ESPN 30 for 30’s new podcast, Searching for Hobey Baker, tells the story of Hobey Baker who is widely considered the first ice hockey star in America. The podcast is narrated by David Duchovny who, like Baker, is an alumnus of Princeton University.

Every hockey fan knows the name Hobey Baker - collegiate hockey’s most prestigious trophy is named after him - but very few know the real story of this all-time great athlete. Using an archive of personal letters and source materials provided by the Mudd Library at Princeton University, as well as original research, the series charts Hobey’s glory days as the best collegiate hockey and football player in the nation, his post-grad ennui in Gilded Age New York City, and his exploits as a WWI fighter pilot, which ended tragically in a mysterious crash in 1918. Beyond Hobey’s adventures on the ice and in the air, this podcast also re-contextualizes the hockey legend through the lens of his lesser-known struggles as a queer man in the early 20th century.

To discuss the podcast and the amazing story of Hobey Baker – during the final days of Pride Month -- is Andrew Reynolds, Executive Producer of Searching for Hobey Baker, and an LGBT+ scholar who authored several books including The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World and Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World.