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Athletes and Environmental Justice

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 18:00


For this week's episode of the Shut up and Dribble Podcast, Ben welcomes Davis Mead, an expert on sports activism, onto the show to discuss the differing roles of athletes in social justice issues, as well as the future role of athletes and the sports world in combating environmental justice issues. Ben, and Davis open with a case study on NBA player Javale Mcgee and his foundation, JUGLIFE's environmental justice work (0:35 - 6:45). This episode includes a discussion of athletes' roles in real world issues and how our current times allow for social media activism to be as powerful and accessible as ever, especially for athletes who possess such large followings. Environmental Justice is also a main focus of this episode, and rightly so, issues of environmental justice and climate justice are as much of a threat as ever and Ben and Davis discuss how athletes have been and can get involved/make tangible change in the future.Podcast Production: Ben Zimmerman, Davis MeadResearch and Show Notes: Ben Zimmerman, Davis MeadFigures Mentioned: Javale Mcgee, Kez Reed, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, Micheal Jordan, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Muhammad Ali, Chris Paul, Lebron James, Serena WilliamsAudio/Video Used: Intro: The Chain (Fleetwood Mac), Outro: Don't Stop Me Now (Queen), “The Last Dance” ep. 5, JUGLIFE youtube channelFor More Information on JUGLIFEReferences:https://www.facebook.com/WhenWeAllVote/videos/vb.350316025478383/657142244904681/?type=2&theaterhttps://www.juglifewater.com/foundation/https://www.slamonline.com/nba/juglife-how-javale-mcgee-is-saving-lives-through-his-foundation/https://greensportsblog.com/malcolm-brogdon-hoops2o-fresh-h2o-to-africa/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drew-brees-kneeling-national-anthem-protest-nfl/https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/10/05/chris-paul-more-than-90-of-nba-players-are-now-registered-to-vote/https://www.nba.com/news/chris-paul-leads-march-to-voting-site-at-n-carolina-collegehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UgvZGq1HF1PSEgWk3LBswFind Shut and Dribble on Social MediaWeb: www.ShutUpandDribblePodcast.comTwitter: @ShutUpandDribblePodFacebook: www.facebook.com/ShutUpandDribblePodcast

Trump Links

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 16:00


Join Angie and Janie in this investigative podcast as they explore the tumultuous and storied construction of the Trump Links golf course at Ferry Point in the South Bronx. With lively discussion spanning from the burdened tax payers of New York City to the forgotten Lenape people, this is an episode you don't want to miss!Music and Sound is courtesy of: Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack: “Sponge Monger”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwaCyaemL7E “Have a Laugh” Chef Donald Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYEQig6O64Royalty Free Music Downloads through Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/ “For the Damaged Coda” by Blond Redheadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js-XbNj6Tk“Lemon” by Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxd2r4cIqY“Nothing in Return” Monsunehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN2wbm6zi8“Morning Mood” Edvard Grieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEzh3MwILYShow Notes:Join Angie and Janie in this investigative podcast as they explore the tumultuous and storied construction of the Trump Links golf course at Ferry Point in the South Bronx. With lively discussion spanning from the burdened tax payers of New York City to the forgotten Lenape people, this is an episode you don't want to miss!Music and Sound is courtesy of: Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack: “Sponge Monger”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwaCyaemL7E “Have a Laugh” Chef Donald Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYEQig6O64Royalty Free Music Downloads through Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/ “For the Damaged Coda” by Blond Redheadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js-XbNj6Tk“Lemon” by Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxd2r4cIqY“Nothing in Return” Monsunehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN2wbm6zi8“Morning Mood” Edvard Grieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEzh3MwILY

