Lindsay talks to ESPN's Sarah Spain about becoming the new co-owner of the Chicago Red Stars, what ownership meetings look like, how she plans to navigate any conflicts of interest with her role at ESPN, and the future of professional women's sports. This episode was produced by Ali Lemer. 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: 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/

This week, Shireen, Lindsay and Brenda take a look at the crossover between sports and popular music, including arena classics, workout jams, common influences and music as resistance. Check out the Spotify list of all the songs mentioned at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/66eit0eQuD2qoxdSyVtLGN?si=hqVjQKTRTbOoIjc9ZMWeCA. Become a Patreon supporter to hear bonus content, including the vocal stylings of some of your favorite athletes. This episode was produced by Ali Lemer. 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: 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/

Jessica talks to Alana Bojar and Aliya Schenck, two track athletes from Washington University, about the open letter to the NCAA they’ve written demanding that the NCAA speaks out against anti-transgender legislation. This episode was produced by Ali Lemer. 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: 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/

Jessica Luther interviews bobsledding legend Kaillie Humphries about her career, training and competing in the time of COVID, and the fallout from her reporting emotional and mental abuse by her former head coach when she was on Team Canada. 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: 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/

Amira Rose Davis is joined by Shireen Ahmed and Jessica Luther to talk about the reoccurring awful issues in college sports: sexual harassment and racism. They discuss some of Jessica's reporting about LSU and Les Miles, Creighton basketball coach Greg McDermott's racist locker room speech and the ways wealthy alumni at the University of Texas and Ole Miss keep sexist and racist traditions alive. We also hear from Black UT alumni via Courtney Cox and the podcast Sounding Off. Then Amira, Shireen and Jessica preview this week's interview with legendary bobsledder Kaillie Humphries, burn all that should be burned from this last week in sports and highlight torchbearers including boxing world champion Claressa Shields and new media company Togethxr from Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, Sue Bird and Alex Morgan. They also share what's good in their lives (Spoiler alert: WandaVision) and what they are watching. 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: 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/

Check out Spinsters, a new podcast putting a spin on the NBA, hosted by Haley O'Shaughnessy and Jordan Ligons.Listen to Spinsters on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And be sure to subscribe!

Shireen Ahmed talks with Olympic gold medalists, twin sisters and hockey legends Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson about their book Dare To Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity. They talk about playing hockey growing up in North Dakota, the adversity to becoming champions and their battle for women's equity in hockey. 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: 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/ Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

What the hell is going on at FC Barcelona? Shireen Ahmed and Brenda Elsey explain the psychic pain of every Barca fan at this moment including, but not limited to, the arrest of the president, CEO and legal director of the club for money laundering, fraud and trolling their own players. 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: 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/ Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

This week Jessica, Shireen and Lindsay discuss the most recent wave of anti-trans bills being debated in state houses across the US and the ways that anti-trans violence is couched in the rhetoric of protecting women's sport. They also talk about the many benefits of including trans kids in sport, what collegiate governing bodies are doing (or not doing) and how transphobic policy in sport is a horrific on a global scale. You'll also hear The Burn Pile, Torchbearers of the week -- including new co-owner and executive of The Atlanta Dream, former Dream star Renee Montgomery -- as well as What's Good and What We're Watching. 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: 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/ Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

In this extended conversation, Amira Rose Davis interviews Benji Hart, a Chicago-based author, artist and educator whose work centers Black radicalism, queer liberation and prison abolition. They dig deep into the intersection of sports, police and militarism, and how to imagine radical futures and spaces of liberation. 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: 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/ Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

This week Brenda, Amira and Jessica are joined by special guest Frank Guridy, Associate Professor of History and African-American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. With an abundance of abiding ties to Texas, they discuss last week's devastating winter storm and unpack the layers that changed how different communities were impacted and survived. Then, they bask in the joy of the Australian Open and Naomi Osaka's 4th Grand Slam title. And as always, they burn the misogynist and racist happenings in sport of this week, shout out the Torchbearers shining light in spite of it all and share what's good in their lives, which includes last week's SNL hosted by Regé-Jean Page with musical guest Bad Bunny. 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/ Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

Shireen chats with the freestyle footballer phenom Lisa Zimouche on her sport, her global influence, and why she feels freestyle can open up football for racialized and Muslim women. 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: 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/

We have a short clip from a brand new podcast from Sony that focuses on the intersection and overlap of music and sports: The Artist and The Athlete with Lindsay Czarniak. In this preview clip, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson talks to Scott Avett and Seth Avett of the folk rock band The Avett Brothers. If you like what you hear, find new episodes of The Athlete & The Artist every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts!

