About this episode
<p>In sports, the rules are meant to be sacrosanct. But when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs, the slope is super-slippery. (Part one of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/if-youre-not-cheating-youre-not-trying/">two-part series</a>.)</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.hw.ac.uk/profiles/uk/school/ebs/faculty/april-henning">April Henning</a>, associate professor of international sport management at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.</li><li><a href="https://arondsouza.com/index.html">Aron D'Souza</a>, founder of the Enhanced Games.</li><li><a href="https://floydsofleadville.com/">Floyd Landis</a>, former professional cyclist, founder of Floyd's of Leadville.</li><li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/louisa-thomas">Louisa Thomas</a>, staff writer at The New Yorker.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4a2uHik"><i>Doping: A Sporting History</i></a><i>, </i>by April Henning and Paul Dimeo (2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/lance-armstrong-floyd-landis/556868/">The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong</a>," by Matt Hart <i>(The Atlantic,</i> 2018).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4a0Vlbw"><i>Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong</i></a><i>, </i>by Juliet Macur (2014).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZnTRSq"><i>Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France</i></a><i>, </i>by Floyd Landis (2007).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4tiGTmJ"><i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i></a><i>, </i>by Lewis Carroll (1865).</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>EXTRAS:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/has-lance-armstrong-finally-come-clean/">Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?</a>" by <i>Freakonomics Radio</i> (2018).</li></ul></li></ul><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>