Clear The Air - The Hoosier Network
by IU Student Media Podcasts
On Clear The Air, Mina Denny will shed light, or rather, "clear the air," on happenings surrounding sports, social justice, and/or public controversy. Expect conversations about an athlete's or team's convergence with issues in today's society. CTA will feature IU alumni, IU professors, current and former athletes, sports experts, and more to investigate into the realities of phenomenas outside the arena.
Episodes
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Clear The Air: Mo Creek - fleeing Ukraine, international career & IUBB
Season 2 of Clear The Air with Mina Denny has arrived. In this reboot episode, Mina is joined by former Indiana basketball shooting guard, Maurice (Mo) Creek. Mo played for the Hoosiers in 2009-2013 under Tom Crean before transferring to George Washington University for his final year of...
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A February Special: Black History Matters with Gary "Doc" Sailes
Join Mina Denny for the first episode of Clear The Air's new mini-series airing this month only: Black History Matters. In light of it being Black History Month, HN has collaborated with IUSTV on this month-long project to spotlight Black athletes, coaches, and professors around the Bloomington...
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Clear The Air: The Horrors of Gymnastics with Eden Snower
The ninth episode of Clear The Air welcomes a very, very special guest. Hoosier Network's own, Eden Snower! Eden is a gifted photographer and videographer, but when she doesn't have a camera in her hand, you'll find her at the gym practicing her bar or tumbling routines. Eden has some amazing...
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Clear The Air: Being an International Player at a Big Ten School with Hanna Németh and Kate Matthews
The eighth edition of Clear The Air is a special one. Mina Denny is joined by her colleague, Kate Matthews, to interview IU women's soccer defender, Hanna Németh. On the outside, Hanna is an intelligent, driven, and obviously talented athlete. But today, we dug a little deeper into who Hanna…
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Clear The Air: How Sport Speaks to the Human Experience with David Gardner
The seventh episode of Clear The Air featuring sports journalist, David Gardner, addresses a common issue amongst professional athletes; being treated ONLY as an athlete, not as a human being. Mina Denny and Gardner discuss how sport can be a prism for viewing life, and how there's much more to…
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Clear The Air: The Convergence Between Race & Sports with Priya Desai
The sixth edition of Clear The Air welcomes IU alumna and Sports Illustrated reporter, Priya Desai. Mina and Priya take a seat to discuss differences between PWI's & HBCU's, racial inequality in regards to sports, and how Priya was able to unionize her own newsroom.
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Clear The Air: Comparing Esports & Traditional Sports with Xan Smith
On the fifth episode of Clear The Air, Mina Denny takes a seat with her former professor, Xan Smith, to discuss the similarities and differences seen between conventional sports and esports. Tune in to hear about misogyny in video games, the toxic culture of esports, how we can make these virtual...
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Clear The Air: Religion & Sports - Examining Kaepernick's "Taking a Knee" as American Religion with Hannah Garvey
In the fourth episode of Clear The Air, Mina Denny and Hannah Garvey sit down to consider the role sports play in developing who and what an American is.
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Clear The Air: How LGBTQ+ Athletes are Making History with Dylan Harris and Ryan O’Callaghan
The third episode of "Clear The Air" brings in two special guests, Dylan Harris and Ryan O'Callaghan. Mina Denny takes a seat with the former athletes to discuss how the LGBTQ+ community is represented and exposed in sports media, along with the hardships athletes within this community face on a...
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Clear The Air: Toxic Masculinity in Sports with Jesse Steinfeldt
The second edition of "Clear The Air" welcomes Jesse Steinfeldt. In this episode, Jesse and Mina Denny will consider the role that toxic masculinity plays within sports and how this social construct impacts male athletes as they grow up.
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Clear The Air: Examining Media Representations of Female Athletes with Lauren Smith
Mina Denny takes a seat with Lauren Smith to discuss and examine the reality of the mass media's representations, or rather misrepresentations, of female athletes. Tune into the first episode of "Clear The Air" to hear how these representations lead female athletes to socially compare, conform to...
About this show
On Clear The Air, Mina Denny will shed light, or rather, "clear the air," on happenings surrounding sports, social justice, and/or public controversy. Expect conversations about an athlete's or team's convergence with issues in today's society.
CTA will feature IU alumni, IU professors, current and former athletes, sports experts, and more to investigate into the realities of phenomenas outside the arena.
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