Jemele Hill

Ep 40: The Politics of The Comprehensive Man - Featuring Jason Wilson - Spolitics | iHeart <p>On this week's filibuster, Jemele shares her thoughts on two-time NL MVP Bryce Harper confronting MLB commissioner Rob Manfred when Manfred surfaced the possibility of a salary cap in baseball. Jem...

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My guest this week on SPOLITICS is Jason Wilson, author, educator and the founder of a transformational martial arts academy for at-risk boys, most of whom are Black. Jason speaks extensively about boys and men being in a state of “emotional incarceration.”

The WNBA Has a Good Problem on Its Hands Women’s basketball players are demanding higher pay. That’s what happens when business is booming.

"NBA owners have indeed spent a considerable amount of money to keep the league afloat," Jemele Hill writes of the WNBA. "But that spending wasn’t charity; it was an investment. And the investment is very clearly about to pay off":

Trump's Trademark Racism and Misogyny Are No Longer Working as a Distraction

Will the Epstein scandal finally force us to confront it and hold him accountable?

With the Mighty @jemelehill.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Jemele Hill Trump Orders NFL & MLB Teams to Restore Offensive Nicknames — But Why Now? | Spolitics

Donald Trump is bringing his specific brand of chaos to the sports world. My latest commentary for SPOLITICS youtu.be/dEq8J-ugrMk?...

The WNBA Has a Good Problem on Its Hands Women’s basketball players are demanding higher pay. That’s what happens when business is booming.

In my latest column for @theatlantic.com, I explain why some of the negative reaction to WNBA players wearing the Pay Us What You Owe Us T-shirts during All-Star weekend is rooted in bad-faith narratives www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Jemele Hill The official YouTube channel for all things Jemele Hill. Jemele hosts an iHeart Podcast known as "Spolitics" with new episodes published every Thursday, starting October 17. Jemele is also a contrib...

Lots of good assorted content is available currently on my YouTube page — my thoughts on Jerome Powell standing up to Trump, my feelings about Hulk Hogan, and a wide-ranging interview I did about love, and navigating friendships when married. Tap in and subscribe! youtube.com/@itsjemelehi...

I’m convinced that the resentment toward trans girls and women is steeped in men’s inability to comprehend that someone wouldn’t want to live their life as a man. They think being a man is superior, so in their mind someone “choosing” being a woman over a man is weird.

It’s only questionable in the sense that owners use it to create the narrative they’re broke to try to justify not giving the players a fair revenue split. It’s a completely legal practice, but they use this to further the stereotype that they’re the benevolent ones in pro sports.

One thing about golf: It doesn’t develop character. It reveals it.

To that point, here’s a story done about how in he early 2000s, the Nets were able to turn a $28 million profit into a $6 million loss on paper by using questionable, but widely practiced and legal accounting methods deadspin.com/exclusive-ho...

God bless the Scots

Ole Kathleen Turner loving head ass …

That word makes me lose my shit

What’s a corporate phrase or word that you hate? For example, I used to hate it when some producers at ESPN would say, “we had some learns today.” A new one is, “we’ve got some solves.” What’s corporate -speak do you despise?

Just thinking aloud here … but if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell, won’t his base be absolutely furious? People are predicting a pardon because the assumption is she’ll somehow exonerate Trump. But as willfully gullible as his base is, are they really going to buy that there was no quid-pro-quo?

I am getting a special kind of pleasure out of seeing their own base eat them alive on this. Also, Mike Johnson and the warden from Shawshank Redemption are the same person and you can’t convince me otherwise.

YouTube video by Jemele Hill Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Wisdom on Parenting & Chasing His Dreams

Hard to believe Malcolm-Jamal Warner is no longer with us. He was incredibly talented and thoughtful. He was one of my favorite podcast guests. Had no idea he directed the N.E Heartbreak video — among the many things we talked about during our wide-ranging conversation youtu.be/FiilBa2Dfc0?...

So if you work for Apple and Apple loses money that year, you should be paid less because Apple lost money?

Breaking Down WNBA All-Star Weekend YouTube video by Jemele Hill

Did a special SPOLITICS live on YouTube to break down WNBA All-Star weekend. I had a lot of thoughts on the polarizing reaction to WNBA players wearing the Pay Us What You Owe Us T-shirts that naturally triggered all the bad faith actors www.youtube.com/live/0upaQrp...

Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.

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YouTube video by Jemele Hill Alexis Ohanian Has Now Built The Most Valuable Women’s Sports Team | Spolitics #NWSL

2. My conversation with @alexisohanian.bsky.social about why women’s sports has become such an elite business opportunity and how he informs his own daughters about investments —> youtu.be/KIqZ_wJOWkg?...

3. My thoughts on the “jealous” narrative permeating WNBA coverage —> youtu.be/8tuFF0dMwHc?...

YouTube video by Jemele Hill NFL Coach’s Shocking Family Story – As Told in Sarah Spain’s New Book Runs in the Family | Spolitics

I have a lot of great content available on my YouTube page that I urge you all to check out — especially if you’re a women’s sports fan.

1. My conversation w/ @sarahspain.com on her new book, Runs in the Family, and personal investment in women’s sports —> youtu.be/pPcrhS-WkRY?...

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I’m not crazy for thinking that this was related to Colbert criticizing the network, am I? Also something I’ve thought about — Trump put pressure on CBS to cancel Colbert.

Ep 37: The Politics of DNA - Featuring Sarah Spain - Spolitics

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On this week’s episode of SPOLITICS, my guest is the very talented @sarahspain.com. We discuss her incredible new book, Runs in the Family, which is one of the best sports stories you’ll ever hear. She gives me the deets on how she found the story, the reporting, everything.

Just had a thought: Is Whitney’s I’m Your Baby Tonight the most perfect vocal song ever? Because the range in this song is absurd.

Thank you!

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