Interview: Annie Costabile, Chicago Sun-Times Reporter, on the WNBA All-Star Game

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode Lindsay Gibbs talks with Annie Costabile, Chicago Sky beat reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, about the 2022 WBNA All-Star Game that was held in Chicago. They discuss the best and the worst of the event. Lindsay also shares resources to learn more about Brittney Griner's ongoing wrongful detainment in Russia. To sign the petition to bring BG home, visit https://wearebg.org. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, friends, Lindsay here. As of today, it has been 147 days since Brittany Griner was wrongfully detained
0:09.8	in Russia. We are discussing the All-Star game in this episode, and a lot of the All-Star
0:17.2	game was about raising awareness and bringing attention to Brittany Griner's plight.
0:23.0	You can go to the website, we are bg.org. Once again, that's we arebg.org to find out more
0:33.7	information about how to support Griner and join the campaign to bring her home.
0:45.0	Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:55.9	I am Lindsay Gibbs.
0:57.6	I am here with you today in this July summer break edition of Burn It All Down.
1:04.4	If you've missed the announcements, we're not doing our Tuesday shows for the next few weeks,
1:09.0	but we are bringing you an interview every Thursday.
1:13.0	And this week, it worked out perfectly because I was able to get Annie Costable from the Chicago
1:19.7	Sun-Times, a Chicago Sky reporter, Beat Reporter extraordinaire, here joining me to talk about a lot of things. But Annie, we're going
1:32.0	to have to start with All Star. Let's get into it. I've seen so many hot takes that I'm just,
1:38.3	I'm actually writing about this today. So perfect timing. I mean, everyone's talking about this.
1:43.0	But I also just have to say, I am a huge fan of Burn It All Down. So when Lindsay DM'd me, I was like, it was kind of like a pinch me moment. I'm like, no, I get to be on one of my favorite podcasts. Stop. We're so excited to have you. Okay. So look, AllStar Weekend was in Chicago. I want to start with the positives.
2:04.1	You know, there was obviously, I'm sure if you're listening to this, you might be aware that there's some
2:08.5	complaints and criticisms of what went on at All-Star Weekend, but there were some good stuff as well.
2:16.0	The in-arena experience looked really electric, and it was aired on ABC, which we love.
2:23.4	What did it feel like in the arena?
2:25.6	The arena was so good.
2:27.3	It was marked as a sellout crowd, which Win Trust Arena sellout for WinTrust is just over 10,000,
2:33.7	but the fan total that we were given was just under 10,000.
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