The Open Run With Will Strickland
Episode 111 – In Risu Veritas
Sometimes, you gotta laugh to keep from crying.
It's not about sadness… well… not exactly.
It’s more about a mentality in fandom to shift goalposts fitting a narrative that brings a degree of false comfort and surety in today’s Attention Economy.
But we are off of that and on to the soul, to bring the News, Views and Truths on The Association and beyond!
And, in the spirit of service to others in honour of #MLKDay 2023, Wall $t. reaches out Grind City’s very own Damichael Cole, NBA beat writer for The Memphis Commercial Appeal, to do the give and go on what Dr. King and his message means to people In Memphis now, a city forever connected to his life and legacy, hottest team in NBA, the Memphis Grizzlies and of course their rising supernova, In Temetrius Jamel Morant You Must Trust.
REFERENCES MADE: The Black Guy Who Tips, podcast diaspora, Pernell Whitaker, goons, Viola loud packs, imitation, flattery, Kings from Queens, the cost of freedom, #KickGameOfficial, package service, Big Blue Nation, generational PTSD, shaddap shuttin’ up, Massa Jenkins, emotional regulation, Lady Vols, sneaker culture, Buc-ees, YouTube nostalgia, “Boots”, The Artist Formerly Known As Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., Springdale Elementary, actin’ Lightskinn-ED, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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