What It Means To Be The First

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Tv & Film, Self, Nerd, Books, Technology, Tv, Improvement, Culture, Wbez, Society & Culture, Pop, Nerdette, Nerds

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

It’s not easy being the first in any field. Just ask our two trailblazing guests, former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar and tubist Richard Antoine White.

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0:00.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad, I'm Greta Johnson, somehow, some way we made it to
0:10.6	another weekend and also a whole other month.
0:14.3	Coming up, we will hear the tuba like never before.
0:22.1	That is Dr. Richard Antoine White and he just wrote a great memoir called I Am Possible.
0:27.4	The first were talking to another trailblazer turned author Skyler Baylor, Skyler was the
0:32.1	first out trans NCAA Division I athlete to compete on a men's team.
0:37.6	His new middle grade book is called OB is Man Enough and it's about OB, a 13 year old
0:42.0	biracial kid who's going through a lot of changes.
0:45.4	He's trans, he's finally swimming on the boys team and he's good.
0:48.7	But not everyone in his life is supportive of him, including his former swim coach.
0:53.6	I have not stopped thinking about this book and recommending it since I read it.
0:57.5	So I'm so glad Skyler is with us now, Skyler.
0:59.7	Welcome to Nerdad.
1:00.7	Thank you so much.
1:01.7	I'm really excited to be here.
1:02.7	Oh my gosh.
1:03.7	I just love to this book so much.
1:05.3	I want to start with some of the similarities that you and OB share.
1:10.4	As I mentioned, you and OB are both swimmers.
1:12.9	You're both biracial with one Korean American parent and one white one.
1:16.7	You're both trans men.
1:18.4	Obviously, you and OB are not the same person.
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