Aaron Maybin: From NFL Athlete to Baltimore Art Teacher

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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As Baltimore schools became refrigerators this month, former NFL linebacker turned Art teacher Aaron Maybin went viral with a video detailing their conditions. Aaron is also the author of a book called Art-Activism: The Revolutionary Art, Poetry, & Reflections of Aaron Maybin. We speak to him about his own personal journey as well as issues of race, class, and education facing Baltimore.Also, we have a special ‘Choice Words,’ written by journalist Lyndsey D'Arcangelo about the serial abuse that took place under the auspices of USA Gymnastics. You don’t want to miss it! We also have ‘Just Stand Up award to the first openly gay athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics, a ‘Just Sit Down’ award to Vice President Mike Pence, both of which are connected to each other, and a very special Kaepernick Watch!Aaron MaybinTwitter: @AaronMMaybinBook: Art-Activism: The Revolutionary Art, Poetry, & Reflections of Aaron Maybinhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/k-12/bs-md-aaron-maybin-cold-schools-20180108-story.htmlLyndsey D’Arcangelo’s Articlehttp://www.lyndseydarcangelo.com/2018/gold-medal-dream-becomes-nightmare/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | High Rise - Big Sean | Bank Rolls Remix - Tate Kobang | Keep Ya Head Up - Tupac | Pound Cake - Drake Feat. Jay-Z | Liberty City - Jaco Pastorius | The Man - The Killers | Take Me To Church - Hozier | Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley | The Wire Theme Song Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:56.0	These are issues that our kids have to deal with every single day. You know what I mean?
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1:32.9	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week, we speak to a former
1:41.7	NFL player turned Baltimore art teacher, Aaron Mabin,
1:46.1	who's also author of the book Art Activism, the Revolutionary Art Poetry, and Reflections of
1:52.4	Aaron Mabin.
1:54.0	Also, I've got some choice words that were written by journalist Lindsay Darkangelo
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