Ep 163: NASCAR and the Confederate flag, NOlympics, and the Return of Women's Sport Leagues

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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This week, Shireen, Lindsay, and Brenda dig into the history of NASCAR and the decision to ban the Confederate flag from future races [6:18]. After that, Lindsay interviews NOLympics LA organizers Molly Lambert, and Anne Orchier about the movement to abolish the Olympics [25:30]. Finally, they discuss the return of women's sports [46:31]. Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile [57:24], the Bad Ass Woman of the Week segment, starring Natasha Cloud [1:06:37], and what is good in our worlds [1:08:46]. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com 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 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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0:53.0	Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:57.5	My name is Lindsay Gibbs.
0:59.2	I am the founder of the Power Play's newsletter.
1:02.7	And joining me as we enter month, I think 1,000 of lockdown is, or two of my fabulous co-host, Shereen Ahmed,
1:14.6	the, now I just think of everyone's intro for you, you know, freelance sports reporter and
1:20.4	cat lover up in Toronto. Canada. Hey, Shereen. Hello, good morning. I feel like I don't want to spoil our what's good,
1:29.3	but I feel like I now have to do, have to add like the birthday gift giver extraordinary
1:35.5	to that list because I can't stop thinking about that photo. But we will, you all will have to stay till the end of the episode to figure out what we're talking about.
1:48.0	And also, we've got Dr. Brenda Elsie in New York.
1:52.6	She is the associate professor of history at Hofstra University.
1:56.8	Hi, Brenda.
1:57.5	Hello, good morning.
2:00.0	So today we've got a great show for you, because when do we not?
2:04.8	We're going to be talking NASCAR, which is actually, believe it or not, our loyal listeners
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