Jules Heningburg and His Drive to Prove Doubters Wrong

Unbuckled Chinstrap with Jules Heningburg

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5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week the show welcomes on Redwoods attackman Jules Heningburg. Jules and Paul sit down for a inspirational and educational conversation discussing how and why it's so important he is using his voice and platform to promote positive change throughout the lacrosse community and beyond, Shortly after the murder of George Floyd, he published the video 'Standing at the Crossroads' where he opened up with his own challenges with race in lacrosse. They also talk about the struggle to feel accepted in his early years of lacrosse, the chip on his shoulder created by the obstacles he has faced from high school all the way to the pros, and how that drive sticks with him today, Please rate and review and leave a question you'd like us to ask an athlete on future shows. Let us know your favorite bits from the episode by tagging us at @UnbuckledPod and you can follow Jules on Instagram @julesheningburg. Enjoy the show!

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? The show is back. This is unbunkled Chinstrap. I'm your
0:06.8	host Paul Rabel. Today's guest is Jules Henberg. Jules is one of the
0:11.8	best and brightest stars of the PLL.
0:14.0	He's been really close with Mike and myself
0:18.0	over the last couple of years in particular
0:20.0	as he's transitioned his life not only personally and professionally
0:24.5	from the East Coast to the West Coast but has been one of the players that's
0:29.4	invested everything he has into his skill into his continued growth as a player and not just that but as one of the black lacrosse players in the
0:39.3	PLL that is and has been in a leadership position over the last decade or so and Jules and I talk about all of that and in particular his viral standing at the crossroads poem that he read after the murder of George Floyd.
0:57.0	I believe it was that Monday or perhaps it was actually that Friday night that he released it following the killing on the Wednesday night.
1:05.4	It's now been over three weeks, so excuse my my missed timeline if that is the case.
1:11.0	But Jules then has made appearances across the board in digital
1:14.8	and social and has been an amazing leader. So Jules Hennenberg on his life as a
1:21.2	lacrosse player from youth all the way up to where he is now as one of the best in the world.
1:28.4	Jules, where you at man?
1:30.9	I am in San Diego, California.
1:33.0	You are.
1:34.0	I always forget.
1:35.0	I can never remember if you're on the East Coast or West Coast.
1:38.0	Nah, we're never going back to the East Coast.
1:40.0	You're never going back.
1:41.0	You're never going back.
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