Ep 117: Colonialism and Sport in Puerto Rico and PanAm Games Lima 2019

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On this week’s show, Amira, Brenda, and Shireen discuss WNBA All Star-game [6:00] Then they discuss the history of sport and colonialism in the US in light of Puerto Rican protests [22:30] Brenda interviews Júlia Belas, a Brazilian journalist, who explains the landscape of media and diversity in Brazil, what's happened since WWC, and Pia Sundhage as new head coach [33:22] Finally, the crew discusses their excitement over the Pan-Am and Para-Pan Games in Lima Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, [43:51] our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring Allyson Felix [52:52]] and what is good in our worlds. [54:07] To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down For more info check our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.8	It's the feminist Burn It All Down.
0:57.5	It's the feminist sports podcast you need.
1:13.4	I'm Brenda Elsie, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, and I'm joined by two of my marvelous co-hosts, the brilliant Dr. Amira Rose Davis, assistant professor of history and African American studies at Penn State University, and the wonderful and whipsmart, Shireen Ahmed.
1:19.1	She is a freelance journalist in Toronto, Canada.
1:23.2	On this week's episode, we're going to talk about colonialism in sport in light of the recent
1:28.8	protests in Puerto Rico.
1:31.1	We're going to talk about the Pan Am Games.
1:34.8	And I sit down with young sports journalist Julia Bellas from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to talk about
1:42.9	the state of diversity in Brazilian media, sports media in particular,
1:47.9	and what's gone on in their women's game since the World Cup.
1:52.3	But before all that, I wanted to say at least a little bit about the WNBA All-Star Game and the sighting of Burn It All Down
2:03.9	merch.
2:05.4	So WNBA stuff.
2:08.3	I know Lynn isn't with us and she's there, but what's been cool for you guys?
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