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June 9, 2022 Trending in Education lessons learned, Sports

Lessons Learned from Sports after Uvalde and Buffalo

As a special episode for Trending in Ed fans, we’re releasing our latest episode of Running it Back, the Lessons Learned from Sports podcasting featuring Tarlin Ray and Trending in Ed host Mike Palmer. Sometimes it’s hard to come directly at a topic so we use things like sports to help us work through unthinkable tragedies like what we’ve seen in recent weeks. If you enjoy this episode, check our Running It Back wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at RunningItBack.fm for more.

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August 31, 2020 Trending in Education activists, Baseball, basketball, Black Lives Matter, Bubble, history, Jacob Blake, Milwaukee Bucks, MLB, NBA, race

NBA Walkout Emergency Edition

In this emergency bonus episode of Running It Back, Tarlin and Mike dive into the transformative events of the past week beginning with the shooting of Jacob Blake and culminating in the walkout of NBA players led by the Milwaukee Bucks.

As these actions set off a cascade of similar actions in Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and elsewhere, how can we put this into a broader historical context? We run through the long history of athletes as activists who have asserted their power by choosing not to play. Some have set off movements by pulling in others to follow. Others have been ostracized and mostly forgotten.

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August 28, 2020 Trending in Education basketball, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, HIV, Jacob Blake, Magic Johnson, NBA, Wisconsin

Running It Back – Magic Announces He Has HIV – Bonus Content

We open with a quick note on the Jacob Blake incident in Wisconsin and the ripple effects across our culture. It’s something we’ll continue to cover.

Then, in this bonus episode from the soon-to-launch podcast, Running It Back, we transport ourselves back to November 7th, 1991 when Magic Johnson first announced that he had HIV.

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August 21, 2020 Trending in Education Ewing Theory, Gregg Popovich, NBA, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, The Knicks, Tim Duncan

Running It Back – The 1999 NBA Playoffs

As a bonus gift, we’re bringing you an episode of the upcoming podcast Running It Back. Tarlin Ray and Mike Palmer look to moments in sports history to give insights for our lives today. On this episode, