Legacy: Sports Stories
Episodes
How bullfighting became a political battleground in Spain | Legacy Spotlight
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For some Spaniards, bullfighting is an iconic symbol of heritage and identity. For others, it’s an abusive practice that belongs in the past. And mo...
A Guide to the Enhanced Games | Legacy Spotlight
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Next month sees the Enhanced Games hit Las Vegas. Dubbed the 'Steroid Olympics', it's an event where performance-enhancing drugs aren’t banned, but ...
The million-dollar pigeon racing heist | Legacy Spotlight
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Once the "horse racing of the poor," pigeon racing is now a lucrative industry, built on a deep bond between fanciers and their birds. But now, they a...
The tragedy that shook USA’s last World Cup | Legacy Spotlight
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga was one of Colombia’s most loved and iconic footballers. But the 1994 World Cup changed everything. On the world’...
The toughest marathon you’ve never heard of | Legacy Spotlight
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of the Barkley: one of the most brutal endurance races you’ve probably never heard of. And what it reveals about our relentless hu...
The most important ping pong game in history | Legacy Spotlight
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How did China and the US mend their relationship in the 1970s through... ping pong? This is the story of how two players changed the course of history...
The rugby star chasing an even more brutal sport | Legacy Spotlight
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Niccolò Cannone is known to rugby fans as one of Italy’s most physical and dependable forwards. But why does he dream of playing in one of the worl...
The ONLY Olympic sport women can’t compete in | Legacy Spotlight
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Women have been competing in Nordic combined at the World Cup and World Championship level, but the Olympics? Still off-limits.This is the story of&nb...
Introducing Legacy: Spotlight
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Legacy: Spotlight, the new series from Stak's Legacy, where every two weeks we tell you a sports story in under 15 minutes. Stories that go...
Episode Six: The Future
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Morante is abruptly pulled from The Golden Gloves - without warning. And no one will tell him why.Thank you for listening to Defiant. Please take...
Episode Five: The Golden Gloves
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Morante prepares for a fight that could change everything: not just for himself, but for amputee boxers everywhere.Thank you for listening ...
The Paralympian
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What was a grassroots movement teaching amputees how to fight is now a nationwide movement. And as a result, Eric Morante has set himself a new missio...
Episode Three: The Boxer
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Morante had lost his leg, his purpose, and entered some of the darkest years of his life. But then, his childhood passion offers a lifeline. Extr...
Episode Two: The Amputee
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Morante was 21 years old, a fiercely loyal squad leader already on his third tour in Iraq, when a sequence of events would turn his whole world u...
Episode One: The Marine
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
11th of September, 2001. The day of America’s worst terrorist attack. And the moment a young kid makes a decision that will change his life forever....
Legacy – Season 4: Defiant | Available Monday 10th November
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Morante was a boy torn between boxing and the marines when – on September 11th, 2001 – the decision became clear. Defiant traces Eric's journ...
The Curtain Call | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 7
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicky tries to track down a current NYCB dancer who will share their story and their experience of the Company.And then, one day in February 2025, one...
The Golden Boy | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 6
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, Alexandra Waterbury filed a lawsuit against Chase Finlay and New York City Ballet that made headlines worldwide. Chase had taken sexually exp...
The Weight of Grace (Part Two) | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 5
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2017, five former dancers came forward and accused Peter Martins of verbal and physical abuse. But not everyone in the ballet world was re...
The Weight of Grace (Part One) | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 4
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carrying on a legacy like George Balanchine’s was the impossible job.But when Peter Martins took control of the Company, the consequences for one da...
You are Angels | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 3
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two dancers still see visions of Balanchine. One sees that vision more clearly than ever, while the other questions her memories with entirely new eye...
Icon, Father, God | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 2
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Company’s founder, George Balanchine, was more than just a choreographer. To his dancers, he was a father figure, an all-seeing god – and even...
The Golden Gates | Dancing with Shadows – Episode 1
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicky finally fulfils a childhood dream: to watch the New York City Ballet.But it’s hard to enjoy the moment. Not with all she knows now.Episode 2 i...
Dancing with Shadows | Trailer
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Millions dream of becoming a ballet dancer. And so many dream of reaching the grandest stage of all: the New York City Ballet. Home to some of the gre...
This Thing of Ours | The English Disease – Episode 6
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode, Sam returns to east London to confront some home truths and speaks to someone who might hold the key to understanding the Englis...
The Price of Brotherhood | The English Disease – Episode 5
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions are rising across the country until, one night in July, a single event changes everything…Enjoyed listening to The English Disease? We want...
The Mask Eats the Face | The English Disease – Episode 4
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A WhatsApp group for football banter started as an escape from the real world. But it soon became a command centre for Britain’s culture war…Extra...
Us vs Them | The English Disease – Episode 3
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young man in Sheffield attacks a rival supporter with irreversible consequences... But his story isn’t an anomaly. It’s a blueprint.Subscribe no...
The Englishman | The English Disease – Episode 2
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam travels to Nottingham to meet a hooligan known as ‘The Englishman’ who used football violence to navigate the fractured ideals of working-clas...
Kicking Off | The English Disease – Episode 1
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam goes to breakfast with an ex-hooligan friend to answer a question he’s circled for a decade, and sets off on a journey to reveal what’s really...
The English Disease | Trailer
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There was a time when football hooliganism was everywhere. For decades it dominated headlines, merging the two things England loves most: football and...
Inside the Qatar World Cup – Episode 3
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future look like for Qatar, football, and the people we’ve spoken to?Sports broadcaster Kate Mason finds out more about the precarious...
Inside the Qatar World Cup – Episode 2
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does this World Cup mean for Qatar? Sports broadcaster Kate Mason goes inside the Qatar club game and finds signs of a very deliberate footballin...
Inside the Qatar World Cup – Episode 1
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did we get here? Sports broadcaster Kate Mason travels back to 2010 and finds out how Qatar’s migrant worker crisis unfolded – and continues t...