Dane, Alexis Rose. We are back at (43:52) to wrap up the interview and Farley tells us his in studio indicator for a bad question. At (44:52) PTN was mentioned on an NPR story and at (47:08) we talk about a list of father son duos that have each broken the 4 minute mile. At (50:49) we talk about a 5k PR by former guest Keira DAmato. At (1:02:44) Docs recaps his Saturday Night out that was actually a Saturday Night in. We close out at (1:08:50) talking about the London Marathon although Docs thinks we are talking about the Berlin Marathon.