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Ep. 242: Bitches Be Laborin' Mar 22, 2022

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In this episode, Amira Rose Davis and Shireen Ahmed join forces for a spectacular grab bag episode about all the sports madness of March. But first, Amira quizzes Shireen on memorable March Madness moments that Shireen hasn't seen. Then, they dive into the a myriad of sports news in recent weeks, including what's going on with the Premier Hockey Federation and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Naomi Osaka being heckled at the Indian Wells tennis tournament, Canadian bobsleigh and skeleton athletes calling for executive resignations and how dominance curiously impacts fandom of the Champs League. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Shireen's interview with Jenny Nguyen about The Sports Bra, a bar for women's sports in Portland, OR. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better, including Torchbearer of the Week Lia Thomas, the Penn swimmer who is the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA DI championship in any sport with her 500-yard freestyle victory. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Interview: David Goldblatt and Brittany Peterson on Climate Change and Sport Mar 17, 2022

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In this episode, Brenda Elsey interviews two experts on issues related to climate change and sport. First, she speaks with Associated Press journalist Brittany Peterson about her reporting on a pond hockey tournament in Colorado impacted by a lack of ice. Then, she talks with David Goldblatt, famed football writer, about how global football is both threatened by and contributes to the climate crisis, as well as his sustainability project Football for Future. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hot Take: Em Adler, Writer at The Next, with March Madness Bracket Predictions Mar 16, 2022

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In this episode, Jessica Luther interviews Em Adler, writer at The Next, a 365 women's basketball newsletter. They discuss Em's predictions for the NCAA women's basketball tournament. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep. 241: March Madness: Finally, the Women Can Say It Too Mar 15, 2022

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In this episode Jessica Luther, Amira Rose Davis and Lindsay Gibbs discuss March Madness! But first, they talk a little bit about WNBA star Brittney Griner's situation in Russia. Then, they break down everything with the NCAA Women's March Madness basketball tournament: how we can finally say March Madness for the women's bracket, the inequities that have changed and those that remain as well as how NIL might increase the madness. They also discuss who they are excited to watch ball out. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Brenda Elsey's climate change and sports interviews with global football writer David Goldblatt and AP reporter Brittany Peterson. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better including Torchbearer of the Week, Erica Ayala and Kelly Schultz, the first all-female digital broadcast in New Jersey Devils' history. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hot Take: Coach Yolett "Yo" McPhee-McCuin, Ole Miss Women's Basketball Coach, on March Madness Mar 14, 2022

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In this hot take, Amira Rose Davis talks with Coach Yolett "Yo" McPhee-McCuin, head coach of Ole Miss women's basketball team. They discuss her team's incredible turnaround in the last few seasons, coaching in the SEC, how she's preparing for March Madness and her mantra #noceilings. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Interview: Howard Megdal, Sports Writer, on WNBA Ownership and March Madness Mar 10, 2022

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In this episode, Lindsay Gibbs interviews Howard Megdal, founder and editor of The IX and The Next newsletters, about all things women’s basketball. They discuss his explosive feature in Sports Illustrated on the fractured state of WNBA ownership and what drama women’s college basketball is bringing to March. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 240: How Bad Owners Ruin Sports Mar 08, 2022

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**Trigger Warning for suicide and mental health struggles** Burn It All Down offers our condolences to the family and community of Katie Meyer, a goal keeper of Stanford’s women’s soccer team. Katie was part of the Cardinal’s 2019 NCAA title winning team and wowed the country with her tenacity and her spirit. She died one week ago. We hold space and share in the heartbreak with with the Meyers family, Stanford community and all young athletes who are grieving and devastated at this time. The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the USA is 1-800-273-TALK (8255); and in Canada is 1-833-456-4566. In this episode Shireen Ahmed, Lindsay Gibbs and Brenda Elsey talk all about owners of sports teams and leadership. But first, they share their favorite fangirl moments to celebrate International Women's Day. Then, they dive into the (mostly) bad apples of sports ownership. Sparked by the ongoing owner imposed lockout in MLB, they discuss they ways greed, capitalism and racism by owners ruin the sports we love, the different ways that owners have been held accountable by fans and alternative models to single-person ownership of teams. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Lindsay's interview with Howard Megdal on all things WNBA and women's college basketball. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better including Torchbearers of the Week, the first Black and Indigenous owners of a team in the Premier Hockey Federation, including Anthony Stewart, Angela James, Bernice Carnegie and Ted Nolan. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hot Take: Trans Triathlete Chris Mosier on the Importance of Trans Inclusion In Sport Mar 07, 2022

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In this episode Shireen Ahmed talks with Chris Mosier, is a trailblazing hall of fame triathlete, All-American duathlete, 6-time member of Team USA, as well as an important activist on trans inclusion in sport. They discuss the harm caused by of proposed anti-trans legislation in Texas and legislation in other states. and how banning trans athletes, especially kids, from sports is an attempt to erase them from everyday life. They also discuss the importance of joy and community as tools for resistance. To learn how you can help, visit: https://www.transathlete.com/ This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Interview: Dr. Bob Edelman on Sports and Politics in Ukraine and Russia Mar 03, 2022

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In this episode, Brenda Elsey interviews Dr. Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California San Diego. They discuss the Russian and Ukrainian sports communities’ responses to the invasion, how athletes and fans might turn the tide of sportwashing and the ways sports can both reveal and and mask geopolitical conflict. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 239: 2022 Winter Paralympics Preview & the Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine on the Paralympic Games Mar 01, 2022

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In this episode Lindsay Gibbs, Jessica Luther, Amira Rose Davis, Shireen Ahmed and Brenda Elsey preview the 2022 Winter Paralympics! First, they take a moment to acknowledge the most recent horrific legislature harming trans youth. Next, they discuss Russia's most recent invasion of Ukraine, including it's impact on Paralympic athletes and the upcoming Beijing Games, and the IOC and IPC's reactions. Then they preview the five events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, which run from March 4 to March 13 in Beijing. The events are sledge hockey (para ice hockey), para alpine skiing, para snowboarding, wheelchair curling and para Nordic skiing. They discuss athletes to watch, history of the events and they ways impairment classification works in each sport. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Brenda's interview with scholar Dr. Bob Edelman on Russian and Ukrainian athletes' and sport communities' responses to the Russia's invasion. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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