Ep 106: The Champions Leagues, HomoClimbtastic, and Racism in Baseball

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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On this week’s show, Shireen, Brenda, and Jessica are joined by guest co-host and show favorite, Shakeia Taylor. After the gang talks about Adam Silver stating that he’d like more women refs and coaches in the NBA, [5:45] they turn their attention to the Champions Leagues, both the men’s and women’s. [18:57] Then Amira sits down with Hilary Malatino to talk about the Rock Climbing Organization they co-organize, HomoClimbtastic, which hosts the largest Climbing Convention of LGBTQIA+ climbers every year. [31:08] And the gang discusses baseball, race, racism, Tim Anderson, the White House, and athlete protest. [50:30] Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, [59:38] our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring the Calgary Inferno, [1:01:50] and what is good in our worlds. [1:06:19] For this month’s Patreon-only segment, we are doing listener mail. If you have a question you’d like us to answer, you have until the end of day Friday, May 17 to send an email either through the contact form on our website http://www.burnitalldownpod.com or to our email burnitalldownpod at gmail.com. Please write I HAVE A QUESTION as the subject of the email. To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.8	I'm suck you up and I spit you out and I'll play with your favorites to the screaming shout. Oh, yeah. Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:58.6	I'm Jessica Luther, freelance journalist and author in Austin, Texas.
1:03.9	And on today's show, I'm joined by Brenda Elsie, an associate professor of history at Hofstra on Long Island,
1:07.8	Shereen Ahmed, a writer, public speaker, and sports activist in Toronto.
1:11.8	And we are thrilled, once more, to be joined by Shakia Taylor, a writer in Chicago, Illinois, and a lover of baseball who listeners will recognize from multiple interviews
1:16.2	and co-hosting gigs here on Burn It All Down. Welcome back, Shakia.
1:20.3	Morning. Thanks for having me.
1:22.7	First things first, as always, thank you to our patrons whose support of this podcast through
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1:38.7	you can access exclusives like extra Patreon-only segments or our monthly newsletter. We are recording on Sunday, May 12th, which for many listeners is Mother's Day.
1:47.1	By the time you hear this episode, you will have already received in your feeds a Mother's Day hot take from Shreen and Amira.
1:52.6	But we want to kick off this episode wishing a happy Mother's Day to any of our listeners who mother and holding space for anyone for whom this holiday is difficult.
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