Sand Mafias

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 18:46


On this episode of the Get Lit Podcast, show host Teddy Rockefeller brings AJ DiChiara, a well versed expert on sand mining, to discuss the global blight of “sand mafias”. Bibliography: Abdulali and the stolen beach story:https://theecologist.org/2018/feb/08/they-stole-beach-major-mafia-almost-nobody-wants-talk-about (Links to an external site.) More information on sand mining and its global effects:https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jul/01/riddle-of-the-sands-the-truth-behind-stolen-beaches-and-dredged-islands (Links to an external site.)Information on the rising groups of “sand mafias”:https://www.eco-business.com/news/sand-mining-mafias-destroying-environment-livelihoods-un/#:~:text=Sand%20extraction%20has%20increased%20pollution,severity%20of%20landslides%20and%20drought (Links to an external site.).Investigating the world shortage of sand:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand (Links to an external site.)More on Vince Beiser's book and Ted Talk about sand mining and mafias:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-11/illegal-sand-trade-india-mafia-murders-vince-beiser/11779570 (Links to an external site.)Environmental effects of sand mining:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/world-needs-get-serious-about-managing-sand-says-un-report (Links to an external site.)UN report on sand mining:https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/rising-demand-sand-calls-resource-governance (Links to an external site.)French couple stealing sand from Sardinia: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sardinia-sand-theft-arrest-scli-intl/index.html (Links to an external site.)Global tensions rising and Antonio Guterres quote: https://apnews.com/article/6c0d437d14da8f91fd578f003a88cf7a (Links to an external site.)Music Credits:Hells Bells by ACDChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzRXx1DA_U (Links to an external site.) [FREE] Lo-fi type beat - Lighter | lofi hiphop beat by midsummerBeethoven's 5th symphony orchestrahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNYFVgpEYY (Links to an external site.)Inquisitive - Free Background Music by WillSurj Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jiAEMBCtE (Links to an external site.)Travis Scott - goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar (Lofi Remix) [1hour] by Travis Scott and edited by Music of Fortune

Are the Olympics Built to Last?

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 19:25


On this episode of The Waste Podium, Claire, Lexi, and Maddy dive into the Olympic games and some essential, yet buried, questions. Our central question was, are the Olympics truly sustainable? We explore this question in both the context of “green” sustainability of the games, and questioning if the hyper-wasteful model of the games themselves can be sustained into the future. What happens to Olympic communities after they host? Do the Olympics present both social and environmental issues? Joining us will be special guests like a crafted “anonymous” eyewitness character named Maria, inspired by the articles linked below, and an Olympic expert, Tammy Applebaum. The international Olympic games make this podcast relevant to everyone globally. Enjoy!Podcast Production: Claire CummingsResearch and Show Notes: Maddy Sofer, Claire Cummings, and Lexi SerianaSources used for research:https://edgeeffects.net/olympic-legacies/https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/05/pollution-threatens-summer-olympic-gameshttps://grist.org/justice/6-ways-the-rio-olympics-are-failing-on-sustainability/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rio-olympics-2016-brazil-crises_n_573b53e7e4b0646cbeeb02c8https://gizmodo.com/these-sorrowful-holdouts-remain-in-a-favela-outside-the-1736014178https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-brazilians-see-more-losses-than-benefits-from-rio-olympic-games-1469620569https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/rio-2016-olympic-officials-athletes-village-unfinishedhttp://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/288.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00696-5#Sec9Source for eyewitness account character:https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/On this episode of The Waste Podium, Claire, Lexi, and Maddy dive into the Olympic games and some essential, yet buried, questions. Our central question was, are the Olympics truly sustainable? We explore this question in both the context of “green” sustainability of the games, and questioning if the hyper-wasteful model of the games themselves can be sustained into the future. What happens to Olympic communities after they host? Do the Olympics present both social and environmental issues? Joining us will be special guests like a crafted “anonymous” eyewitness character named Maria, inspired by the articles linked below, and an Olympic expert, Tammy Applebaum. The international Olympic games make this podcast relevant to everyone globally. Enjoy!Podcast Production: Claire CummingsResearch and Show Notes: Maddy Sofer, Claire Cummings, and Lexi SerianaSources used for research:https://edgeeffects.net/olympic-legacies/https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/05/pollution-threatens-summer-olympic-gameshttps://grist.org/justice/6-ways-the-rio-olympics-are-failing-on-sustainability/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rio-olympics-2016-brazil-crises_n_573b53e7e4b0646cbeeb02c8https://gizmodo.com/these-sorrowful-holdouts-remain-in-a-favela-outside-the-1736014178https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-brazilians-see-more-losses-than-benefits-from-rio-olympic-games-1469620569https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/rio-2016-olympic-officials-athletes-village-unfinishedhttp://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/288.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00696-5#Sec9Source for eyewitness account character:https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/

