THE SIGNAL
We explore the 'sweet science' when we meet Baltimore boxing trainer Mac Lewis.
We also hear from boxing champ Mike 'The Persecutor' Paschal, who remembers what it was like to step into the ring for his first professional fight.
Poet Reginald Harris shares some verse inspired by the squared circle
Writer Lionel Foster explores his own reaction to the televised blood-sport of Ultimate Fighting.
We also get a look inside a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa. Skher Brown, Denzel Mitchell, and Mari Gardner join us to talk about what it takes to hold your own in the Afro-Brazilian fight-dance of Capoeira.
And a meditation from writer J Robert Lennon on the darker side of athletic rivalries.
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