Ep. 182 Athletes and Activism with Dave Zirin
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by sportswriter, journalist, and podcaster Dave Zirin to discuss his new book The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. We talk about the impact of Colin Kaepernick's NFL protest in 2016, the psyche of young activists, and the best sports protest moments of all time.
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The Stacks Book Club selection for September is Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson. We will discuss the book with Derecka Purnell on Wednesday September 29th.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left |
| 0:08.5 | Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show |
| 0:16.2 | We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsay |
| 0:18.4 | Yes, that Rachel Lindsay the first black bachelorette |
| 0:21.8 | Also, she is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being |
| 0:26.4 | We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and |
| 0:33.7 | The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer comedian director and of course the host of |
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| 0:46.6 | We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club |
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| 1:14.7 | Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.7 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and our guest today is Dave Zyron |
| 1:20.8 | If you're not a sports person, you may not know Dave's work |
| 1:23.5 | But you have heard me sing his praises over the years |
| 1:27.3 | Dave is the author of one of my most favorite books called welcome to the teradome the pain politics and promise of sports and |
| 1:33.8 | He just released his newest book the cavernic effect taking a knee and changing the world and it's all about the ways that |
| 1:40.8 | Con cavernics kneeling protests has reverberated throughout the world of sports our |
| 1:45.2 | Conversation ranges from the best athlete protests to the way sports have changed and so much more |
| 1:50.0 | The stacks book club pick for September is blood in the water by Heather and Thompson |
| 1:53.7 | We'll be discussing the book on the show on Wednesday September 29th with Derrick up her now |
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