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Edge of Sports

Wrestling’s Radical Champion

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

"The Product" David Starr is a pro wrestler who is fighting to change the very economic foundation of his sport while also raising political critiques of Israel, corporate power, and Trump-era racism. We speak to the outspoken athlete this week. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on about the Boston Red Sox' white delegation (“The White Sox”) to the White House. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Portland TrailBlazers guard Damian ‘Dame Dollar’ Lillard and Tiger Eldrick Woods, and a special Kaepernick Watch. All this and more on this week’s show! David Starr Twitter: @TheProductDS http://www.theproductds.com/ Zirin, Red Sox Players Are Divided Over White House Visit https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-white-house-red-sox-race-divide/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Get it on the Floor - DMX Feat. Swizz Beatz | Yoshimi Battles Pink Robots Pt.1 - The Flaming Lips | Plug Tunin’ - De La Soul | Gangsta Party - Tupac | I Got 5 on it - Luniz | Getting Up - Q-Tip | Ugly - Bubba Sparxxx | We Fight We Love (Remix) - Q-Tip Feat. Kanye West & Consequence | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

The point is being an independent individual.

0:04.0

It is about saying, it's about looking at a contract, understanding your own value and

0:09.5

fighting for it.

0:10.6

It's about fighting for your fellow wrestlers value.

0:14.5

It's about, like I said this after the strong style tournament, it's about the many versus

0:19.1

the few.

0:19.6

It's about the people at the top who are rigging the system to try and make sure that the people at the bottom have no power.

0:24.8

And we, together, have a whole lot more power than those people at the top.

0:54.1

Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week we speak to independent pro-wrestling star and one of the most radical political athletes we have, especially much to my delight on the question of Israel and Palestine, the man of a thousand nicknames David Starr. Also, I've got some choice words about the racial split on the Boston Red Sox with regards to their trip to see Donald Trump at the White House.

1:02.1

I've got to just stand up and just sit your ass down awards.

1:05.6

All that and more, but first I have for you, the man known as, the cream in your coffee, your favorite wrestlers,

1:12.6

favorite wrestler, the Jewish canon, the physical embodiment of charisma, the Bernie Sanders

1:17.8

of professional wrestling, the most entertaining man in professional wrestling, Mr. American

1:22.5

Rana, Davey Wrestling, the 104 minute man, the main event, he's really good at Twitter, the king of taunts, the product, David Starr.

1:37.6

What is it?

1:39.2

15 of your nicknames?

1:41.2

A bunch of them.

1:42.2

And now I have to figure out whether or not I'm going to add one

1:45.2

for winning the tournament, the Super Strongshot tournament. So I'll have to figure that out.

1:49.9

Do you know what that's going to be yet?

1:51.7

Dude, I don't know. So part of me was saying, like, maybe I just make the one that Jim made

1:58.7

for me, the circumcised savior one, maybe I just make that permanent.

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