Ep 145: Olympics! Qualifying in bball and soccer, Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor, and USA Gymnastics

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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At the top of the show Lindsay, Brenda, Shireen, and Jessica talk about animals. Yay, animals! [5:53] Then we dive into the Olympics! First up, the crew talks about Olympic qualifying in women’s basketball and soccer. [20:05] Jessica interviews three-time olympian and flamethrower, Elana Meyers Taylor, about her journey from professional softballer, to bobsledding champion, to a couple caps on the USA rugby team, and also her pregnancy and being a world-class pregnant athlete. [37:35] Finally, we once again discuss the garbage fire that is USA Gymnastics, Michigan State, and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee [TW for this segment and discussion of sexual assault]. [51:46] Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, [1:04:31] the Bad Ass Woman of the Week segment, starring Candice Lee, [1:07:34] and what is good in our worlds. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com 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 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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0:48.3	And on today's show, I'm joined by Brenda Elsie, an associate professor of history at Hofstra on Long Island.
0:54.4	Shrine Ahmed, a writer, public speaker, and sports activists in Toronto, and Lindsay Gibbs,
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1:27.1	blog. On today's show, we're going to talk about Olympic qualifying and like extra Patreon-only segments or our monthly behind-the-scenes vlog.
1:28.6	On today's show, we're going to talk about Olympic qualifying in women's basketball and soccer.
1:33.6	And then I chat with three-time Olympian and flamethrower Alana Myers-Taylor
1:37.5	about her journey from professional softballer to bobsledding champion to a couple caps on the USA rugby team
1:44.0	and also her pregnancy and being a
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