Ep 89: the NFL’s Rooney Rule, end of sporting careers, and fighting trans discrimination

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On this week’s show, Amira, Brenda, Lindsay, and Jessica talk about the Rooney Rule in the NFL and what needs to change, [18:57] the end of sporting careers and why they can be so challenging for athletes, [31:45] and Jessica interviews with Christina Ginther, a trans woman who recently won a discrimination suit against a women’s tackle football team and league. [43:53] Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, [54:48] our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring Thembi Kgatlana and with a special shout out to Maori Davenport, [58:07] and what is good in our worlds. [1:01:05] To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski.
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0:11.1	Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no?
0:14.5	Was the Raptors even started around that time?
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0:47.2	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:49.8	I'm Jessica Luther, freelance journalist and author in Austin, Texas.
0:53.2	And on today's show, I'm joined by Brenda Elsie, an associate professor of history at Hofstra on Long Island,
0:59.0	Amira Rose Davis, an assistant professor of history in women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State University, and Lindsay Gibbs, a reporter at Think Progress in Washington, D.C.
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