Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. We have a hell of a show for you this week.

We're going to talk later to Frankie Delacrata about the Winter Olympics and their incredible view of what went down.

But first and foremost, I'm really thrilled to be talking about the legacy of Reverend Jesse

Jackson through the lens of sports.

And I can't think of anyone better to talk to about this than Bajon C. Bain.

Let me tell you a little bit about who Bajan Bain is.

He is an author and screenwriter whose work explores these connections, which we try to explore

in our podcast between sports, media, race, and power.

So he's right in the edge of sports wheelhouse.

He focuses on moments where athletes stop being entertainment

and become cultural inflection points.

Bejan has written more than I could possibly list for you,

so I want to actually highlight his upcoming nonfiction book,

which is called 1967, the year that changed everything.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that he's going to be executive producing

and is the lead writer upon the upcoming docu series, Game Changers of the Century.

It's an honor to have him on, Bejohn Bain.

How you doing, sir?

I'm doing good, brother.

Good to see you again.

Nice to speak to you on this sort of very somber but celebratory occasion in two different ways. Exactly. I mean, well put, because anytime you lose a giant like Reverend Jesse Jackson

or us locally here, Reverend Grayland Hagler, who passed the same day, you know, there's this

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