1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to Naked Sports, the podcast where we live at 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: the intersection of sports, politics, and culture. Our purpose reveal 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: the common threads that bind them all. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 2: So what's happening in women's basketball right now is what 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: we've been trying to. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Get to for almost thirty years. From the stadiums where 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: athlete to break barriers and set records. Kaitlin Clark broke 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: the all time single game assists record. This is crazy 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: for rookies to be doing. Our discussions will uncover the 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: vital connections between these realms and the community we create. 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: In each episode, we'll sit down with athletes, political analysts, 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: and culture critics because at the core of it all, 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: how we see one issue shines the light on all others. 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to Naked Sports. I'm your host, Carrie Champion. Hey, everybody, 15 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: welcome to another edition of Naked Sports. And Carrie, I 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: thank you all for being here. I believe that I 17 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: was on a vacation, at least that was in my mind. 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: I was in another country, enjoying myself. And then, of 19 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: course what we should never do is check our phones. 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: And I'm on the phone and I'm seeing what's happening 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: in my hometown. In LA, and I'm thinking this is 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: absolutely wild, why is this even happening? But I'm also 23 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: thinking I've seen this before. I've seen this in other 24 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: countries where they have dictators. I've seen this before when 25 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: we watch television movies. I've seen this before when I 26 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: watch The Handmaid's Tale. Don't watch it if you don't 27 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: want to be triggered. And so what's happening in LA 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: right now? And as other protests spread against Ice and 29 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: other countries, it's become really tragic to see mothers being 30 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: torn apart from their children. Protesters who are doing it 31 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: in peace, minding their own business, being bullied and or 32 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: hit and are shoved and or arrested by officers national guards. 33 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: Sometimes you can't tell the difference between the two because 34 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: simply it just looks like people are being disturbed when 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: they are exercising the right as a citizen of the 36 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: United States to protests. That is your right to do so. 37 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: You may not like it, but that is a right, 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: a fundamental right, that we have governed in our constitution. 39 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: But today I was reading as I prepared to record 40 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: this podcast, today, I was reading that there are more 41 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: US troops in Los Angeles than Iraq and Syria combined. 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: And let me read that again. There are more US 43 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: troops right now in this moment in La than there 44 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: are in Iraq, in Syria combined. The Pentagon projects that 45 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: the troops that are in Los Angeles, that deployment of 46 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: troops that came to Los Angeles to protect and serve 47 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: because it was apparently, in Sum's eyes, violent and they 48 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: needed to call in these troops that usually go overseas 49 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: to fight wars for US, They're now fighting your next 50 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: door neighbor. You know how much that costs? One hundred 51 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: and thirty four million dollars. And I thought we were 52 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: a country that needed to save money. I thought that's 53 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: why Elon was a part of DOGE. I thought that 54 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: people were figuring out ways to save money. You send 55 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: a handful of marines seven hundred on standby latest numbers 56 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: to come to Los Angeles and protect and serve what 57 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: I do not know because those streets are empty. I'm 58 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: from LA. So let me give you by design what 59 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: downtown Los Angeles looks like. Downtown Los Angeles is like 60 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: a downtown of any big top ten city. And you know, 61 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: downtown doesn't really describe where most people live. It isn't 62 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: except for New York. New York has the from my understanding, 63 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: the exception to this rule. Downtown Los Angeles isn't a hubbub. 64 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: It isn't where everything is happening. There aren't many people 65 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: who live in that community in terms of it's not 66 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: the space where you will see people congregating and going. 67 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: It's a small area. I say it's a small area 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: because it doesn't seem to fit the response. It's like 69 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: you take I tell you I have a boo boo 70 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: or cut myself, and then you decide to give me 71 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: a cast. I tell you that I slipped on the street, 72 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: and then you bluff off the entire street because you're like, 73 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: no one can walk on the street because it's a 74 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: dangerous street. I tell you I want a whisper of 75 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: orange juice in my mimosa, and you pour me a 76 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: full glass without the champagne. It's too much. 77 00:04:59,320 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 3: It'. 