Episode 22: The NHL and anthem protests, and athletes respond to Hurricane Maria

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On this week's show Shireen Ahmed and Jessica Luther talk about the NHL's response to #takeaknee and the anthem protests, the role of race, and our utter exhaustion with people being purposefully ignorant about why people are kneeling. Lindsay Gibbs interviews professional baller Kelsey Bone about the anthem protests and her career. As always, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What’s Good in our worlds. For more information, check out our website http://burnitalldownpod.com. And as promised, here are the relief efforts that athletes have set up to help those affected by Irma and Maria in the Caribbean: ** Monica Puig's: https://www.youcaring.com/victimsofhurricanemariainpuertorico-956371 ** Carmelo Anthony's: https://www.youcaring.com/puertorico-956698 ** Tim Duncan's: https://www.youcaring.com/21usvirginislandrelieffund-942738 ** Karina LeBlanc's with UNICEF: https://secure.unicef.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1672&ea.campaign.id=47130 ** Jorge Posada's: https://www.youcaring.com/familiesandkidsdevastatedbyhurricanemaria-956568 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	Welcome to this week's episode, Burn It All Down.
1:04.7	It might not be the feminist sports podcast you want, but it's the feminist sports podcast you need.
1:12.0	This week's panel is Jessica Luther, independent writer, General Slayer, and author of unsportsmanlike conduct,
1:16.6	College Football, and the Politics of Rape. She's in Austin, Texas. And I'm Shereen Amid, a freelance sports writer, Cat lover in Toronto, Canada. It's just Jessica and I this
1:22.3	week and we're excited to get started. On this week's show, we'll be discussing white supremacy, the NHL, and how protests
1:30.1	are continued to ripple through the movement.
1:33.3	Lindsay interviews Kelsey Bone, and we will be discussing athlete efforts to campaign
1:39.5	to raise funds for the tragedies post-storm in the Caribbean.
1:43.6	Let's get started. Let's get started.
1:51.1	This week we've seen NHL players come forward and admit that they're going to the White
1:57.2	House for the Stanley Cup celebration.
2:00.6	I actually wrote an article for Vice this past
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