344: Arshay Cooper and Mary Mazzio

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

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🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Sarah talks to author Arshay Cooper about his book A Most Beautiful Thing, which details his childhood on the west side of Chicago and becoming a member of the first African American high school rowing team in the country. Then Sarah chats with documentarian and former US Olympic rower Mary Mazzio about turning Arshay's story into a film. Plus, an update on the Do Crew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN's Emmy Award-winning 30-for-30 documentary film series presents the greatest mix tape ever.
0:06.4	The story of how a series of street ball videos set to music in the 90s transformed basketball's place in the culture,
0:13.6	defined the lives of the players who starred in them and changed the game itself forever.
0:18.4	Starting June 1, stream on ESPN Plus, and listen to the companion 30-for-30 podcast, A Street Ball Mix Tape,
0:25.6	exploring the essence of street ball through a collection of legendary stories.
0:29.5	Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.4	Welcome to That's What She Said with Sarah Spain, a podcast about,
0:42.8	well, whatever the hell I want, actors and musicians, athletes, comedians, neuroscientists,
0:47.8	wine experts. If I find somebody interesting, I'm bringing them to you. We'll talk about how they
0:53.0	became who they are, how they found success, battled failures, and how they ended up here,
0:58.3	talking to me. My name is Arche Cooper and Mazalema is that the bulls didn't make you pass the first round.
1:05.2	I feel yeah, watching the teams that aren't the bulls compete in the last couple of rounds is hurt,
1:12.0	especially in the east, but on the positive side, as I've been watching, both the Celtics and the
1:18.6	Heat were not the big three type team that I was worried would take over this league,
1:23.8	you know, the type of team that the bulls would really have trouble putting together.
1:26.6	They've got, you know, big stars, Butler, Tatum, etc. But they're just, you know, super well-constructed
1:32.7	rosters. And I think that means there's hope for the bulls yet. We're back in the post season.
1:38.6	We had a super fun regular season for the first time in a while. We've got awesome pieces to build
1:42.8	around. And the NBA's sort of proving you don't need the superstar trio to join forces from
1:50.0	across the different teams to make it. You just have to put together a good roster. And the bulls
1:55.5	very well could have that. But I get it. If you're ever down about not making it out of the first
2:01.0	round this year about the bulls in general, just remember it could always be worse. We could be the
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