78 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: The military currently has more boots on the ground in 79 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: Los Angeles than in two Middle Eastern countries, including one 80 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: the United States was at war with. We're talking about Iraq. 81 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: President Trump has employed about forty eight hundred activated National 82 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: Guard and Marine troops combined to Los Angeles amid the 83 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: ICE immigration protests in the city. The US has twenty 84 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: five hundred troops in a rock to this date, fifteen 85 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: hundred in Syria. And this was all coming from ABC News. 86 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: So in short, there are more troops in LA than 87 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: there are in Syria where they're looking for ISIS. And 88 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: then there are in Iraq, where we have already pledged 89 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: our commitment to keep that entire country safe. Imagine that, 90 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: Imagine that where is the war on terrorism? It's definitely 91 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: not happening in a small section of Los Angeles known 92 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: as the Downtown LA area where A protests are happening. 93 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: Protesters are starting the spread in other countries and people 94 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: are upset. 95 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: I'm scared. I'm scared. 96 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 4: Don't let me go. 97 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 3: I have to go Elizabe to ICE is now removing 98 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 3: undocumented foster children from their foster humps, removing foster children 99 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: from their foster homes for deportation, y'all. I've been working 100 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 3: in the foster care system for twenty eight years. I'm 101 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 3: a former foster mom, and I adopted four children from 102 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 3: foster care and fostered many others, and I have represented 103 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 3: hundreds of children who are in foster care. And one 104 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 3: thing all of these children have in common is they 105 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 3: have all been through trauma to one degree or another. 106 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 3: We are taking children who have already been through trauma 107 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 3: and removing them from foster homes for deportation. There will 108 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 3: be a reckoning for this in this life or the next. 109 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: For those of you who are supporting this, there will 110 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 3: be a reckoning for this in this life or the next. 111 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: I think something really powerful was coming from this moment. 112 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: And I know that some of you only want to 113 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: hear about sports, you don't want to hear about politics. 114 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: But this affects everyone, and we can't keep our head down, 115 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: and we can't ignore it, and we can't scroll past it, 116 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: and we can't say it's not happening, because it will 117 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: come to your doorstep in some former fashion. I am 118 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: born and raised. I am not worried about Ice arresting me. 119 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: But if in the fact they got jiggy, if they 120 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: got a little freakish with it, they could if they 121 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: wanted to just to give me a hard time, just 122 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: to give you a hard time, they can do whatever 123 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: they want to do. That is the point. That's why 124 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: people are protesting there needs to be some sort of reform. 125 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: In my opinion, you can't just run out here and 126 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: just arrest anyone because you feel like it or maybe 127 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: they look like what is going on and right now, 128 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: while they're only attacking people in certain Latin communities, let 129 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: them you know where they headed next. I don't even 130 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: have to tell you. I don't even have to tell 131 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: you who's next. You already know who's next. You're not 132 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: safe just because you are a you're not an immigrant 133 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: of the Latin region. You're not safe. No one is 134 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: really truly safe, which is why people are protesting. Governor Newsom. 135 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom with the podcast I'll say this 136 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: to you, sir. I have criticized you before in the 137 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: past because you go back and forth, forth and back, 138 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: and it feels like to me a lot of your 139 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: stances come from an area where you were trying to 140 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: gather favor as opposed to just saying what you truly feel. 141 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: As someone who gives opinions on CNN, I understand how 142 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: that is. I understand when you get nerve when you 143 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: stand ten toes down on what you believe and you 144 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: know it could affect your bottom line for you. In 145 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: that case, it could be a loss of constituents, it 146 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: could be a loss of perhaps a presidential bid because 147 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: you think you want it, your stakes are higher. But 148 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: for so long it felt as if you were playing 149 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: a game, like you were catching on to fire. When 150 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: it came to the nil deals in California and you 151 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: were sitting with Lebron, felt like, oh, let me hang 152 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: out with these people. And then you did the podcast 153 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: and I'm like, well, what's going on? And then you 154 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: changed your mind on you know, boys, trans kids in sports, girls' 155 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: sports more specifically, all of that to me made me 156 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: think I didn't know really where you stood. I'm not 157 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: criticizing you on your choices. I'm criticizing you on what 158 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: seemed like your inability to stay focused. But when I 159 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: tell you, I have a whole new respect for you 160 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: in this moment because of the way in which you 161 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: handled Donald Trump, our current president, and what you said 162 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: about it. 163 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: And he never once brought up the National Guard. He's 164 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: a stone called liar, he said he did, stone called 165 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: liar never did. 166 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: Was a very civil conversation. 