The Curve with Christopher

Christopher Stuart Taylor

A chance to chat sports (and other topics) and its intersections with race, history, culture, and society.

  1. 2025-05-28

    Masai Ujiri needs to go: Pascal, OG, Cooper Flagg, and NBA Playoffs 2025

    It's been a while, so giving you all a short one to get back on the bicycle.

    15 min

  2. 2024-07-24

    Emancipation Day Lecture

    It's that time a year again when (some) people get thinking about Emancipation Day on August 1. This a lecture that I wrote and presented for the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit at the City of Toronto in 2019. Over the years I've used this as a template in different writings or talks, but have deliberately omitted the key argument, which is my lengthy engagement with 'violence.' Give it a listen.

    27 min

  3. 2024-06-24

    Audrey Leduc: The Great (White Canadian) Sprinter you've (probably) never heard of

    In this episode I speak on Audrey Leduc. FYI: her whiteness has absolutely nothing to do with the content, but hey, in the day of SME and Caitlin Clark, you throw 'white woman athlete' out there, it's going to catch the eye of an AI bot or two. Also take note of my thoughts on male infertility and the Toronto Blue Jays.

    34 min

  4. 2024-04-11

    "I'm not Black, I'm OJ"

    Well, it's a sports and race story, so you know I'm going to give my two cents. But not necessarily in the way you'd think. Give it a listen. Then listen to Jay-Z's The Story of OJ.

    30 min

  5. 2024-03-13

    Roots & Routes: Knowledge Mobilization Project

    This episode outlines my "Roots & Routes: Knowledge Mobilization Project." It's a project I've been working on for a while and explains many of my travels, my 'research outputs,' and my general focus on my 'purpose' of what I do with-in and with-out academia.

    22 min

  6. 2024-02-06

    Beyonce, Barnes & Ben: Blackness & The Problem(s) of White Validation

    This episode is really about a bit of self-reflection on why we do what we do, and why we need others (white systems) to validate what we do. And define who we are.

    21 min

  7. 2024-01-26

    In Masai...I Don't Trust

    Been a while since I did a sport specific episode, so had some time to collect my thoughts and share them here. This episode focuses around the trade(s) from the Raptors in January 2024. Also gives a little perspective (from me) on just enjoying the games.

    33 min

  8. 2023-12-16

    Roots & Routes

    It's been 15 cities in 6 countries in the past 6 weeks (with a brief interlude back 'home' at the end of November). Just here wrapping up some quasi-final thoughts on Black identity, Northern Ghana, and shoot, I even talk about my journey with tenure.

    28 min
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A chance to chat sports (and other topics) and its intersections with race, history, culture, and society.

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  • Creator
    Christopher Stuart Taylor
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Christopher Stuart Taylor
  • Show Website
    The Curve with Christopher