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Coffee with Larry: Tigist Assefa, Berlin Marathon and the film Learning to Fly

In episode 943, the Coffee with Larry podcast talks about the PRIME release of the documentary Learning to Fly, the Berlin Marathon with 56 000 runners, and Tigist Assefa’s race despite an Achilles rupture.

Coffee with Larry: Tigist Assefa, Berlin Marathon and the film Learning to Fly
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On 28 September 2026 (episode 943), Coffee with Larry devotes one of its segments to Learning to Fly, a new documentary presented at the Telluride Film Festival. The episode says the film is premiering there, and specifies that it « premieres on PRIME today », with a link to PRIME added in the same list of topics.

Also in this episode, another point concerns the broadcast of Learning to Fly on PRIME, announced with a direct link. The show sends listeners to the PRIME page dedicated to the documentary, as part of the same launch spotlight.

On the competition side, the Berlin Marathon is presented as having brought together 56 000 runners in 2026. The episode also cites a standout moment: Tigist Assefa, alongside Tejaswin Shankar (photo credit mentioned), is said to have been confronted with an Achilles rupture in the last 2 kilometres of the race.

The report adds a numerical result: the episode claims that Tigist Assefa’s story, with an Achilles rupture « at 40k », ends with a time of 2:11:04. It also mentions that she underwent surgery on Monday, before the end of the race alluded to.

Finally, the episode places the podcast partnership: Learning to Fly is listed as a sponsor of Coffee with Larry over a specific period. The source gives a start on 24 September 2026 and an end on 1 November 2026, which frames the documentary’s presence in the podcast’s communication.

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