I'm Jonathan Braylock, I'm Dra. Milligan, and I'm James III. And we're those of Black

Pink and Jump in Hollywood. It's a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors

of color and analyze them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues.

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them to listen. Okay. Okay. Okay. Sorry, guys. Listen. Listen to us. Yeah. Put on a happy

voice. What is keeping you up at night about this? Oh my goodness. Just that I'm going to

miss something because I do see that a lot, you know, where these kids sign to go play

sports at these really expensive schools. And it's like, did they really want to go there?

Was that their only option? Did they know that there was other options? Are there other

options? Welcome to How To. I'm Amanda Ripley. Here in the United States, we are obsessed

with high school and college sports. And college is incredibly expensive. All of it is a

massive business, but dreams do come true sometimes. So it's understandable that millions

of parents secretly wonder if their kid might be a future star athlete someday, or at least

good enough to get a scholarship to college. This is Elizabeth. I am a mom to a high school

athlete in Coconut, Indiana. My son is currently a sophomore and it's time to start looking

at school and a large part of his drive to continue his education is to play sports

in college. You know, I started this spreadsheet with like schools that he might want to go to

if they had a track program, what division is. I mean, I found myself like, okay, well,

how do I do this? Do I contact coaches and you know, find out how the recruiting process

happens? Or does he just apply and try out? And there really isn't much information out

there. It sounds like you're starting to get that creeping anxiety that parents worldwide

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