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🗓️ 14 April 2025
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This week, we talk to Dr. Maurice Jackson, author of the new book Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality. We also talk to Ari Drennen from Media Matters about their recent study about the politics of the people behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Rhythms of Resistance & Resilience
https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Rhythms-of-Resistance-and-Resilience
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0:55.6 | Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Nation magazine. I'm Dave Ziren. I am so |
1:13.6 | excited for this week's show. We are talking to Dr. Maurice Jackson, a prolific author, whose new |
1:20.5 | book Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience, how Black Washingtonians used music and sports in the fight for equality, is |
1:31.1 | absolutely powerful stuff. |
1:32.6 | And as you may imagine, it hits me right in the mind and the heart. |
1:36.9 | Love this book. |
1:38.0 | You're going to love this interview with Dr. Maurice Jackson. |
1:41.0 | Also, we are talking to Ari Drennan, the Media Matters LGBTQ program director, about their |
1:49.0 | recent study on the politics of MMA and the UFC. So excited for this week's show, let's first go to |
1:57.9 | Dr. Maurice Jackson. |
2:05.9 | Maurice Jackson, thank you so much for joining us on the Edge of Sports podcast. |
2:08.8 | It's my pleasure indeed to be here. |
2:10.8 | I'm so glad we're making this happen. |
2:16.0 | Well, I just want to start with a little bit about yourself before we get into this remarkable book. |
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