Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century

Blue Ridge Public Radio
  • 4.6 (10)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

No issue is out of bounds on “Going Deep: Sports In The 21st Century”. Hosts John and Marcia Mount Shoop explore some of the most pressing issues in sports and our society today, like race, gender, religion, and inequality. For the Shoops, a W.I.N. is when listeners Wonder, Investigate, and Notice the dynamics of sports in a new way.

  1. 06/02/2022

    The First 10 Years Of The NWSL, And What It Shows About American Sports Culture

    Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century speak with Meghann Burke, executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Player's Association

    57 min

  2. 03/25/2022

    It's Tough To Get A Man To Understand Something When His Salary Depends On His Not Understanding It

    Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century

    57 min

  3. 03/03/2022

    An LGBTQIA+ Affirming Athlete Ministry

    Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century

    57 min

  4. 02/03/2022

    Super Bowl 56

    It's our annual Super Bowl episode - but this one comes in stages. The day after John and our show's producer recorded it, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL alleging racial discrimination, sham interviews for coaching positions, and more. We recorded a second time to include that in the show, plus we also feature part of an earlier Going Deep episode where John and Marcia explained why coaching in the pros is far more difficult than in college.

    57 min

  5. 01/06/2022

    Concussions In Contact Sports: A Solvable Problem

    In this episode of Going Deep, our hosts go back to an issue they've spent much of their recent years discussing - concussions in contact sports. They catch up with two engineers - Eric Nauman and Tom Talavadge - whom they first met while John was coaching at Purdue University. They've talked with Eric and Tom before about their work on microconcussions, and they get the latest on what the pair have discovered in their research, and how it can be applied to sports like football.

    57 min

  6. 12/02/2021

    From The Archives: Origin Stories & The Coaching Rollercoaster

    This episode of Going Deep goes deep into our archives for two conversations that are just as topical now as they were when they were recorded in 2018 - Origin Stories Part 1 & Part 2, and The Coaching Rollercoaster.

    57 min

  7. 11/04/2021

    The Jon Gruden Experience

    This episode is not really about Jon Gruden, whom John Shoop worked for with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004. It isn't really about Bruce Allen either, who was the general manager of that team. It isn't about the email exchanges between Gruden and Allen that were recently revealed that led to Gruden's resignation as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders on October 11th, 2021. They're all just actors in the play. This episode of Going Deep is really about the characteristics of white supremacy culture, as defined by Tema Okun.

    57 min

  8. 09/30/2021

    More On Mental Health

    In their last episode, John and Marcia only scratched the surface about mental health in sports. They go deeper in this show, and they bring in an expert to help - sports social worker Natalie Graves of Chicago.

    57 min
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No issue is out of bounds on “Going Deep: Sports In The 21st Century”. Hosts John and Marcia Mount Shoop explore some of the most pressing issues in sports and our society today, like race, gender, religion, and inequality. For the Shoops, a W.I.N. is when listeners Wonder, Investigate, and Notice the dynamics of sports in a new way.

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  • Creator
    Blue Ridge Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean