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How Much Power Do Athletes Really Have?

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published September 10, 2020 at 2:58 PM EDT

The stature of athletes has always been apparent.  But how much power do they actually have in achieving social change?  Bomani Jones examined this in an August 2020 article in Vanity Fair.  The ESPN host and podcaster joins John & Marcia to talk about the power of athletes in this episode.

(Music featured includes The Author Never Dies by Nihilore)  
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Matt Bush
Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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