Nelson George on 'Say Hey, Willie Mays!'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Larry weighs in on 'Reasonable Doubt', the midterm elections, and Herschel Walker. He's then joined by acclaimed writer and filmmaker Nelson George to discuss his new documentary 'Say Hey, Willie Mays!' on HBO.(18:12) They begin their conversation by detailing Nelson's beginnings as a young baseball fan in New York and talking about Willie Mays's influence and celebrity during the height of his fame and in the modern sports lexicon. Next, they examine Willie's relationship to Barry Bonds, his lifelong commitment to the sport of baseball, and his reputation as one of its pioneering "five-tool" players.(35:43) After the break, they touch on Mays's connection to Hank Aaron and the myriad of issues that have caused baseball's decline in popularity.(45:06) They end the pod debating why Willie Mays should be on the Mount Rushmore of Black athletes.(1:10:24) Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Nelson George Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	An Instagram post gets an unexpected boost. A TikTok catches in the algorithm.
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0:10.0	This blue up is a new podcast documentary that reveals how social media
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0:20.0	From Spotify and the Ring or Podcast Network, I'm Alyssa Perez-Nec.
0:24.0	You can listen to this blue up on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Everybody, welcome back. This is Larry Wilmore, you're listening to Black on the Air.
0:43.0	Appreciate you tuning in this podcast. I haven't talked to you guys in a while, so it's nice to
0:48.0	get back at the beginning of these shows and say hi. How's it going? I hope you guys
0:54.0	enjoyed Last Riggs podcast. If you haven't listened to it, please give a listen.
0:59.0	I'm interviewing John Meacham on stage talking about his book on Lincoln.
1:03.0	Really a lot of fun. I love doing those live events. In fact, I make do more of
1:08.0	those just as a thing in the next year. Let me know if that's something that you guys
1:14.0	enjoy. He's live events. I like to get out there and meet people with that kind of
1:18.0	stuff. Doing the pods live with an audience is just a lot of fun. Speaking of that,
1:24.0	I was just, John Love It's pod. Love it or leave it, which I know some of your
1:32.0	fans are. If you haven't heard that, that was a lot of fun. It was a wreck for this midterm
1:37.0	election. I gave some of my prognostications and stuff like that. We had a great time.
1:42.0	That reminded me how much I like doing this in front of the audience and that kind of
1:46.0	thing. Today we have Nelson George on the show who had made the documentary about
1:53.0	Willie Mayns. Say hey, Willie Mayns. It's on HBO Max and we have a really cool conversation.
2:00.0	I was really looking forward to that. We spoke early this morning. He was great.
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