Ep. 250: Burning It All Down for Five Years: a Celebration, Reflection and Cry-Fest

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode, the whole team is together. Jessica Luther, Shireen Ahmed, Amira Rose Davis, Brenda Elsey and Lindsay Gibbs are back to celebrate Burn It All Down turning five years old and their 250th episodes! They share favorite memories, listen to letters from Flamethrowers, reflect on how sports, media coverage and critique have changed for the better and the changes that still need to happen. Have your tissues ready. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Jessica's interview with Faith E. Briggs, runner and documentarian and co-host of the Trail Ahead podcast, who wants to make the outdoors a more diverse place. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better including Torchbearer of the Week, Lhakpa Sherpa, a Nepali single mom who summited Everest for the TENTH time last week, making her the undisputed most decorated woman climber to climb Everest of all-time. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out 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: https://www.bonfire.com/store/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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0:00.0	As we celebrate five incredible years of Burn It All Down, we dedicate this episode to Shireen Abouaclet.
0:06.2	On May 11, 2022, Al Jazeera's legendary journalist was killed by Israeli sniper fire
0:12.1	while reporting on a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Genin.
0:16.4	She was wearing a flack jacket, clearly marked press.
0:20.2	Her work was powerful and important, particularly
0:23.2	on the subject that the media has consistently underreported. Her death is a devastating blow to
0:29.0	journalism and also to press freedom. The impunity with which Palestinians are murdered and oppressed
0:34.8	is not a secret, but the brutality and arrogance with which she was killed is horrific.
0:40.0	Shirin Abu Akle was a Christian Palestinian woman and also an American citizen.
0:44.9	But we care about her life and legacy because of what she gave us.
0:48.7	We celebrate her life and her contributions.
0:52.0	Here are the words of MSNBC's Ayman-Moyal-Din, her mentee, and her contributions. Here are the words of MSNBC's Aymn Waiyeldin, her mentee, and her friend.
0:59.0	She was kind.
1:00.1	She was gracious.
1:01.5	She was hilarious.
1:03.1	She was compassionate.
1:05.0	Her humanity was unmatched and reflected in the people she covered and the stories that she told for nearly 25 years
1:12.1	reporting on the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
1:15.7	And while she became a household name across the Arab-speaking world,
1:19.4	she also became a role model for millions of young children
1:21.9	who aspired to be journalists in one of the most fraught regions
1:26.0	of the world to be a journalist.
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