About this episode
<p>This episode, first aired in 2019, brings you the story of John Scott, the professional hockey player that every fan loved to hate. A tough guy. A brawler. A goon. But when an impish pundit named Puck Daddy called on fans to vote for Scott to play alongside the world’s greatest players in the NHL All-Star Game, Scott found himself facing off against fans, commentators, and the powers that be. Was this the realization of Scott’s childhood dreams? Or a nightmarish prank gone too far? Today on Radiolab, a goof on a goon turns into a parable of the agony and the ecstasy of the internet, and democracy in the age of Boaty McBoatface.</p><p><i>Special thanks to Larry Lynch and Morgan Springer. </i><br /><br /><i>Check out John Scott's "Dropping the Gloves" </i><a href="https://www.droppingthegloves.com/"><i>podcast</i></a><i> (</i>https://www.droppingthegloves.com/)<i> and his </i><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Guy-Like-Me/John-Scott/9781501159657"><i>book (</i></a>https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Guy-Like-Me/John-Scott/9781501159657) <i>"A Guy Like Me". </i></p><p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS: </strong><br />Reported by - Latif Nasser<br />Produced by - Matt Kielty</p><p>Original music and sound design contributed by -<br />John Dryden, Thee Oh Sees, Weedeater and Bongzilla.</p><p><i>Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. </i><a href="https://radiolab.org/newsletter"><i>Signup</i></a><i> (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!</i></p><p><i>Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of </i><a href="http://members.radiolab.org"><i>The Lab</i></a><i> (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.</i></p><p><i>Follow our show on </i><a href="http://instagram.com/radiolab"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://twitter.com/radiolab"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> and </i><a href="http://facebook.com/radiolab"><i>Facebook</i></a><i> @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing </i><a href="mailto:radiolab@wnyc.org"><i>radiolab@wnyc.org</i></a><i>.</i><br /><i>Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</i></p><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>