Compassion first. Fantasy football fails. (Ep. 4)

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Kori and Laura use their abysmal fantasy football league performance as a way to delve into their feelings about the NFL and letting compassion be our north star. Episode 4 is available now everywhere you get your podcasts. Please rate, review, and share!

Kori and Laura discuss the NFL and holding compassion and empathy as core values, now that the coverage of Damar Hamlin’s traumatic experience on the field has subsided. Also discussed: flunking out of fantasy football except for the trash talk, interest in sports waning, turning points of Colin Kaepernick and marrying into Virginia Tech Hokie Nation, positive elements of football, racist incidents at NFL games, Damar Hamlin and collective trauma, perceiving athletes as superhuman vs. humans like us, American values of money and power over compassion and humanity, how racism harms everyone - even White people, diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) work as a way to becoming more fully human, kindness as compassion plus action, choosing interconnectedness, laying bare harmful systems, and making a conscious choice not to look away.

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Episode 4 Full Episode

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Kori: Thank you for listening to Pushing Past Polite We encourage you to go deeper in your trusted spaces or find new space for good conversation. You'll find content to help you get started on our social media channels. 

Laura: We're at Pushing Past Polite on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. 

Kori: Pushing Past Polite is an independent podcast with Kori and Laura from Just Educators.

Laura: Our cover art was designed by Rachel Welsh De Iga of De Iga Designs, and our audio is produced by Keith at Headset Media. Until next time, don't get stuck talking about the weather. Push past polite. 

Kori: See you next time.