Michael Bennett LIVE in Seattle

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, Sports News, News, Politics

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In front of over 800 people at Town Hall Seattle, we speak to Seahawks all-pro defensive end Michael Bennett about sports, society, masculinity, and everything in between. If you don't know Michael Bennett, it's time for you to know a player who is funny, fearless, and proudly political. We also have some choice words about why athletes should just say no to visiting the Trump White House. Our 'Just Stand Up' award goes to for Steph Curry, and 'Kaepernick Watch' reviews the QB's big shoe donation to a homeless shelter and $50,000 of support to the Mni Wiconi Health Clinic Partnership at Standing Rock.—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE)--All music by Seattle's finest, Jake One https://jakeuno.bandcamp.com full notes at http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Zyron.
0:09.7	Last week, I was at Town Hall, Seattle, talking to Seahawks All-Pro Michael Bennett in front of
0:15.5	800 of our closest friends. As I think you'll hear, he is funny, fearless, and had the crowd in the palm of his hand. When people want us just to be part of the brands and sell things, it just makes you go crazy because it's like when it's time to speak about things that are great, they won't let you do it. But when it's time to sell something, it's like everybody's pushing you towards it. And it just and it sucks sometimes they love the touchdown but
0:39.0	they don't love what comes with it because at the end of day everybody believes that these guys
0:44.1	are making a deal with the devil the deal with the devil sometimes it's great but when it comes
0:48.2	calling it's one of those things that people don't have sympathy for you as my friend seattle teacher jessia
0:52.9	agopian said it was a social justice tailgate party.
0:57.5	And now without further ado from Town Hall, Seattle, me talking to Michael Bennett.
1:08.5	Yeah.
1:10.8	Let's do this. That's it. Yeah.
1:12.1	Let's do this.
1:20.2	Wow. That's loud.
1:21.5	Was that for me?
1:23.1	Those applause? That's crazy.
1:26.1	So thanks for coming out, Mike.
1:28.5	I know you don't have a lot going on these days, so I appreciate it.
1:31.7	No, no, we don't have nothing major going on these days.
1:33.6	Nothing too much, just a light weekend.
1:34.8	Well, kind of like the 49ers.
1:36.0	We've got a bye week this weekend.
1:40.6	Damn.
1:44.0	For every Michael Bennett Zinger, you take a drink, by the way.
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