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Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

211 – Throwing A Hammer For The Country You Hate

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we look at the story of United States track & field athlete Gwen Berry’s response to hearing the horribly, terribly, awfully racist nation anthem of the horribly, terribly, awfully racist country that she supposedly represents professionally as an athlete. Oh, the oppression. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links: https://www.undaunted.life/podcast/211 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Undaunted Life A Man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.

0:24.7

Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, W. E. B. Du Bois,

0:35.8

Gwendolyn Berry. Now, most of those names you're familiar with, but probably that last one,

0:42.3

Gwendolyn Berry. I mean, it's a beautiful name. But why would that name be on the list with all

0:47.3

those other people? Well, guys, I don't know if you know this, but we have a brand new civil rights

0:52.0

hero amongst us, right? Now, if we shorten the name, it becomes Gwyn Berry. You know,

0:56.6

it slides off the tongue real nicely, but Gwyn Berry is now to be held in the same regard as Harry

1:03.1

Tubman and Martin Luther King, Jr. And sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks and W. E. B. Du Bois. And

1:08.0

everybody else that you could possibly think of, that is a civil rights hero. Because this is a name

1:13.8

now, Gwyn Berry. There's a name that we will forever remember as one of the greatest civil rights

1:19.6

activists of our time. So if you don't know why Gwyn Berry is now this special person in US

1:25.2

history, let me go ahead and kind of break it down for you. So on Saturday, June the 26th. So

1:28.8

this is last Saturday, Gwyn Berry was competing at the US Olympic trials. Yes. The United States

1:34.8

Olympic trials. That is a very important point that we'll get more into a little bit later.

1:39.3

And she was competing in the amazing event that we've all been waiting for, that we're just waiting

1:44.5

for the prime time coverage of. And that's women's hammer throw. Okay. So Gwyn Berry, she placed

1:52.1

third at the qualifications at the trial. So she did qualify for the Olympics for the US team.

1:57.7

But since she only got third in her own country, it's not likely that she will do anything

2:02.0

significant wants to Tokyo games roll around because that's international competition. And she

2:06.4

couldn't even win her own country. But hey, she placed third. She was on the podium. It means she's

2:10.3

on the team. But when she went over to the podium to stand there and get her picture taken and do

2:15.7

all those different things to to signify her third place finish, the national anthem of the United

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