Sports have always been political (Jason Gay, columnist, Wall Street Journal)

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Wall Street Journal sports columnist and Vogue contributor Jason Gay talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about the raging debate over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans. Sports have always been political, Gay says, and the football players who have taken a knee are especially brave given the NFL's lack of loyalty to players. He also talks about how he got into writing about sports for the Journal, and why his editors let him get high on marijuana gummies before covering the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor boxing show. Plus: How a Vogue cover story featuring celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna or Nicole Kidman comes together, and why the world still cares. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
0:03.6	That's me.
0:04.8	I am part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:07.1	I am here at Vox Studios with Jason Gay, who is among other things, sports columnist
0:11.8	The Wall Street Journal.
0:13.4	And how else should we describe you, Jason, guy who interviews famous people for Vogue magazine?
0:18.9	Slightly overweight dad could also work.
0:21.4	You look fine to me.
0:22.8	I could lose 10.
0:24.3	Come on, Peter.
0:25.0	10.
0:25.3	Not only do you look good in person, I saw you on your video podcast, which is generally
0:29.4	not a flattering look for most journalists, the stationary camera.
0:33.6	There are people who agree with that.
0:36.2	And you were sitting next to Emma Stone, so brave of you.
0:39.4	Yeah. Brave of Emma also does sit next to me.
0:41.8	Well, she was like a couple feet away from you.
0:44.0	Overwhelmed by my good looks.
0:46.1	Yeah, yeah.
0:46.8	I don't know if you guys over here at Vox know about the internet and new media and all this stuff,
0:52.2	but over at the Wall Street Journal, we are on the
0:54.5	leading edge, baby. And so we're experimenting a little bit with a video podcast, which is, I think,
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