The Times podcast: A lot of magic with ‘Winning Time’
Quincy Isaiah, left, as Magic Johnson and Solomon Hughes as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in “Winning Time.”
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Listen to this episode of The Times:
“Binge Sesh” is a new L.A. Times podcast taking a deep dive into the television shows everyone is talking about. For its inaugural season, the series gets into the HBO show “Winning Time,” which talks about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s who dominated the NBA with their Showtime approach to basketball.
Host: Matt Brennan and Kareem Maddox
Guests: Author Jeff Pearlman
More reading:
‘Winning Time’ began as the seminal book on the Showtime Lakers; it’s Hollywood now
How a pair of unknowns made themselves into Lakers legends for HBO’s next big drama
Four years. Four coaches. Inside the off-court drama that made the Showtime Lakers
About The Times
“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producers Denise Guerra, Shannon Lin and Kasia Broussalian and producers Ashlea Brown and Angel Carreras. Our engineer is Mario Diaz. Our editor is Kinsee Morlan. Our executive producers are Jazmín Aguilera and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song was composed by Andrew Eapen.
