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Ep. 265: Live from Notre Dame on Protecting Labor in Sport

Burn It All Down

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5729 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jessica Luther, Amira Rose Davis, Shireen Ahmed, Lindsay Gibbs, and Brenda Elsey are live at the University of Notre Dame. First they share their favorite Notre Dame trivia. Then, they discuss protecting -- or not -- the labor of athletes, starting off with the the recent Sally Yates report about sexual and racial abuse in the NWSL by former coaches Paul Riley, Christie Holly, and Rory Dames, and the lack of accountability by US soccer federation and Safe Sport, and CONCACAF. They also talk about how the myth women's sports being in peril is used as shield to defend actions of abuse and mistreatment; lack of physical and mental health protection for athletes, gendered violence, the importance of labor unions in sport. Following this discussion, they preview of Shireen's interview with endurance athlete and activist Alison Mariella Désir on her new book Running While Black. Next, they burn some of the worst in sports on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those shining light, including Torchbearer of the Week, handball player Lucas Krzikalla, who became the first out gay man actively playing in a professional German sport. They wrap up the show with What's Good and What We're Watching In Sports this week. Following this discussion, they have a Q&A with the audience, which is available on Patreon. 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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I've

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I've never been the lead

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I'm

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I've never been the lead

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I'm a whole

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All right

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Welcome to Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.

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We are recording in front of a live audience at the University of Notre Dame.

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We want to start off by reminding everyone that WMBA star Brittany Griner has now been wrongfully detained by the Russian government for 236 days.

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We would like her home now.

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I'm Jessica Luther, an investigative journalist out of Austin, Texas.

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And today, I'm joined by Lindsay Gibbs, a sports journalist from North Carolina and the

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creator of the newsletter PowerPlays.

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Yay.

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Dr. Brenda Elsie, professor of history at Hofstra University in New York.

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Dr. Amira Rose Davis, a historian and assistant professor of African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas in Austin.

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And last but never, ever least, Shrine Ahmed, a sports journalist and instructor of sports media based in Toronto, Canada.

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Before we get going today, we want to thank the minor in sport, media, and culture,

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the College of Arts and Letters, and especially Dr. Andy Coleman, for bringing us to campus.

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We have a lot of recent content on our Patreon.

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You don't want to miss it.

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This week, it will feature our Q&A from the Notre Dame event. Thank you so much to our patrons for your support of the show.

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