Dip into a short sample of some of our most powerful moments of the season to give you a taste of what's to come. The Long Haul will be bringing you the stories of Australian sport you haven't heard anywhere else, this sampler gives you a glimpse of some of the moments we uncover.

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Olympic champion Cate Campbell and NRL legend Wade Graham take Emma inside their mind body dynamic to explore the often brutal physical reality of greatness. Emma hears first hand the impact of relentless training and refinement on that human machine, the athletes body.

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AFL's Jack Riewoldt and wife Carly, Sydney Swifts' coach Briony Akle, St Kilda dietician Alison Miles and NBA player Jose Calderon take Emma inside the moment covid hit, the impact on their lives, clubs and code and what life was really like in the COVID hubs. Hear the real cost that was paid to keep sport going.

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Jack Riewoldt, Carly Riewoldt, Briony Akle, Alison Miles, Jose Calderon.

ABCNEWS 1 (Impact on sport)

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Hear the untold, inside story of the blackest day in sport from former Essendon player, Nathan Lovett-Murray, bureaucrat Richard Eccles and AFL journalist Mick Warner. Emma tries to figure out if the massive drug scandal that traversed codes really was what it was made out to be, or if that moment in time a decade ago, gained more than it damaged?

Credits: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Richard Eccles, Mick Warner

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It's 2012 at the world amateur golf team championships in Antalya, the Australian team of Daniel Nisbet, Matthew Stieger and Cameron Smith finished 15th. Over a decade later those three golfers have had very different careers. In this episode Daniel and Matthew take Emma inside the reality of careers where immense talent and sacrifice don't equal that idea of success we get from the media. We hear what keeps driving them and discover some healthier ideas of success.

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Matthew Stieger, Daniel Nisbet, Sarah Kemp, Dean Kinney, Grant Field

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Aussie swim champion Grant Hackett did the sport career long haul that started way back when he was kid. In this episode he takes Emma inside his own childhood and the mindset and support network that made him. We hear from two sisters at the start of their sporting careers, gymnasts Miella and Rommie Brown. With the help of their coach John Hart we discover what it takes to excel in their gruelling sport. And Professor Mark Williams helps us explore the psychology inside the minds of those with the drive to go all the way.

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Miella and Rommie Brown, John Hart, Gabby and Matt Brown, Professor Mark Williams, Grant Hackett.

The Best: How Athletes Are Made. Mark Williams + Tim Wigmore

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AFL star Josh Bruce helps Emma explore the true extent and impact that Sports Betting is having on fellow elite athletes, younger players and our sporting culture. Emma takes even deeper inside the complex and confronting reality of this new normal with researchers Matthew Stevens and Tanya Fletcher

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Josh Bruce, Matthew Stevens, Tanya Fletcher, Paul Fung, Will Murray

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Craig Foster, Andy Harper, Bill Papastergiadis, Jade North and Brendan Schwab take Emma inside the history and the culture of soccer in Australia to help us understand why the most played team game in Australia brings less people to stadiums, and less eyes on screens, than AFL and NRL. We attempt to uncover why our love of the world game does not translate to viewers and revenue

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