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The Press Box

Colin Kaepernick and Nike’s Commodification of Wokeness | Damage Control (Ep. 524)

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Kate Knibbs and Justin Charity try to parse the meaning of Nike’s recent ad campaign featuring free-agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick (01:24). Then, they discuss the reboot of Gawker and the potential impact new owner Brian Goldberg might have on the content of the site (22:36). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Liz Kelly.

0:02.4

I want to tell you about our great football coverage on the Ringer podcast network.

0:06.8

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0:10.9

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0:13.1

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0:17.2

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0:19.0

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0:25.4

And five times per week, the Ringer NFL show reacts to the latest news with Kevin Clark,

0:29.9

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0:34.5

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0:39.6

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0:59.9

Coming back from the dead, sort of, there are plans to bring back a controversial website

1:06.0

and these plans are questionable at best.

1:09.6

But first, Colin Kaepernick, Nike Dad definitely taught our attention.

1:14.2

We're going to talk about the bounces to the ad.

1:16.8

We're going to talk about the ad itself.

1:18.8

We're going to figure out what it all really is.

1:24.7

Nike recently made the Civil Rights activists and NFL player.

1:29.4

I should say, inactive NFL player.

1:32.4

Colin Kaepernick, the face of its just-do-it campaign, you know, just do it is the iconic

1:39.0

Nike Tagline, iconic Nike campaign.

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