Dana Adam Shapiro and former Cowboys cheerleader Toni Washington join us to talk about how the Dallas cheer squad influenced American culture.
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Tackling Concussions
Dr. Munro Cullum and Dr. Hunt Batjer join us to talk about what they have learned from tracking concussions among middle- and high-school athletes in Texas.
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Best Of Think: Football And Brain Injury
This week, the NFL for the first time admitted a link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This hour, we’ll listen back to our December conversation with Jeanne Marie Laskas about her book “Concussion.”
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Fantasy Sports And The Law
This hour, we’ll talk about how sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel have skirted online gambling laws, the subject of an upcoming join investigation between “The New York Times and “Frontline.”
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Concussions In Football
This hour, we’ll with Jeanne Marie Laskas, whose book has been adapted into the movie “Concussion” starring Will Smith.
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Defending Football
We’ll talk about the positive qualities of America’s favorite sport – and how it can be improved – with Gregg Easterbrook, author of “The Game’s Not Over: In Defense of Football.”
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Texans Weigh In
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about how our neighbors feel about everything from the economy to border security to allowing their kids to play football with Jenifer Sarver and Daron Shaw, who oversaw the poll.
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A Falling Out With Football
We’ll talk this hour to Steve Almond about leaving the game behind, which he writes about in Against Football: One Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto.
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