Thanos and the Snap

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021


GMOs

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 14:40


Page 1 of 2 Food for Thought show notesOverviewIn this podcast Mary Blake Zeron and myself, Elsa Marrian, discuss the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). We compare and contrast the Western World perspective on GMOs to that of the less economically developed world. One way that we do this is through the use of the Golden Rice example in India. Through this lens we are able to contextualise shopper anxiety, food labeling and legislation, and farmer activism. Headline Sourceshttps://www.bio.org/blogs/new-study-suggests-those-extremely-opposed-gmos-know-least-about-gmoshttps://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2014/10/where-gmos-hide-in-your-food/index.htmhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/genetically-modified-foods-are-safe-to-eat-report-finds/https://globalnews.ca/news/5151706/explainer-genetically-modified-food-non-gmo-labels/https://www.bayer.com/en/ca/canada-genetically-modified-organismshttps://ag.purdue.edu/GMOs/Pages/GMOsandHealth.aspxhttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/food-fight-over-gmos/#x https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/18/about-half-of-u-s-adults-are-wary-of-health-effects-of-genetically-modified-foods-but-many-also-see-advantages/General Information on GMOs http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/07/are_gmos_safe_yes_the_case_against_them_is_full_of_fraud_lies_and_errors.htmlGreenPeacehttps://www.greenpeace.org/usa/about/Information on Farmer activism in Indiahttps://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2019/06/indian-farmers-plant-gmo-seeds-civil-disobedience-satyagraha-protest/Surveyshttps://www.pewresearch.org/science/2016/12/01/public-opinion-about-genetically-modified-foods-and-trust-in-scientists-connected-with-these-foods/ Legislationhttps://www.agri-pulse.com/ext/resources/2018-27283.pdfSpecial thanks to Quinton Stevens, Brian Hamilton, and Anne Brown for their support in the production of our podcast

Food Apartheid

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 15:25


In this podcast, Talbot and Kendal, explain food apartheid by driving to food justice. They begin in Hobe Sound, Florida at Banner Lake Charter School, where they interview Simone Scott, an employee and native of Banner Lake. They explain how food apartheid differes from food deserts before driving up to Petersburg, New York to look at the work of Leah Pennimen and her team at Soul Fire Farm. The different voice is a Deerfield Academy student (Linnea Dreslin) meant to replicate Leah's voice in a Today Show Youtube interview. They do not actually interview Leah in real life. Information from Simone Scott was collected through a Zencaster interview. Their overall goal is to show what food apartheid looks like and its trickle down effects on other social justice issues. They tried to schedule an interview with Soul Fire Farm, but the farm does not have availability until August. Here are some of the resources we referenced for this episode: Soul Fire Farm: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/about/goals/ (Links to an external site.) Today Show Leah Pennimen Interview on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZq3jITD2g&t=140s (Links to an external site.) These words in the podcast come from this Youtube video: Video (2:12-2:48): Despite our master's degrees and over a decade of farming experience, we found it impossible to get fresh food for our children. There were no supermarkets no farmers markets no available community garden plots the only food is a corner store a liquor store and a McDonald's this system of segregation is termed by the government a food desert to us there's nothing natural about apartheid so we call it what it is; its food apartheid it comes out of a legacy of redlining and housing discrimination of divestment from communities of color and has resulted in the situation today where if you're white you're four times as likely to have a supermarket on your block then if you're black”Video (4:49-5:28): “You know land is the place where the lynchings the beatings the enslavement the sharecropping took place and so there's no way to escape the trauma associated with that and so a big part of what I and we are trying to do at Soulfire is to reach back across the narrative of the hundreds of years of land based oppression to cleopatra's you know compost piles and the raised beds of the ovambo people in Namibia to reach back to the work of dr. George Washington Carver's creating regenerative agriculture and Dr. Booker T Watley with farm-to-table to really reclaim the dignity of it is super important if we can't feed ourselves we can't truly be free.”Video (6:31-7:05): “we have a lot of teens that come through the farm and not all of them are gonna be farmers but they see folks who look like them following their dreams and being their own bosses and running their own institutions what matters to me is that they can see a wider vision of what's possible for their own lives this is what we're trying to get here so it's great to see it in person yeah it makes my heart flutter honestly I just like I'm so inspired” More about Leah Pennimen and Soul Fire Farm: https://www.vogue.com/article/soul-fire-farm-leah-penniman-why-food-sovereignty-is-central-in-the-fight-for-racial-justice (Links to an external site.)https://www.today.com/food/leah-penniman-started-her-own-farm-end-racism-food-system-t167046 (Links to an external site.) More about Simone Scott and Banner Lake: http://www.bannerlake.org (Links to an external site.) https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/luminaries/martin-county/2018/09/30/neighbors-break-bread-family-day-dinner-banner-lake-club/1483637002/ (Links to an external site.)Music: “All That” Royalty Free Music: (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/all-that-chill-hop (Links to an external site.)) Special Thanks:Simone Scott for her input about Banner Lake!Mr. Brian Hamilton for the introductory voiceLinnea Dreslin for reciting the Youtube video lines to serve as Leah Pennimen's voice

