Not In My Locker Room: DeAndre Levy of the Detroit Lions Speaks Out

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Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In an attempt to excuse his own repugnant behavior, Donald Trump unwittingly started a real conversation on what he dubbed “locker room talk” about sexual violence against women. Our guest, Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy, is the rare pro athlete who is awake to this issue. Levy writes, advocates, and fundraises to fight domestic and sexual abuse. We also speak to him about the Kaepernick protests. Then, we have ’Choice Words’ about my own experience with "locker room talk" and the ‘Just Stand Up’ award goes to Mets broadcaster Ron Darling for speaking out against the “rage of the inarticulate.”The Nation column, Not in My Locker Room https://www.thenation.com/article/not-in-my-locker-room‘Man Up,’ DeAndre Levy essay http://www.theplayerstribune.com/deandre-levy-sexual-assault-awareness/‘Our Issue’ T-Shirts, benefiting the Michigan Women’s Foundation and ‘Detroit Hustles Harder’ https://www.crowdrise.com/our-issueDetroit Hustles Harder https://fb.com/detroithustlesharderofficialTo purchase 'Our Issue' merchadise, visit Detroit Hustles Harder: https://divisionstreetboutique.com/collections/our-issueEnough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit) http://enoughsaiddetroit.orgEdge of Sports was featured on Episode 1 of ’The Big Listen’ from WAMU-FM/NPR. Thank you, Lauren Ober. http://biglisten.org/shows/2016-10-08/episode-1-santa-is-a-big-fan—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com—Please take our survey: http://panoply.fm/survey—music: “Ike’s Mood” by Isaac Hayes https://isaachayes.com | “Take It Easy” by Mad Lion (produced by KRS-One) http://www.krs-one.com | “Midnight in a Perfect World,” “Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt,” “Nobody Speak” by DJ Shadow http://djshadow.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.5	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziren.
0:07.9	Today, locker room talk.
0:12.7	At the second presidential debate, Donald Trump defended taped comments that he likes to, quote,
0:18.7	grab women by the pussy, end quote, as simply locker
0:23.3	room talk instead of what it was boasting about sexual assault. I have to say that it's pretty
0:31.2	disgusting for him to call this quote unquote locker room talk, given the fact that A, other than
0:37.4	being at a golf course, I don't know the last time he's even been in a locker room talk, given the fact that A, other than being at a golf course,
0:38.5	I don't know the last time he's even been in a locker room.
0:41.4	And B, he didn't say these words in a locker room.
0:44.7	He wasn't in a locker room with Ben Rothlisberger, Tom Brady, and Rex Ryan having a schvitz.
0:49.7	Oh, Rex Ryan, by the way, who said that he had still yet to hear the audio tape.
0:54.5	Clearly, Rex Ryan, not wanting to put a foot in his mouth.
0:58.6	But take it back to Trump for a second.
1:00.8	He didn't say it in a locker room.
1:03.0	He said it on a bus.
1:05.1	He said it on a bus where he was clearly wired for sound with cameras all around him.
1:11.4	This is Donald Trump braying and boasting at age 59 years old about his ability to sexually
1:19.1	assault women with impunity.
1:22.5	And there is no getting around that.
1:25.9	Immediately, social media was flooded with pro athletes, people who
1:29.9	have spent a lot more time in locker rooms than Donald Trump saying that this was a slander
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