Ep. 261: How the Sporting World Is Responding to the Queen's Death

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Shireen Ahmed and Amira Rose Davis discuss who the sporting world has responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But first, they talk about their favorite recent concerts, including Bad Bunny and a candlelight Vivaldi quartet. Then, they dive into the ways athletes and sporting institutions have reacted to the Queen's death, including messages of reverence and resistance. The also discuss the ways sports like football and cricket have been used by the British monarchy as a tool of colonialism and cultural power, and how former and current common wealth countries have used sport as a way to decolonize themselves from the British throne. Following this discussion, they preview a special Patreon segment about Welcome to Wrexham, a documentary about how actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny became heads of the Welsh football club Wrexham. Then, you'll here a preview of this week's interview with Daniel Sailofksy, a sociologist who recently ended his NFL fandom because of the violence in the league. Next, they burn some of the worst in sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those shining light, including Torchbearer of the Week, Carlos Alcaraz, who made history with his men’s singles US Open win, and becoming the youngest world number 1 ranking in men's tennis at the age of 19. They wrap up the show with What's Good 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 get exclusive content and support the Burn It All Down podcast, become 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	Welcome to burn it all down. It's me and I'm going to burn it all down, the feminist sports podcast that you need. Today on the show, it's me and Dr. Amira Rose Davis.
0:18.8	Today on the show, we will be reexamining the intersections of sport
0:23.6	and monarchy. We also have a lot of great content on Patreon. And if you want to hear us speak
0:29.8	Welsh, you want don't want to miss it. Before we begin, let's catch up a little bit. Because we
0:35.3	took a bit of a hiatus in the summer.
0:40.2	And there was some concerts, Amira.
0:42.0	What did you see?
0:43.9	Well, I can't remember what I did this summer.
0:45.2	I'm sure I did something.
0:49.3	But this past week, me and Samari went to see Bad Bunny. We saw him about a week after Brenda and Luna saw him, which was really fun.
0:55.7	And we drove to San Antonio over the Alamo Dome.
0:58.4	It was wonderful.
1:00.4	Brenda Ted told me, like, she got a ridiculous number of steps because she didn't sit down for three hours.
1:05.6	He does, like, 36 songs.
1:08.2	And I thought I was prepared for that, and I was not prepared for that because it was
1:12.8	just like three straight hours. It wasn't just that you were standing, it's that you're
1:17.1	jumping, you know what I mean, and dancing. And it was like definitely a workout. It was fun.
1:23.0	It was energetic. We had a great time. And then we just walked along the River Walk in San Antonio to walk back.
1:30.3	And, you know, times with Samaria always my favorite time. So it was great to see such a high
1:35.1	energy concert, one of my favorite artists with her. So how long has she been into Bad Bunny?
1:40.7	Well, I would not say she is. She definitely was just being very nice to me going. She's very eclectic with her music taste. You know, she listens to everything. She just like emerged from her 90s hip hop phase. That's where I am currently. So we need to. Yeah, no. That was her all summer. But she likes a few songs. And so she was definitely more like when he would get into a set of like some of his older songs. She was just like, okay, I don't know this. But she's still viving. It was still vibes. So it's actually really wonderful to go to concerts where you don't necessarily know all the discography because you can just, it's the vibe.
2:20.8	It's the energy in the room that keeps you going.
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