Burn It All Down

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Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson on their book, 'Loving Sports When They Don't Love Your Back' Sep 01, 2020

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It's Jessica's publishing day!! In this episode, Lindsay Gibbs celebrates by interviewing Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson on their new book, "Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Sports Fan." The three discuss how this book came to be, how they feel about doping, and whether recent events -- from Black Lives Matter strikes in the NBA and WNBA, to racist and sexist NWSL and MLS owner Dell Loy Hansen being shamed into selling his shares -- give them any hope about the future of sports. You can find out where to buy the book here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781477313138 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: teespring.com/stores/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: Athletes on Strike Aug 29, 2020

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On Thursday, August 27, 2020, Dr. Amira Rose Davis, Dr. Samantha Sheppard, and Dr. Courtney Cox discussed the athlete strike that started on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. They talked about their initial reactions when they heard that athletes were withholding their labor, the importance of seeing athletes as laborers, symbolic action/optics vs. material changes, how the WNBA was and is the blueprint for collective athlete organizing, and sports as a platform and/or as a distraction. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guest Episode: Past Present with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela **TW racist violence** Aug 25, 2020

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TW racist violence During the month of August, the Burn It All Down crew is taking a break from regular weekly Tuesday episodes. In their place, you will hear an episode of a podcast hosted by a guest of Burn It All Down. This week's episode is from the podcast Past Present co-hosted by historians Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, and Neil Young. They discuss the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, it being called a modern-day lynching, racialized policing, oppression of Black Americans by the state, and the sport/the act of running itself. For more about the Past Present podcast: http://www.pastpresentpodcast.com/. To support them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast. Follow Natalia on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nataliapetrzela, Nicole at https://twitter.com/pastpunditry, and Neil at https://twitter.com/NeilJYoung17. For their new podcast, Welcome To Your Fantasy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-your-fantasy/id1517709981?i=1000478993399 For show notes, transcripts, and more info about Burn It All Down, 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: teespring.com/stores/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: Interview with Bridget Pettis, veteran WNBA player and coach Aug 20, 2020

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On July 20, 2020, Shireen interviewed former WNBA player and coach Bridget Pettis, who now dedicates her time to her non-profit, Project Roots AZ. They talk about the WNBA, former players coaching and owning teams, the importance of gardening, how to get started if you want to garden (and/or you have a black thumb like Shireen), and the importance of failing. Project Roots is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Phoenix, AZ. They focus on ways to educate the community about growing their own food through various educational programs. They support the homeless by feeding them from their local community gardens and mobile kitchen service, supplying hygiene items, clothing and shelter. Project Roots AZ offers seasonal produce bag delivery services in certain parts of the Phoenix area and can be found at the Farmers Market at Spaces of Opportunity. For more information about Project Roots AZ and to donate: https://www.projectrootsaz.org/ Music during the episode: "Sunspots" by Sound of Picture (www.soundofpicture.com/) 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: teespring.com/stores/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

Guest Episode: No Challenges Remaining with Courtney Nguyen Aug 18, 2020

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During the month of August, the Burn It All Down crew is taking a break from regular weekly Tuesday episodes. In their place, you will hear an episode of a podcast hosted by a guest of Burn It All Down. This week's episode is from the tennis podcast No Challenges Remaining co-hosted by Courtney Nguyen and Ben Rothenberg. This is a conversation from May 2020 with Sandra Zaniewska, a rare former WTA player who now coaches on the tour (or did before the tour stopped, anyhow), working first with Petra Martic and now with Alize Cornet. They discuss finding meaning during the shutdown, her own journey through the sport as a player and a coach, how coaches can cope with this stoppage, what she makes of Dominic Thiem's controversial comments, and her own nascent adventures in podcasting. Follow No Challenges Remaining on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NCR_Tennis. To subscribe to their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nochallengesremaining. Courtney's twitter: https://twitter.com/FortyDeuceTwits. Ben's twitter: https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about Burn It All Down, 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: teespring.com/stores/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: Interview with Dr. Kat D. Williams, author of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez Aug 13, 2020

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In late July 2020, Brenda interviewed Dr. Kat D. Williams, author of the new book, "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star." Williams is a Professor of Women's Sport History at Marshall University, and the president and a founding member of the International Women's Baseball Center. They talk about the life of Lefty Alvarez, how Alvarez, who grew up in Cuba, came to play in the The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Alvarez's life after the AAGPBL, and the state of women's baseball in the United States today. Order "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star": https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9781496218827/ Kat's website: https://www.tellagirlshecan.com/, and her Twitter: https://twitter.com/drk1943 Find the International Women’s Baseball Center here: http://www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org/ Music during the episode: "Floating Whist" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) 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: teespring.com/stores/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

Guest Episode: Social Justice in Women's Basketball with Erica L. Ayala Aug 11, 2020

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During the month of August, the Burn It All Down crew is taking a break from regular weekly Tuesday episodes. In their place, you will hear an episode of a show hosted by a guest of Burn It All Down. This week Erica L. Ayala brings us an episode of her YouTube series, Sports Talk. This episode is titled "Social Justice in Women's Basketball" and you hear from WNBA players Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, and Breanna Stewart. Erica breaks down the history of Black women in social movements, and why we should be asking white WNBA players about the Social Justice Council. Cameos by Megan Rapinoe and Penny Taylor via #ATouchMore. Follow Erica on Twitter at https://twitter.com/elindsay08, and you can find and subscribe to her YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUVhANyQSR3_B3Pcn6RyVw. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about Burn It All Down, 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: teespring.com/stores/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: How to Watch Men's Champs League as a Feminist Aug 10, 2020

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Brenda and Shireen begin their hot take series on the UEFA Men's and Women's Champion's League. They discuss how to watch the men's tournament as a feminist, Messi's genius, and make predictions on the quarter finals. Bonus material: Shireen sings the Champ's League theme song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hot Take: Interview with Executive Director of Women's Flat Track Derby Assoc, Erica Vanstone Aug 06, 2020

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On July 22, 2020, Jessica interviewed Erica Vanstone, the Executive Director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). They talk about the association's response to COVID, the work they're doing towards dismantling racism, and the overlap of the WFTDA's LA league, Angel City, with the name of the newly-announced NWSL team in LA, Angel City FC. Find the WFTDA here: https://wftda.com/ Music during the episode: "For We Shall Know Speed" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guest Episode: Stick To Sports with Jashvina Shah **TW sexual assault** Aug 04, 2020

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TW sexual assault During the month of August, the Burn It All Down crew is taking a break from regular weekly Tuesday episodes. In their place, you will hear an episode of a podcast hosted by a guest of Burn It All Down. This week Jashvina Shah brings us an episode of her podcast, Stick To Sports. Recorded a year ago, in this episode Jashvina talks about what hockey culture claims to be but how it's really not that at all. TW: trigger warning because she talks about her sexual assault. Follow Jashvina on Twitter at https://twitter.com/icehockeystick and Stick to Sports at https://twitter.com/sticktosports_. Her website is https://jashvinashah.com/. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about Burn It All Down, check out our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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