Summary: Freedom in a Cage co-hosts Bob Murphy and award winning filmmaker Adi Brown are joined by former Age journalist and author of A Wink from the Universe, the story of the Western Bulldogs 2016 premiership. The boys discuss the Bulldogs nail-biting loss to the Swans (1:55) before Flanagan discusses the day Tim English called him ‘Mike’ (3:20); his relationship with the 2018 Bulldogs (4:55); the role of Luke Beveridge in convincing him to how he came to write the book (7:14); his 1993 book on the Bulldogs Southern Sky, Western Oval (10:20); his favourite Bulldogs characters (12:15); telling the story through the eyes of fans and how the book got its title (20:42) Grand Final day, 2016 (26:31); Martin presents Bob with a gift (28:20); who should get the next bronze statue out the front of the MCG (30:15); the best place to watch football from and the return of coaches to the boundary (36:52); is sport over-coached? (39:10); Bob’s talks about siting in the coaches box with Luke Beveridge during the 2016 finals (41:41); A man named Dummy Harris and the Martin Flanagan the footballer (44:00)
