#1142 Long past time to boycott the NFL
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 October 2017
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 10/27/2017
Today we look at some of the recent and no-so-recent political problems plaguing the NFL including the protests against police abuse, institutional racism, sexism, homophobia and their coverup of the traumatic brain injuries suffered by countless players. And we discuss why it all matters
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 3: Song 1: The Summit - K2
Ch. 4: Act 2: Shaun King explaining Kaepernick's intention from the beginning - @Intercepted w @JeremyScahill - Air Date 9-13-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Open Flames - Aeronaut
Ch. 6: Act 3: How The Pentagon Paid For NFL's Patriotism - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 09-26-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Rotisserie Graveyard - Doctor Turtle
Ch. 8: Act 4: These protests are just the tip of the iceberg - #PoliticallyReactive with @wkamaubell and @harikondabolu - Air Date 9-28-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: The Envelope - Aeronaut
Ch. 10: Act 5: Is It Time to Stop Watching Football? - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 10-09-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Moon Bicycle Theme - American Moon Bicycle
Ch. 12: Act 6: Civil Rights revisionism as a weapon against current justice movements - Intercepted - Air Date 10-4-2016
Ch. 13: Song 6: Forgotten Land (ft. Gurdonark, Joanne Gabriel) - Doxent Zsigmond
Ch. 14: Act 7: Lawsuit Time Kaepernick Going To War With NFL Owners - @theyoungturks - Air Date 10-17-17
Ch. 15: Song 7: Floating Whist - Aeronaut
Ch. 16: Act 8: The NFL protests are not a spectator sport - @EdgeofSports w Dave Zirin - Air Date 10-17-17
Ch. 17: Song 8: daedalus - Kai Engel
Ch. 18: Act 9: When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest? - The Daily Show - Air Date 9-25-17
Voicemails
Ch. 19: A liberal pro-gun perspective - Ani from Alabama
Ch. 20: Better to not speak of "the other side" - Keith from New Hampshire
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments on why you should understand sports and guns
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions, CC Mixter and Free Music Archive)
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't even like a typo of iceberg. |
| 0:01.7 | This is like a pelican standing on an iceberg. |
| 0:05.2 | There's so much more that is boycott worthy. |
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| 0:20.2 | versions of every episode. |
| 0:21.5 | A plus members only bonus content. |
| 0:23.7 | Find us on Patreon or visit the Contribute tab at bestofleft.com. |
| 0:28.0 | Now welcome to the award winning best of the left podcast with clips today from Democracy |
| 0:31.9 | Now, Intercepted the Young Turks, Politically Reactive, The David Pakman Show, Edge of |
| 0:37.8 | Sports Radio and The Daily Show. |
| 0:49.9 | In the biggest display of athletic defiance for decades, football teams across the nation |
| 0:56.8 | protested President Donald Trump after he attacked the NFL and VA in some of their most |
| 1:02.2 | popular athletes for daring to draw attention to racism and police violence by taking the |
| 1:08.7 | knee during the national anthem. |
| 1:11.0 | At a campaign rally in Huntsville, Alabama Friday evening, Trump lashed out at players |
| 1:16.5 | who joined this growing protest movement that, well, in its latest incarnation, was started |
| 1:22.4 | by the former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick against racial injustice, kneeling during |
| 1:27.9 | the national anthem. |
| 1:29.5 | Trump made the comments while stumping for Senator Luther Strange to replace Jeff Sessions |
| 1:36.1 | in a close Republican primary in Alabama. |
| 1:40.3 | When you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, |
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