Brothers On Three with Abe Streep

By Justin Angle

Published November 4, 2021 at 1:56 PM MDT

This week’s guest is Abe Streep, author of Brothers On Three, a chronicle of the Arlee Warriors boys basketball team’s amazing run of state championships and their role in promoting suicide prevention.

In our conversation, we discuss the style of immersive journalism Abe pursued this story with, the systemic hurdles and technical fouls that the team and community faced, as well as the unique combination of people and circumstance that led the Warriors to historic success.

Transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dE2qMSTezvzxAMl5w9bcx_jw6bPfWef-meDOl_lTewQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Justin Angle

Host of A New Angle and Fireline podcasts, Justin is a teacher, scholar, story-teller, athlete, husband and father. He’s executed $100 million bond trades, run 100 mile races, published in outlets like The Washington Post, and failed repeatedly to get his two daughters to bed without a battle.

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