Special Episode: Black Women Athletes Take Action

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In a follow up to the special episode on Black Women Athletes speaking up, we bring you a special episode highlighting some of the recent moments of protest, organization, and leadership by Black Women athletes. Amira talks to pro softball players Kiki Stokes and A.J. Andrews about that tweet and the resulting boycott of Scrapyard softball. Then, Amira chats with Kansas State basketball player, Chrissy Carr and USC's Track star Anna Cockrell, who are leading unified efforts of black student-athletes on their respective campuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski.
0:07.7	Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray.
0:11.1	Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no?
0:14.5	Was the Raptors even started around that time?
0:16.1	Come on, bro. I ain't that old, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.7	You won't want to miss this.
0:22.9	Listen to The Do Zone with Drewski on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:26.9	Oh, yeah. Hi, Flamethrowers, Amir here here, and I'm bringing you
0:46.3	another special episode of Burn It All Down, centered on the voices of black women athletes
0:52.0	who are navigating this moment, speaking up, showing out, and pushing
0:56.4	for change.
0:58.3	If you haven't yet checked out the first special episode that was released at the beginning
1:02.6	of June, I highly recommend that you check it out.
1:05.7	It features 11 interviews with black women athletes from multiple sports at various levels speaking
1:12.7	out about this moment. That episode also seems like yons ago. And in these few short
1:19.0	weeks, so much has changed. We have remained committed at Burn It All Down to amplifying
1:24.2	these stories of black women athletes. And to that end, I also recommend that you check out recent episodes that feature interviews
1:30.8	that extend and build on this series.
1:33.5	In episode 162, Brenda chats with Anita Asante, Chelsea Centerback, and Olympian about Black Lives
1:40.2	Matter and its effect on global football.
1:42.7	And most recently, in episode 164, Shereen chatted with the Atlanta Dreams Renee Montgomery
1:48.8	about her decision to step away from basketball for the year to focus on activism in Atlanta.
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