Stop Doing That

#3: Spring Football Leagues

Why is football a Fall and Winter sport? On this episode, John takes us through the many attempts to set up alternative leagues to rival the NFL. Andrea does not understand football.
 
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#2: Thomas Fitzpatrick

Andrea is in the lead for this episode of Stop Doing That and she gets to talk about one of her all-time favorite people, the high-flying daredevil Thomas Fitzpatrick. 
 
No AI generated content is used by Stop Doing That for any part of the writing, recording, or editing processes.
 
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$10,000 bail in landing; pilot who set plane down in street arraigned here. The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. (n.d.-a). https://nyti.ms/43pZ6Dx
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Long ago, a pilot landed on an Uptown Street. that’s where the bar was. - The New York Times. (n.d.). https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/long-ago-a-pilot-landed-on-an-uptown-street-thats-where-the-bar-was/
Pilot imprisoned in Street Landing; Jersey Steamfitter gets 6 months for 2D descent on Upper West Side. The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. (n.d.-b). https://nyti.ms/47CGq60
Pilot’s Landing in Uptown Street repeats his stunt of 2 years ago; landing in Street repeated by Flier. The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. (n.d.-c). https://nyti.ms/3JHgz3M
Tavern’s patron arrives in plane; Aircraft Mechanic Lands “borrowed” plane in street. The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. (n.d.-d). https://nyti.ms/4983vPb
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Flier Who Used Street as Port Faces Court
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#1: Tania Head

For the first episode John and Andrea hit the deep end and talk about Tania Head, a woman who tried to get away with pretending to be a survivor of the worst terrorist attack in United States history.
 
Stop Doing That makes no use of generative AI for any part of episode writing or production.
 
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