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Podcast: Beyond The Arc with Brandon Silvers
Episode: The Art of Storytelling: How the Lack of Diversity in Sports Media Harms Us All!
Description: The Women’s Basketball National Championship Game taunting controversy involving LSU star Angel Reese and Iowa star Caitlin Clark has had the hot takes FLYING! But what if the ridiculous conversations about it were actually a symptom of a larger issue?
I zoom out and take a look at how the lack of diversity in the sports media industry led to narratives being built WAY before tipoff, the effects it has on all coverage, and why basketball is the perfect sport to bring out the biases in such a homogenous industry!
I also talk about how...