The Long Green Line Podcast
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
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
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 not being a part of the cross c…
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 being a young touring band t…
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, especially how Vietnam impact…
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 at York Community High School a…
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 shares his thoughts on the …
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 their adventures and lessons in …
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.
John has become affectionately kn…
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 a Grammy nominated music educat…
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 career, as New York State Champ…
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 impact that Coach Joe Newton has …
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 School Cross Country season.
Coa…