This week’s guest is American journalist and author, Dave Zirin.
Dave has always written about the intersection of American sport and politics, and his latest book follows that lineage: The Kaepernick Effect.
We discuss what exactly The Kaepernick Effect is, and Dave contextualises Kaepernick in the lineage of the great American activist athletes that went before him. We talk about how Kaepernick has been shunned by the NFL, what he is doing now, and how comfortable Kaepernick is with his commodification by corporate America. (Ben and Jerry’s have released a Colin Kapernick ice-cream.)
We also discuss whether Kaepernick’s gesture has lost its power, as Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso has claimed.
Plus: The remarkable influence of LeBron James, whether athletes have a responsibility to speak out on political issues, and the next big divide in US sports: vaccines.
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