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Edge of Sports

Muhammad Ali's Funeral: Live From Louisville

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8619 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today we bring you the emotions, sounds, and voices of Muhammad Ali's funeral in Louisville. This was a day that will go down in history as the last act of resistance by the 20th century’s most iconic fighter. People came to pay respects from near and far, both young and old, in every shade of color, media professionals and everyday folks alike; all bound together by a love for Muhammad Ali. This show is dedicated to our LBGT - and specifically Latino LGBT - brothers and sisters who were killed in Orlando the very day after Ali's funeral. We address this horrific juxtaposition with a statement against anti-LGBT and anti-Muslim bigotry.Column: ‘Sleep Easy, My Brother’ http://thenation.com/article/sleep-easy-my-brotherColumn: ‘The Orlando Killings and the Message of Muhammad Ali’s Funeral’ http://thenation.com/article/the-orlando-killings-and-the-message-of-muhammad-alis-funeralThe Ali Center: http://alicenter.orgAli’s entire interfaith memorial: https://youtu.be/NBX59J-ltuAAli’s Muslim Janazah memorial: https://youtu.be/_xMTGnHoHS8Ali’s entire memorial procession: https://youtu.be/G5ZDZMLfgqYSpecial thanks: The Ali Center, The Nation, Panoply, Andy Bowers, Democracy Now, Amy Goodman, Dalia Mogahed and her family, Howard Bryant, the staff of Broadway Digital, WBAI, Mike Pesca, Mary Wilson, the MSNBC crew in Louisville, Craig Melvin, Brian Williams, Dr. Harry Edwards, Jim Embry, Dedrick Rashad Hough, and Julius Denson II.Music: (Louisville’s own) Jerry Tolson — March Of The Contradi http://jerrytolson.com | Yusef Lateef - Love Theme From Spartacus http://yuseflateef.com—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Welcome to Edge of Sports, the podcast. I'm Dave Ziren. We are just back from Muhammad Ali's funeral in Louisville.

0:11.2

And in the wake of the Orlando shootings, the LGBT hate crime at the gay club Pulse, we really asked ourselves what we would do with this show. And the answer was simple.

0:24.4

There was no greater tribute to Muhammad Ali than the outpouring of love we saw in Louisville.

0:30.8

And there is no greater tribute that we can do than to push forward the message of this man's

0:37.1

life in the midst of all this hate

0:38.9

and to bring you the story of his remarkable Louisville send-off.

1:00.2

Yeah. Yeah, the streets are packed in Louisville.

1:03.4

People are lining up as far as the eye can see.

1:07.4

What they're doing for him today is words can't describe it.

1:13.0

The way to honor Muhammad Ali is to be Muhammad Ali today.

1:15.6

When people talk about, oh, well, you know,

1:17.6

Muhammad Ali is great because he stood up for what he believed in.

1:19.8

No, that's not it.

1:21.5

He stood for poor people.

1:23.1

He stood for underdogs.

1:24.1

He stood for peace.

1:25.2

He's black.

1:33.4

He was the greatest boxer of all time. And he's the hero of Louisville. That's all. Mahmah Ali, man, I love you, man. And you'll go down as the greatest man

1:40.3

ever walk the world, man. So you sleep easy, my brother. All right.

1:46.4

Later in the show, I will have some choice words about what I took away from Muhammad Ali's

1:51.1

service and why it has so much to teach us, especially in the wake of the Orlando killings.

1:56.6

I want to try to walk everybody through the day that was Muhammad Ali's funeral in Louisville.

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