Tony Leonardo wears many hats. He’s an author, filmmaker, journalist, commentator, player, and historian of ultimate frisbee.
Co-Author of “Ultimate: The First Four Decades”
Author of “Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man”
Tony’s latest and most important project is “THE LOT,” an independent documentary that tells the story of ultimate frisbee from its beginnings at Columbia High School to today.
Learn more about the film and how to support it here:
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0:00 Support the Landesmans
3:27 Tony’s beginnings in ultimate
5:04 “THE LOT”
12:18 Joel Silver, CHS
17:14 What the title means
19:30 Supporting the film
22:17 Wham-O’s involvement in frisbee
28:50 Becoming the historian of ultimate frisbee
37:55 Legend of Molly Goodwin
41:00 Legends we need to talk to
42:33 Charles Kerr & The Callahan
51:10 Youth initiative ideas
57:05 Tony’s UFA thoughts
1:00:24 Preserving the game
1:04:55 Integrity rule and incentivizing fouls
1:11:10 Telling stories of the sport
1:17:25 Jose Cuervo
1:21:08 Book giveaway
1:25:07 “Flatball”
1:27:25 Female Pioneers
1:29:40 How to conduct an interview
1:33:40 Retro designs
1:35:40 Pod Practice Fantasy
1:39:04 Macho Sidewinder
1:43:00 Wham-O Frisbee Master
1:48:42 Tony Time, Story Time with Tony
1:49:15 Outro
3 Comments
great episode
It's fine to allow a guest to self-promote but in this case it felt excessive and got boring. I stopped listening when he was reading names of donators like a Twitch streamer.
I am never calling the macho sidewinder a flick again 😂