167 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 2: I've always wanted to approach engagement with the president of 168 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 2: the United States in a respectful and responsible way. But 169 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 2: there's no working with the president. There's only working for him. 170 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: And I will never work for Donald Trump. 171 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 1: Powerful he's upset and I'm sure that what we are 172 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: going to see. And I often have said this about journalism, 173 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: these are war times. You may not think this is wartime, 174 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: but these are war times. Whenever troops are being deployed 175 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: on any city street to keep the peace, while the 176 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: governor did not ask for it, no one else called 177 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: for it, because usually that is the protocol. The last 178 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: time that this happened, the last time that the President 179 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 1: of the United States. I'll give you three instances, big ones, 180 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: when the President of the United States said, listen, I 181 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: don't like what's going on over there in that state, 182 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: and I am now going to deploy the National Guard. 183 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: There are three instances of my homegrow Katie. Katie Curic 184 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: talked about them on her podcast, and I thought, wow, 185 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: this is crazy. One of which being was when they 186 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: needed to desegregate schools. What in Alabama? Are you telling 187 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: me that this rises to the occasion of desegregation? Take 188 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: listen however you want. 189 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 4: Is many of you know the Trump administration deployed the 190 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 4: National Guard to Los Angeles. Over the weekend, President Trump 191 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 4: signed a memorandum to send troops to quote address the 192 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 4: lawlessness that has been allowed to fester end quote. My 193 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 4: Tina and I thought it would be useful to explain 194 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: how incredibly rare this is. Historically, National Guard troops are 195 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 4: brought to manage a situation at the request of the 196 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 4: state's governor. For example, following the riots in south central LA, 197 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 4: after all four officers were acquitted in the videotape beating 198 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 4: of Rodney King, a state of emergency was declared and 199 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 4: Governor Pete Wilson requested that President George Herbert Walker Bush 200 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 4: deploy National Guard troops. This time, the National Guard was 201 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 4: sent in without any requests by Governor Gavin Newsomb, who 202 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 4: claimed their presidence would quote be purposely inflammatory and only 203 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 4: escalate tensions. Now Governor Newsomb is suing President Trump for 204 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: calling in the Guard and deploying them on the streets 205 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 4: of LA. Now, the National Guard has been deployed in 206 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 4: other situations without the consent of the governor. In nineteen 207 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 4: fifty seven, President Eisenhower sent them to Little Rock, Arkansas, 208 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 4: to ensure that Brown view of education. The Supreme Court ruling, 209 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 4: which paid the way to school desegregation, was enforced. In 210 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 4: nineteen sixty three, President Kennedy federalized the Guard after Alabama 211 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 4: Governor George Wallace attempted to block the entrance of the 212 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 4: University of Alabama. President Lyndon Baines Johnson called in the 213 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: National Guard to protect civil rights demonstrators during the march 214 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 4: between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. In other words, this is 215 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 4: the first time since nineteen sixty five that the National 216 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 4: Guard has been deployed without the knowledge or approval of 217 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 4: a state's governor. By the way, as of this afternoon, 218 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 4: three hundred National Guard troops are currently in Los Angeles, 219 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 4: and now we're just learning they're sending in the Marines. 220 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 4: According to the Wall Street Journal, roughly five hundred Marines 221 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: are deploying to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and 222 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 4: personnel in the weake of weekend protests over immigration and 223 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 4: that have already led President Trump to federalized National Guard troops. 224 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: The troops are. 225 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 4: Expected to arrive as soon as tonight, and they will 226 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 4: be under the US Northern Command, which is responsible for 227 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 4: US military operations in North America. This whole thing is 228 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 4: getting weirder and weirder, and according to a lot of people, 229 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 4: pretty damn scary. Let me know what you all think. 230 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: And so, because I feel that we are at war 231 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: within this country. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised, and 232 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: I've been saying this for years, not years, I've been 233 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: saying this for the last year or so. I wouldn't 234 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: be surprised if civil war robot. This is what we're 235 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: watching right now. I need you to understand. Is is 236 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: to me the equivalent of a very bad movie that 237 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: does that in well but also in real time. What's 238 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: happening is so shocking because it's never happened to us 239 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: in recent memory in this country, and people don't know 240 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: how to respond, which is why Gaviner Newsom is like, 241 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sue Trump. I don't know what that's gonna do, 242 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: but let me see, let me stop it in the courts, 243 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: let me prolong this process. But what we're going to 244 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: start seeing, outside of really great journalism and people sticking 245 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: to the truth and saying what they feel, what we're 246 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: also