#207 Flowing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bruce Lee Podcast
Shannon Lee
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This episode airs the day before what would have been Bruce Lee’s 80th birthday and so Shannon is thrilled to have as her guest, one of her father’s dear friends, students and co-stars, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem is a legend in his own right. He was a student playing basketball for UCLA when he and Bruce Lee first became friends. He went on, of course, to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Kareem is a global icon that changed the game of professional basketball and went on to become a New York Times best-selling author, Emmy nominated filmmaker, 5x award-winning columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, and also writes regularly for The Los Angeles Times and The Guardian newspapers. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nations highest civilian honor by President Obama in 2016. Kareem also serves as the chairman of his Skyhook Foundation bringing outdoor environmental learning opportunities to underserved communities. See links below to connect Kareem and his many phenomenal accomplishments. It was such a pleasure for Shannon to speak about philosophy and life with an old family friend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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| 0:00.0 | I am so excited to share today's episode with all of you. This episode airs the day before |
| 0:06.6 | what would have been my father's 80th birthday, and so I'm thrilled to have as my guest one of my father's dear friends, student and even co-star, |
| 0:16.2 | Karim Abdul Jabbar. |
| 0:18.8 | Karim is a legend in his own right. |
| 0:21.4 | He was a student playing basketball for UCLA when he and my father first became |
| 0:25.6 | friends. He went on, of course, to become an NBA all-time leading scorer, New York Times, |
| 0:32.1 | best-selling author, and U.S. Cultural Ambassador. |
| 0:36.2 | Karim is a global icon that changed the game of professional basketball and went on to become |
| 0:41.6 | a celebrated author, filmmaker, time magazine columnist, and sought after speaker. |
| 0:47.0 | He's the recipient five times over of the Southern California Journalist Award, not to mention the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
| 0:55.8 | Karim also serves as the chairman of his Skyhook Foundation bringing outdoor environmental |
| 1:00.4 | learning opportunities to underserved communities. |
| 1:04.2 | You can learn more about Karim and how to connect with his many phenomenal accomplishments in our |
| 1:08.9 | show notes. |
| 1:10.6 | And stay tuned after this episode to hear about one more special announcement. |
| 1:15.0 | But right now you can sit back and listen to him reminisce about his friend Bruce Lee |
| 1:21.0 | on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It was such a pleasure to speak |
| 1:26.1 | about philosophy and life with an old family friend, Karim Abdul Jabbar. Like water flow. |
| 1:44.0 | I water. |
| 1:45.0 | Now water flow. |
| 1:48.0 | Or it can flow. |
| 1:50.0 | or it can crash. |
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