LZ Granderson Being A Black, Gay Man, Progress in the Sports World, and Athlete Activism

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Larry is joined by the LA Times Sports and Culture columnist LZ Granderson to talk about becoming comfortable with his identity as a Black gay man (8:26), NFL player Carl Nassib coming out as gay and the other progress the sports world is making to be more inclusive (47:24), and how he feels about athlete activism (1:07:29). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: LZ Granderson Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome back.
0:06.8	This is Lair Wormor.
0:07.8	You are listening to Black on the Air.
0:10.6	I appreciate you choosing this podcast.
0:14.5	Really, really, really cool conversation today with my old pal, Elzy Granderson.
0:19.9	He's the sports and culture columnist on the L.A. Times.
0:23.2	You can also hear him on ESPN Radio, but he has a new podcast called Life Out Loud.
0:29.2	Elzy, he's really very interesting.
0:32.6	He's an out-black gay man who is in the sports world and he's able to handle that intersection
0:43.6	and bring something his perspective to it in a really cool, interesting way.
0:47.7	He's kind of evolved through that whole process, too.
0:50.7	It's great catching up with him.
0:52.9	He was on my show the nightly show a while ago.
0:54.9	I had a good time.
0:55.9	I really like stuff he's putting out there.
0:58.6	It's always good to talk to Elzy Granderson.
1:01.6	We talk for a long time, so I'm not going to do much of a way in here, guys.
1:06.0	Sorry.
1:07.0	The conversation took up most of the time.
1:09.2	We got, but I wanted to catch you up on a couple of things.
1:14.2	It's sometimes, by the way, sometimes it takes me a while to get my gum chin up to really
1:19.7	go at stuff.
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