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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Stop Hitting Kids in the Head (with Chris Nowinski)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

News

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

There’s a renewed debate over safety in football after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s two serious concussions and Buffalo Bills defenseman Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest. Defensive tackle-turned-pro wrestler-turned-neuroscientist Chris Nowinski has taken a stand. He tells Andy about the new research on the long lasting effects of chronic head injuries, why kids under 14 shouldn’t be playing tackle football, and how high schools and colleges can make practices safer.

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So I got a box in the mail the other day, and you know, I'm not usually thrilled with the box usually.

0:35.0

It's not always for me. This time it was from well before.com and I opened it up and there were a whole bunch of masks,

0:42.0

including what they call their premium 3D Pro KNN-D5 mask, which I started wearing when I was in crowded places

0:50.0

and became stable for me during the winter and during the holidays.

0:54.0

And with a new variant circulating, I don't really want to get COVID. I can't take packs.

0:59.0

Love it. So there's also other viruses, there's fires, all kinds of reasons why having a whole box of masks around made me really, really happy.

1:07.0

So I am always happy when the box shows up as it's now started to do.

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They actually are sold through a subscription, which is kind of a game changer because you can work through your masks

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and then you always know that the KNN-D5s are going to show up again. So thank you well before.

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1:35.0

Lemonara.

1:44.0

This is in the bubble with Andy Slavitt. Go ahead and email me at inthebubble.eliminatamedia.com. I do want to hear from you.

2:09.0

So we've been taking on some tough topics recently. If you haven't heard our episode in cryptocurrency, if you haven't heard our episode on anti-Semitism, if you haven't heard some of the other episodes recently, we've really been getting into some very tough topics.

2:24.0

And look, I think the topic of American football and violence and football, it's kind of a tired topic on its surface.

2:35.0

And I say that because I feel like we talk about it every couple years and not a lot changes. And we all know people could get hurt playing these sports that they're done for our entertainment.

2:48.0

And mostly that they're just massive businesses that people are making billions of dollars. And that all of us who watch sports or participate in going to games or whatever are in some ways complicit.

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