A medieval scholar is not the first person you’d think to ask about fitness. But when he coped with a loss by getting into weightlifting, Sebastian Langdell rewrote his own self-definition – why not be an intellectual and an athlete? – and launched with producer Austen Rachlis the Secretly Sporty podcast. Journalist Jamelle Bouie, cartoonist Alison Bechdel, musicians Thor Harris and Peggy Ghorbani, and others open up to Langdell about how their exercise routines power their creativity, help them through tough times, and evolve as they age. In these far-ranging conversations that go from soulful to super-detailed, you’re bound to find fresh motivation for nurturing your own “and athlete.”