going to see in real time is real leaders 247 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: step up. And I don't necessarily know if Governor Newsom 248 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: is that real leader. But we're going to see the 249 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: current administration pressure some of these states that don't agree 250 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: with the administration Donald Trump. We're going to see people 251 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: legitimately start to step up, and we're going to see 252 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: our leaders, and we're going to see our warriors, and 253 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: we're going to see our protectors. And that is what 254 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: happens in times like this. Everything has to and not 255 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: in any type of literal terms, because I don't want 256 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: this to happen, but everything has to burn down to 257 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: the ground so it can be rebuilt, so people can 258 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: come out new and fresh, so that we can find 259 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: new leaders, so that we can find new voices, and 260 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: that we can really truly come together and understand what 261 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: it means to be in a situation where you have 262 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: no absolute control, no sovereignty over yourself. We're so used 263 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: to Americas coming and going as we please. These certain 264 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: small liberties are being taken away every single day. And obviously, 265 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: if you even are a legal citizen of this country 266 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: and your parents came here from another country and you 267 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: were born here, or your parents are now legal citizens 268 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: and they've got their citizenship, you're feeling nervous. I don't 269 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: know much about it. Because I was born and raised, 270 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: so it doesn't quote unquote affect me in this moment, 271 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: but it candidate will it candidate will and so that 272 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: is why I really truly look, I'm here for the 273 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: best of times. I love to laugh and giggle with 274 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: the best of them, but I need people to pay 275 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: attention to what's happening, because it's just the beginning. And 276 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: we've been saying that, but it's just the beginning. I 277 00:16:56,120 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: find it really interesting that on January sixth, the insurrection, 278 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: where were the troops? Where were the National Guards? I 279 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: saw a video of police officers bludgeoned, not to death, 280 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: but beat people died and it was no big deal. Really, really, y'all, 281 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: don't think this is crazy. Please stop having short memories. 282 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: What is happening right now as a state of emergency 283 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: and we have to be on guard, we really truly do. 284 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: I hate to only talk about the politics of it all, 285 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: but I when I got off of vacation and I'm 286 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: watching these images, I'm like, am I coming to a 287 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: third world country? As I returned back home? Am I 288 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: coming back home to a dictatorship where I had just 289 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: left a dictatorship? Am I coming back home? To that 290 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: what's happening around the world. People are familiar with this 291 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: in other countries. We're very spoiled I think here and 292 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: so talking just to some people, even in my travels, 293 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: they understand what's happening. They described it in such an 294 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: elegant way that makes it seem like, yeah, it just 295 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: happens all the time. Governments topple all the time, people 296 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: get upset with the government and fight back all the time. 297 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: People demand more all the time. It's not always state 298 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: stability and chaos. And that is what's happening in real time. 299 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: We're watching whatever we thought, whatever illusion of stability that 300 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: we had in this country disappear. Huh. I don't want 301 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: to be so dramatic, but I do want you to 302 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: pay attention. PSA public service announcement. It's up to us 303 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: y'all to at least be informed. You ain't have to 304 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: talk about it at work, you don't talk about it 305 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: with Sally next door, but we do have to be informed. 306 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna take a quick break because we have to 307 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: pay some bills. We'll be right back in just a 308 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: few moments. I got to move on to one interesting 309 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: take or replay. I want to know what y'all think 310 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: about tyresee Halliburton. By the time you hear this. By 311 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 1: the time you hear this, we're deep into the finals 312 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: currently two to one. That man shut down an entire garden, 313 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: Madison Square garden. That man got his dad reinstated so 314 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: his dad could watch the games again. That man's voice 315 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: changes mid sentence two, three, four or five times. Take 316 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: a listen. Uh, gradually, we didn't make shots, make or 317 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: miss league. You shot twenty percent from Yeah, we got 318 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: to shoot better from You know, we'll shoot better. You 319 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: know that's not that's not us. 320 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 5: But uh, you know, you gotta find ways to win, 321 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 5: and we just couldn't do that today. 322 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: So we'll see where we can get better. 323 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 3: Watch film and be ready to go for a game four. 324 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: It was just two different people that almost felt like three. 325 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 2: Wait, he'd be a great voice actor. 