June 22, 2023
For the Love of Basketball (with Hanif Abdurraqib & Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein)
by Stuck with Damon Young
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This week on Stuck with Damon Young, poet and author Hanif Abdurraqib joins Damon to give their takes on basketball fans' relationship with NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic, as well as to speak on their own personal relationships with the game and how they've changed over time. Then on Dear Damon, Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein returns to help Damon advise a listener on the nuances of antisemitism and its correlations to racism against black people.
:55 - Intro
1:55 - Introducing Hanif Abdurraqib
5:10 - Hanif’s Personal Relationship with Basketball
9:20 - Communication on the Court & in Life
17:35 - Playing Basketball for me is a Measure of Health
20:25 - The Relationship with Morality
24:40 - Living and Loving Well
27:40- Damon Hates
30:35 Dear Damon with Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein