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The Long Green Line Podcast

by Matty Arnold

In The Long Green Line Podcast, Director Matty Arnold follows up the subjects from the 2008 documentary, The Long Green Line. The podcast features interviews of former athletes inspired by the legendary Coach Joe Newton of York High School in Elmhurst Illinois, where winning 28 Illinois state cross-country titles in his 66 years of coaching was secondary to his greater purpose. Coach Joe Newton spent six decades living his purpose, teaching boys to how to become heart-centered men, using cross-country running as his platform to help change the world, by cultivating “truth, honor, loyalty and character” in his runners. Newton led runners across a spectrum of abilities, “everyone has something to contribute," reinforcing that, “it’s nice to be great, but far greater to be nice.” Enjoy rich discussions on conscious masculinity and cross country as a metaphor for life. More info @ www.longgreenlinemovie.com Theme Song Composed by Kyle J. Wittlin www.kylewittlin.com Hosted by Matty Arnold @_mattyarnold

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OK GO's Dan Konopka - a former student of Coach Newton

In this Long Green Line podcast episode, Dan Konopka, the drummer for the Grammy award winning band OK GO, discussed his time as a student at York High School. Despite no

Jan 23 2023
1 h 03 min

Kyle Dee - from the bands "the Frantic" and "MAKEOUT"

The Long Green Line podcast welcomes musician Kyle Dee in an exclusive interview. Kyle, previously a member of the Chicago-based band THE FRANTIC, shares his journey from

Jan 17 2023
27 min

Coach Newton RAW Interview #4 - Winter 2004

In this episode, recorded in the Winter of 2004, Coach Newton discusses his FIRST year at YORK, He explains NTN and the Portland course, He talks about military service,

Nov 7 2022
39 min

Coach Newton RAW Interview #3

RAW interview with Coach Joe Newton from :"The Long Green Line" Movie. Recorded at Coach Newton's House in Arizona in summer 2005. Coach Newton recounts his early days

Oct 7 2022
40 min

Coach Newton's Second Interview RAW

This is the second raw (unedited) interview we conducted with Coach Newton. The interview took place in a hotel room in Irvine California, in this interview, Coach Newton

Oct 4 2022
42 min

Producer & Cinematographer: Brady Hallongren

Brotherhood shines through in this episode of The Long Green Line Podcast as Matty chats with long time friend and creative collaborator, Brady Hallongren, recounting the

Jan 9 2022
1 h 41 min

The Fishers: John and Peggy

In this episode of the podcast Matty speaks with John Fisher and his mother Peggy about their time involved with York high school cross country, and Coach Joe Newton. Jo

Dec 14 2021
38 min

Composer Kyle Wittlin

Kyle Wittlin, the composer from the Long Green Line sits down with Matty Arnold to discuss their process in coming up with the sound palette of the documentary. Kyle is

Nov 4 2021
1 h 11 min

Coach Charlie Kern

York High School's current head coach, Charlie Kern, stops by to talk about his life and career coaching alongside Coach Joe Newton. Charlie talks about his high school

Nov 4 2021
1 h 10 min

The Dettman Twins

Eric and Matt Dettman (Twin #1 & #2) sit down to reflect on their post high school running career, their current roles as head cross country coaches, and the lasting impa

Nov 4 2021
1 h 23 min

COACH NEWTON's first interview PART ONE

The raw audio from Coach Newton's first interview for the Long Green Line movie, the documentary about his life and carrier seen through the lens of the 2005 York High Sc

Nov 1 2021
33 min