326 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: But that man might be That man Stephen A. Smith 327 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: is like, not, he's not a superstar? Is it because 328 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: he's light skin? Is that it? I think? I mean, 329 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: when's the last time. 330 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 4: We call. 331 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: A light skin player a superstar? Steph, Steph Steph Curry 332 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: was my light las skin. I don't know what's going on? 333 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: Is it because he wears odd clothes during the tunnel. 334 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. None of those things bother me. I 335 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: don't mind his odd clothes, don'tline his busboy suits, and 336 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: I don't even mind his predilection to play in the snow. 337 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: I don't even mind. That doesn't even bother me. None 338 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: of that bothers me because I think he is a really, 339 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: really great player, and I don't know if he can 340 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: be a bona fide superstar yet. But I'm telling you 341 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: he's climbing up. He's climbing up. I mean, he's getting 342 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: so much respect, and people are gonna have to get 343 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: over the fact that he's light skinned. Y'all so mean 344 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: to these light skinned men. I don't like it. They 345 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: can play basketball. Steph showed you all that. Let a 346 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: new Steph live, Let a new Steph live. So let 347 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: him be the great light skin stuff if he needs 348 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: to be. But if I had to be honest with you, 349 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: I think the Pacers might win at all. New York 350 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: should love that too, But I think the Pacers might 351 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: win at all. I love Sga. I thought Sga was 352 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: the man. I wanted him to win it all because 353 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: he is so deserving yes, deserving of MVP, deserving of 354 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: just I just like everything about him. He just he 355 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: I rock with him, you know what I mean. But 356 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: that Pacers team is deep. They got player after player 357 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: after player after player after player after player after player 358 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: and in Tyreson right here, just like his name main Tyrese. 359 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: Let's just call him Hallie. He's running around here being 360 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: real good. It's as simple as that. I'm giving it 361 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: to him. He will be the Finals MVP. The Pacers 362 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: will win it. It will be a great series because 363 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: these two teams are amazing. Okase deserves this moment as 364 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: well as a great team, a great rue organization. What 365 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: we're looking at, really, honestly, the take here is that 366 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: these are the new superstars of the NBA. As Steph 367 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: Curry and Lebron James and James Harden and Kevin Durant 368 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: and the ol gs start to see the sunset rising 369 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: really quick, of the sun setting really quick on their careers, 370 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: these guys are rising in real time like these are 371 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: the new faces of the NBA and the NBA to 372 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: do themselves a favor and get more storylines. Let it 373 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: get ugly, let them get mean, Let people not like 374 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,959 Speaker 1: each other. Let's create rivalries. People will be locked in 375 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: and they'll pass the torch appropriately. If you all don't mind, 376 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: I I just want to take a few minutes to 377 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: talk about a nondugulous I'm sure you all have heard 378 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: by now that she passed away of stage four breast 379 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: cancer and she was fifty two years old. And I 380 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: want to tell you that I had Jesse Collins on 381 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: the show, the executive producer of the BET Awards, and 382 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: I asked him what teen Summit meant to him? What 383 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: was it, what did it stand for? What was its legacy? 384 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: And he mentioned that teen Summit was a place where 385 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: people who were burgeoning adults had real issues, real questions, 386 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 1: and they wanted to talk it out and they wanted 387 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: to share what they were feeling. It's funny. 388 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 5: I was just watching Forever this weekend, mar Brocker Keel's 389 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 5: new show. 390 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 3: It's like. 391 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 5: Teen Summit was that for us back then, because there 392 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 5: was no Forever. There wasn't anything showing what young black 393 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 5: kids were going through socially and politically, and just nothing. 394 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: There was nothing. 395 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 5: I mean, you had, you had The Cosby Show, but 396 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 5: that was a sitcom, so it wasn't like getting into 397 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: the weeds of it. Teen Summit was that, you know, 398 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 5: this is the air of parents who really weren't like 399 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 5: so tell me about your feelings. But how do you 400 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 5: feel about like then there was none of that. There 401 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 5: was like, go clean room, nothing else matters. Do you choors, 402 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 5: do you chores? Do you homework? Have you asked in 403 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 5: the house before the sun comes in? 404 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: And that's it for streets coming on. 405 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 5: Yes, teen Summit was a place where you could discuss 406 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 5: that and see people talk about that and really like 407 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 5: think about what your point of view is on things 408 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 5: and make it make you understand that you're supposed to 409 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 5: have a point of view on things. 410 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 1: Yes, there's no rumor today on teen Someone, We've got 411 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: some great surprises. 412 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 5: Coming your waist. 413 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the controversy that recently happened in Florida. 