The Fishing Industry's Well Kept Secret

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 15:06


This episode of Injustices Uncovered explores the environmental and labor rights issues that go unnoticed in the commercial fishing industry. The two hosts, Quinton and Haley, begin by expelling some common perceptions about fishing and then introduce Vannak Anan Prum, a Cambodian man who's story reveals how modern slavery is possible. The episode concludes by examining the ways in which this injustice is being addressed and how solutions should be improved. Quinton and Haley, with Prum's help, hope to bring attention to this pressing issue and implore consumers in the West to be more mindful of the seafood they buy. Sources we referenced:The Freedom Fund (Links to an external site.)Hakai Magazine (Links to an external site.)The Lowy Institute (Links to an external site.)Seafood Source (Links to an external site.)Thomson Reuters Foundation (Links to an external site.)Deutsche Welle (Links to an external site.)Greenpeace (Links to an external site.)2020 Trafficking in Persons Report (Links to an external site.) Learn more:Maritime Executive (Links to an external site.)Global Slavery Index (Links to an external site.)Nature Communications (Links to an external site.)Animal Equality (Links to an external site.)The Pew Charitable Trusts (Links to an external site.)Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Database (Links to an external site.) Vannak Anan Prum:Twitter (Links to an external site.)Guardian Article (Links to an external site.)Buy on Amazon: The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea (Links to an external site.) Music/Sounds:Sea Waves (Links to an external site.)Trawler Engine (Links to an external site.)Intro Music:Infados by Kevin MacLeod (Links to an external site.)Outro Music:Mystic Aliens (Remix) by KillumiNattyDread (Links to an external site.) Special Thanks:Mr. Hamilton for his voice as Vannak Anan PrumNick Baker for his voice as Phil Robertson

Unjust Prisons Systems

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 840:41


Marshall Project: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/04/23/how-we-survived-covid-19-in-prison https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/12/17/how-to-fix-our-prisons-let-the-public-insideProfessor David N. Pellow Interview: https://youtu.be/3CcSB4u4CJEGrist Graph: https://grist.org/equity/toxic-jails-environmental-justice-los-angeles-new-york-chicago/Purposes of Punishment: https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/1-5-the-purposes-of-punishment/#:~:text=Punishment%20has%20five%20recognized%20purposes,rehabilitation%2C%20retribution%2C%20and%20restitutionOther resources to consult:https://theecologist.org/2020/nov/13/environmental-injustice-mass-incarceration-and-systemic-racism-ushttps://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2020/02/17/prisoners-need-environmental-justice-too/https://www.ehn.org/environmental-racism-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2641465977.htmlMusic/Sound effects:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI3TfTESdx8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht2ERtFfFPwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIFFF8p11Hkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeAdAe4B3Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u4EPdP7WgA&t=23shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ial7GYDxO54

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