Mike Tindall tips Prince George in area lacked by Prince William

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question: should a future king be taught how to lose, early and out loud?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBiographer Robert Jobson says Mike Tindall does exactly that with Prince George.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale argues no, leave it alone. Chip argues yes, start now.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety seconds each, one speaker at a time, and I am banning the word crown.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorJobson says losing is the one subject nobody else raises with the boy. That is a policy, and a sensible one.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou do not poke a sleeping dragon with a scoreboard.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe's thirteen, he's heading to Eton in the autumn, and the adults around him are either dazzled by the institution or depend on it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLeave him one quiet subject.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI love this so much!

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA man sits down with a kid and says, hey buddy, let's talk about the part nobody wants to talk about. That's friendship!

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Mike Tindall has lost in front of eighty thousand people. Eighty thousand!

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho better to say it's survivable, and you can be funny about it by breakfast?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Dale, you have the floor, and Chip, that was one more exclamation point than I approved.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorJobson also says Tindall is not a godparent but something better. Better than a godparent, Hank.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's a man with no rules and a podcast history.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSomething better! That's a promotion! Everybody wants to be something better, and he's got Zara Tindall right alongside him as godmother!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSurprise evidence from the file. Tindall once called Prince William One Pint Willy on a BBC podcast, saying he is not the best of drinkers.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the man teaching losing has already named the heir's weakness on national radio. That's a scouting report, Hank.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOr it's practice! You lose a nickname, you survive it, you're stronger!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One sentence each. Should George's first loss be at Eton?

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOnly if there are no witnesses and no cameras.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAbsolutely, with a participation ribbon and snacks!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoard games with the family.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMonopoly alone has ended better dynasties.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChess! Checkers! Anything with a loser's trophy!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA trophy for losing.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHank, come to the community bowling night with me Saturday. Loser buys nachos.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'm not going. What time?

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorClosing. A boy gets one subject nobody raises, and now a rugby man raises it.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBy Jobson's own account, that was the point of the silence.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorClosing. Mike turns forty-eight this week, his book comes out October twenty-fourth, and he's still talking about losing. That's the most hopeful thing I've heard.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy verdict. Losing should be taught early, by someone who has done it loudly, and the book is optional.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAll of this is Jobson's claim, not the Palace's.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI reject that ruling.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI accept it, and I'd like it framed!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOverruled, both of you. Chat, vote now: teach a future king to lose early, yes or no, and tell us your first loss.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMine was a raffle in nineteen eighty-eight, and I still check the ticket.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRosa, someone's about to lose something tonight, allegedly. Dale already has his ticket out.