This episode is dedicated to Shanda Renee Johnson. Recent publication of the sexual harassment of female journalists in baseball prompted Lindsay, Amira and Brenda to discuss their experiences working in male-dominated fields, the challenges of which are compounded by race. They talk about the historical leadership of Black women speaking out, like that of Civil Rights Activist and current Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the importance of self-made communities for survival and the need for consistent accountability for perpetrators of sexual assault, harassment and racism to create change. Then they burn more news from sports that needs to be burned, celebrate those bringing light, including Torchbearer of the Week Toni Breidinger and share what's good and what they're watching: The Australian Open!!

On this episode, Shireen talks with Dr. Maryam Aziz, a Black scholar and karate practitioner. They discuss Blackness, Queerness and being Muslims in martial arts. They also get into the Cobra Kai series -- what is real and what is not.

On this week's show Shireen, Lindsay, and Jessica try to make sense of the current plans (or lack thereof) for the 2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. You'll also hear a preview of Shireen's interview with Dr. Maryam Aziz. On the Burn Pile, they burn the latest egregious transphobia in women's sport. Then, they remember in memoriam gymnast Dianne Durham and NFL reporter Chris Wesseling. They next lift up the Torchbearers of the week, featuring young trans athletes. They end the show with what's good in their lives and what they're watching.

Lindsay Gibbs interviews Lindsay Jones, Senior Writer for the Athletic NFL about the 2021 Super Bowl. They talk about Covid's impact on media coverage of the NFL season, the leadership of Patrick Mahomes for Kansas City on and off the field, and the contradiction of Tampa Bay Head Coach Bruce Arians in hiring female coaches while disregarding sexual violence against women.

On this week’s show: Super Bowl LV. Brenda, Amira, and Lindsay discuss how the event became a spectacle, who they’re rooting for, and whether the representation of African Americans and women can change their view of the event. They’ll also share this week’s Burn Pile and Torchbearers -- starring Layshia Clarendon -- and tell you what’s good in their lives.

In this episode, Jessica talks with JayCee Cooper, a trans woman who is suing USA Powerlifting over the organization's blanket ban on trans lifters. They chat about JayCee’s love of powerlifting, why they’re suing, and the support she has gotten from the powerlifting community.

There’s been a lot of talk lately about “corruption” in government and in sports. And with mega events like the Olympics and the World Cup coming up, the problem is here to stay. So this week, Amira, Jessica, and Brenda delve into corruption in sports. They ask why corruption is so rarely reported on, and they explain how you can’t fully understand racism and sexism in sports without following the money. You’ll also hear this week’s Burn Pile and meet our latest Torchbearers, featuring a remembrance of Henry Aaron. And you’ll learn what’s good in their lives.

In this episode, Shireen is joined by Chanel Keenan, Intersectionality Consultant for the Seattle Kraken and host of the C More Than Sports podcast. They discuss Chanel's "rink rat" upbringing, her dream to attend the NHL draft, and making hockey a more diverse and inclusive sport.

The 2021 NWSL Draft took place last week. But former Stanford star Catarina Macario was not among those selected. That’s because Macario opted to sign with Lyon rather than enter the NWSL. This prompted Lindsay, Jessica, and Shireen to take a closer look at drafts -- and the ways they suppress labor. Is it time for the NWSL and other U.S. sports leagues to get rid of their drafts? Of course, you’ll also hear this week’s Burn Pile and meet our latest Torchbearers. And you’ll learn what’s good in our lives, including a surprising Peloton update from Shireen...

In this Hot Take, Shireen is joined by sports journalist Sandra Herrera, of CBS Sports and Southside Trap Podcast, to dissect the 2021 NWSL Draft.

Lindsay Gibbs interviews Elizabeth Williams of the Atlanta Dream. They discuss Williams and the Dream's public support of Rev. Warnock, whose recent victory in Georgia flipped the U.S. Senate. Williams also shared what it's like to watch U.S. political events unfold from Turkey, where she's currently playing.

After a week that included a Trump-incited insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as well as the election of two Democrats from Georgia to the Senate, the whole crew gets together. Jessica, Amira, Brenda, Lindsay, and Shireen discuss this current moment of athlete activism, with a focus on the Atlanta Dream, the WNBA, and the election of Rev. Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate. Of course, you’ll hear the first Burn Pile of 2021. And you’ll meet this week’s Torchbearers, starring Marta and Toni Pressley, and learn what’s good in our lives.