Injury Time: Sport’s Head Trauma Crisis

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🗓️ 22 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Blows to the head are commonplace in a range of sports – why do the risks often go unspoken? What happens to the brain when athletes take these knocks? Alex Rees speaks to Hana Walker-Brown about her book A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice, in which she chronicles degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, and the tragedies which have gone under the radar. “There are things that are changing, but they’re changing very slowly.” “The rules need to come from above and be implemented.” “It’s important to note, concussion is a brain injury.” “To consider that sport might have to change gets people’s backs up.” “There’s something about the thrill of watching people get hurt.” “The brain needs to be protected.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by TBC. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.0	Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a big piece of terminology for a very simple problem.
1:26.0	Athletes are receiving heavy blows to the head, leading to severe cognitive impairment in later life.
1:31.0	It's a disease that was first identified as dementia pugilisticer in boxing, but over the years the symptoms were
1:37.0	recognized in several other contact sports. The story of the effect CTE has on the brain is told in a delicate game, brain injury, sport and sacrifice.
1:46.6	Its author, audio producer and fellow Goldsmiths graduate, Hannah Walker Brown joins me today.
1:51.0	Hi, Hannah.
1:51.7	Hi, I didn't know you went to Goldsmiths. Yeah no I'm I am for a class of 2017.
1:56.6	It's 10 years for me which feels very far away. 2017 feels like a long time ago as well given the year in the last couple of years.
2:05.9	So for many listeners, the first experience they'll have had of CTE as a condition is in the film Concussion starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennett Amalu, which is a strange film to watch in 2022.
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