Episode 10: Interview with Dave Zirin on sports and politics

Derek backpedals on calling Jared Diamond “douchebaggy”, we give wildly divergent recommendations of who to follow on Twitter, and we attempt to convince you to back the new Media Education Foundation/Tim Wise documentary on Kickstarter. Then, Chris interviews sports columnist and author Dave Zirin about the intersection of sports and politics, discussing sexism, homophobia, racism, militarism and labour in the professional sports world. Plus: listener feedback!Episode LinksGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesSurvival International: Why Jared Diamond is wrong"White Like Me" KickstarterSpeaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White MaleGlenn Greenwald (The Guardian)Raffi Cavoukian (Twitter)Dave Zirin/Edge of SportsGame Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside DownEpisode MusicThe Doughboys – Never Sleep

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