Interview: Dr. Frank Guridy, author of "The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics"

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🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week Brenda speaks with Columbia University history professor Dr. Frank Guridy on his new book, The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics, which looks at the role that Texas business interests played in the hyper-commodification of sports in the second half of the 20th century. This episode was produced by Ali Lemer. 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: teespring.com/stores/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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0:52.9	I am so excited to have with us today, Dr. Frank Garrity, Associate Professor of History
0:59.3	and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
1:04.6	He is the author of Forging Diaspora, Afro-Cubans, and African-Americans in a World of Empire
1:10.0	and Jim Crow, and co-editor of the
1:13.3	Beyond El Barrio Everyday Life in Latino, Latina America.
1:18.3	He is also the co-host of Say It 8 Contagious.
1:22.1	It's a baseball and politics podcast.
1:24.2	It's new.
1:25.2	You should check it out and you can find him on Twitter at F. Gritty. That's G-U-R-I-D-Y.
1:31.5	Most importantly for our topic of conversation today, he is the author of the brand new from University of
1:38.2	Texas Press, The Sports Revolution, How Texas Change the Culture of American Athletics.
1:45.1	He likes tennis, and he's one of my favorite people on the planet.
1:48.8	So we are so thrilled to have you here, Frank.
1:51.5	Thanks for coming again.
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