Episode 43: Winter Olympics Wrap-Up, Afghanistan Women's Team, and The NCAA's Horrible Policy

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Brenda, Shireen, Jessica and Lindsay dig into the joys and losses of the Olympics and revel in some of the majesty of and dramas of sport. Shireen interviews the brilliant Kelly Lindsey and the indomitable Khalida Popal of the Afghan Women's National Football team and we hear how they hustle - all over the world - to strengthen their team. The crew talks NCAA and the horrors and injustices committed by an organization that should protect and advocate for student athletes. The BIAD Team rightly burns what needs to be burned, give props to incredible women, and share what's good. To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Timestamps -- Intro (6:08) the Olympics (19:11) Shireen interviews Kelly Lindsey and Khalida Popalof the Afghan Women's National Football team (33:38) the NCAA (45:45) Burn Pile (55:34) Bad Ass Woman of the Week (57:53) What’s Good (1:02:49) Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.8	Welcome to this week's episode of Burn It All Down.
0:49.0	It may not be the feminist sports podcast you want, but it's the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:54.1	On this week's episode,
0:55.6	we have the brilliant Shereen Ahmed, freelance sports writer in Toronto, Canada, Jessica Luther,
1:01.0	independent writer, General Slayer, and author of unsportsmanlike conduct, college football, and the
1:06.3	politics of rape in Austin, Texas, and the whip smart, Lindsay Gibbs, Wordsmith at Think Progress in D.C.
1:13.9	And I'm Brenda Elsie, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University.
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1:40.5	On this week's show, we're going to talk about how the 2018 Winter Olympics are going, perhaps even about the Canadian curling crisis.
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