414 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 5: I believe with two Life Crew so that that, to 415 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: me was what was important about that show. 416 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: I haven't seen programming like that ever. I would love 417 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: to see a program that is popular, cultural and me 418 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: at the intersection of all of the of the ideals 419 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: of what we'd like to discuss sports, culture, entertainment, politics. 420 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: You go on teen somemit did that, and it gave 421 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: a lot of teenagers a voice, or helped them find 422 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: their voice, or it told a lot of kids that 423 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: your opinion does matter. And one of the great hosts 424 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: of that show, Ananda Lewis, was mentioned here on Naked 425 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: Sports just not that long ago as Jesse talked about 426 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: this huge anniversary show of bat and the show was 427 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: amazing and when they were doing the reunions, people were 428 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: very very It took us back. People were very happy. 429 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: It made you nostalgic to see so many people that 430 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: you grew up with. I'm talking for myself as well. 431 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: There were a few notables missing, and they had discussed 432 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: why they missed, but Ananda, I'm sure they tried to 433 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: reach out to her. I'm sure, and just days later 434 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: after the airing of that show, she passed away. And 435 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: so for me, Ananda was what could be as a 436 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: person who was coming up in this business and wanted 437 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: to be on air and didn't see myself to see 438 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: someone because I knew at seven years old that I 439 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: wanted to make a difference use my voice, and I 440 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: didn't know where I would do that, but to see 441 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: a teenager doing it in such a powerful way, and 442 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: then leaving and going to MTV and creating her own 443 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: there as well. Powerful and before I got my first 444 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: real job, I remember being in LA and seeing Ananda 445 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: at the Universal Studios Center. It's an area in LA, 446 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: That's how I'll describe it for you all. And she 447 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: was walking and she was on the phone and she 448 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: was laughing and talking and joking and just being really amazing. 449 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: And I wanted to say something to it or she 450 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: could see, like we made eye contact and she could 451 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 1: see my face and I was like, you know, I 452 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: got excited. If you guys, you can't if you're not watching, 453 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god. And I didn't say 454 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: anything because I was scared they want to bother That's 455 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: also LA too, you don't want to bother people. And 456 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: I remember just thinking, Wow, I just saw Ananda Lewis. 457 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: And over the years, I hadn't had the opportunity to 458 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: meet her, but so many of my colleagues have and 459 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: they all talked to her and they all hung out 460 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: with her, and they said she was just an amazing soul. 461 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: And my friend Kelly Carter did a story on Ananda 462 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: and it was about her fight with breast cancer when 463 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: she decided that she was going to fight her way 464 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: in not the typical way, and why she decided to 465 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: do that, And I wanted to share just a few 466 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: minutes with you all, or a few parts of the 467 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: interview so you can understand her, her passion, her her 468 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: zest for life, because she always has such a great personality. 469 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: She was one of those people there was TV ready, 470 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: like she could command the room. And I'm listening to 471 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: her give this interview with Kelly Carter, arguably knowing that 472 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: the n was nigh, it was near, it was coming. 473 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 6: I know by forty seven, I should have had my 474 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 6: first mammogram, right And I didn't do that because I 475 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 6: saw my mom do it for thirty years and she 476 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 6: still ended up being diagnosed with breast cancer. I didn't 477 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 6: have the understanding then that I had now. 478 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: So I say this to Ananda, thank you for showing 479 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: so many Brown girls it is possible and there is 480 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: a way. Thank you for being positive up up until 481 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: the very last moment. You can even go on her 482 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: ig page and see how positive she was. And then 483 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: I also just want to thank you for having the 484 00:28:54,040 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: courage to be you and do you. May you rest 485 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: in peace, all right? Y'all. Thank y'all for listening to 486 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: this edition of Naked Sports. I got some sports in, 487 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: but the overall message is this, we really, truly, truly 488 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: need to pay attention to what's happening in this country. 489 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: You can ignore what's going to be at your doorstep 490 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. You just can't. It's just that simple. 491 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: I can catch me on CNN on Friday nights. I 492 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: will be doing the show there, or you can see 493 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: it on my Instagram. Carrie Champion is my Instagram. Make 494 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: sure you just tune in, pay attention, and I'll try 495 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: to inform you as best I can. Naked Sports written 496 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: and executive produced by me Carrie Champion, produced by Jaquies Thomas. 497 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: Sound designed and mastered by Dwayne Crawford. Naked Sports is 498 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: a part of the Black Effect podcast network in iHeartMedia