About this episode

This episode explores the concept of collective effervescence through sports and cultural references.

You don’t have to love New York or the Knicks or any sport to find so much joy in this edition of Doing What Works ! Here are your show notes… City Slickers ! The New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA Champions . A postcard depicting the Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes appears in the opening credits of the 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation. The cabins were destroyed in 2008 by the Detroit Lakes Fire Department in a training exercise . Do testosterone levels rise when your team wins ? Collective Effervescence ! Hoosiers . Brat Summer !

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