Wrestling - Bret Hart

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Bret hart was a natural born wrestler. His dad would torture these big, huge football players for hours. And you can kind of see this when you watch old brent heart matches on you too goodo apaa. The wrestling is scripted, but there's a lot of improv going on. They're the set beats.

All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with authenticity and our desire to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

Thanks to Nick Hakim for the use of his song "The Light".

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