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Pandemics and Protest With Marc Lamont Hill

Activist and scholar Marc Lamont Hill joins the show to talk BLM protests, Palestine, and his beloved Sixers.

Dave Zirin

November 17, 2020

Marc Lamont Hill.(Christopher Evans / MediaNews Group / Boston Herald via Getty Images)

This week we speak to Marc Lamont Hill about his new book, We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility. We talk to Marc about the BLM protests over the summer, their connection with the global pandemic, and we even take some time to rap about his Sixers. 

We also have Choice Words about the NFL’s Rooney Rule and its deep shortcomings and the league’s refusal to address the fundamental power dynamics of white supremacy. In addition, we have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to baseball’s Kim Ng for being the first woman general manager in any of the major North American sports leagues, and former Auburn football coach and resident idiot Tommy Tuberville, recently elected to the US Senate. All this and more on this week’s show!

Marc Lamont Hill Twitter: @marclamonthill We Still Here

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Dave ZirinTwitterDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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