Interview: Rick Westhead on Sexual Abuse in Hockey

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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*Content Warning: This episode discusses sexual abuse* In this episode, Shireen Ahmed interviews TSN journalist Rick Westhead about his reporting on allegations of sexual abuse by former Chicago NHL team coach Brad Aldrich. They discuss the challenges of investigative reporting, his powerful interview with survivor Kyle Beach and how his reporting has impacted the hockey world. Following this discussion is Rick Westhead's full interview on TSN with Kyle Beach. 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, flame throwering
0:02.0	up and I'll spit you out.
0:04.4	And I'll be with your babies to the screaming shout oh, yeah.
0:09.6	Hi, flame throwers.
0:10.9	Shereen here.
0:11.8	This is a trigger warning and a content warning for my upcoming interview with Rick Westhead of TSN.
0:17.0	We will be discussing the allegations of abuse against former coach Brad Aldrich at the
0:23.1	Chicago NHL team. And we will be airing Rick's full interview with Kyle Beach on TSN following my
0:30.4	interview with Rick.
0:35.9	Hello, flame throwers. Shireen here. Today I'm joined by Rick Westhead. You may heard of his name. Rick is not only a senior correspondent for TSN and a contributor to CTV National News in W5. He is an award-winning investigative journalist with 25 years experience. But Rick has actually broken the
0:55.8	most important story in what I feel definitely is hockey, perhaps if not all of sport. Rick is also
1:02.0	the author of the best-selling book Finding Murph, an incredible story about Joe Murphy, a former
1:08.6	NHL player who ended up living in the bush in Canora, Ontario.
1:13.4	But today, Rick is here to talk about his investigative reporting, the Chicago NHL sex scandal,
1:22.2	and really where he feels hockey can go if it can actually go anywhere.
1:27.4	Morning, Rick.
1:28.4	Good morning.
1:29.3	I know you've had like 500 media calls in the last week or so, and I appreciate you being here.
1:36.2	Just for transparency.
1:37.3	I also want to say that Rick is a dear friend and a colleague of mine.
1:41.5	So for those listeners who don't know, this initially started with Rick, doing Rick
1:48.8	things and essentially reporting on, Rick was at a source or a tip that you got?
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