Pride Month in Sport, men’s World Cup, and the entertainment at the Stanley Cup (ENGLISH VERSION)

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4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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** Note: This week's interview is with veteran journalist Viviana Vila, the first woman to do in-match commentary in for a major network at the men's World Cup. The interview was conducted in Spanish, but in this version, Ana Julia Ramírez provides the English translation of Vila's comments. To hear the Spanish-language interview in full, look for the Spanish version of this episode on your podcast feed.** It’s LGBTQ Pride month! Lindsay and Brenda discuss the place of pride events in sports, the decision of soccer player Jaelene Hinkel not to play for the national team because she refused to wear a pride jersey, and homophobia at the L.A. Galaxy pride night. They talk about whether it’s possible to watch the men’s World Cup 2018 given the sexism, homophobia, and racism without feeling terrible and talk their favorite storylines so far. Brenda sat down and interviewed veteran journalist Viviana Vila, the first woman to do in-match commentary in for a major network. The voice is of Ana Julia Ramírez, Argentine professor. Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and what is good in our worlds. To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For more info check our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod and Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/. Timestamps-- Intro (4:59) Pride Month in Sport (25:52) Interview Viviana Vila (32:45) Men’s World Cup 2018 discussion (41:59) Burn Pile (59:06) Bad Ass Woman of the Week (1:04:12) What’s Good (1:08:03) Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.9	Welcome to this week of Burn It All Down.
1:04.3	It may not be the feminist sports podcast you want, but it's the feminist sports podcast you need.
1:11.2	I'm Brenda Elsie, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, coming at you from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1:16.7	I should say, if I'm going to say Buenos Aires, right, I should say Argentina. And I'm joined by the brilliant wordsmith at Think Progress, Lindsay Gibbs, who is in Washington, D.C. This week,
1:24.3	Lindsay and I, it's sort of like our ritual. It's our second annual Pride Party episode in a sense.
1:30.6	So we're going to talk some Pride Sports, but we're also going to look at the World Cup,
1:35.2	wondering if we can watch it as a feminist at all.
1:38.2	And I interview Viviana Vila, the first woman to give in-match commentary for a major channel, along with Allie Wagner, I should say.
1:47.6	And of course, we'll have our Burnpile and our badass women of the week.
1:51.8	So, before we get started, Lynn, are you watching the NHL playoffs?
1:57.4	The Stanley Cup finals are here, and I have overnight become a Washington Capitals fan because I've lived in D.C. for almost three years now, so it's about time.
2:08.8	And they're up to one over Vegas, and I was at a bar watching it last night.
2:13.8	And it was a lot of fun.
2:14.9	But I have to say my favorite thing so far has to be that,
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