Ep 116: Women’s Soccer post-World Cup and domestic violence policies in sports

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On this week’s show, Lindsay, Brenda, Shireen, and Jessica talk about Dan LeBatard calling out ESPN’s no-Politics policy. [8:32] Then they turn their attention to women’s soccer in the wake of the World Cup. [24:08] Finally, the gang discusses domestic violence policies in sports leagues. [41:41] Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, [51:03] our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring Li Na, [54:56] and what is good in our worlds. [1:00:24] 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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0:51.1	Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:57.7	I am Lindsay Gibbs, a sports reporter at Think Progress, and for today, the captain of the Burn It All Down ship.
1:07.4	I'm so excited to be here with three of my four fantastic co-host. We have Shereen Ahmed,
1:14.7	who is in Edmonton, Canada, she tells me today. And I know it is very early there. So thank you,
1:21.1	Shereen, for getting up with us. How are you? I'm excellent. Thank you. And it is not 100 degrees
1:26.4	in Edmonton. It's like a very beautiful 16 Celsius. So I'm excellent. Thank you. And it is not 100 degrees in Edmonton. It's like a very beautiful 16
1:29.5	Celsius, so I'm very happy. I have no idea what 16 Celsius means God. I'm such a lame American.
1:36.8	I don't know. Wow. All right. And we also have in Austin, Texas, Jessica Luther. Hey, Jess. Hey. And also sweltering in this East Coast heat with me is Dr. Brenda Elsie, the associate professor history at Hofstra.
1:56.6	Hi, Bren. How are you in New York? Hey. Hey. Okay. Today's episode is jam-packed.
2:05.1	We are going to do a little post-Women's World Cup women's soccer roundup,
2:09.8	looking at a lot of the stories going on around not just the league, the National
2:15.0	Women's Soccer League, but also globally in the wake of this
2:19.9	fantastic tournament. Finally, fortunately, domestic violence has been in the news a lot this week.
2:26.9	So we're going to talk a little bit about domestic violence policies, primarily in our sports
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