Episode 44: Beyond Larry Nassar -- sexual abuse in Olympic sports; and a preview of the Paralympics

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Sports

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week, Amira Rose Davis, Lindsay Gibbs, and Jessica Luther discuss issues of sexual abuse in sport beyond the Larry Nassar case. Then Jessica interviews NBC Producer Lena Glaser about their upcoming Paralympics coverage, and Amira talks to Dr. Jonna Belanger about disability awareness in sport and how athletes with varying disabilities are grouped for Olympic competition. As always, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and what’s good in our worlds. To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Timestamps -- Intro (5:12) Sexual abuse in sport (22:28) Jessica interviews NBC producer Lena Glaser (32:38) Amira interviews Dr. Jonna Belanger (45:19) Burn Pile (56:13) Bad Ass Woman of the Week (58:50) What’s Good (1:03:19) Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.1	the tenacious and intelligent Lindsay Gibbs, a reporter at Think Progress, and me, I'm Jessica Luther, freelance journalist
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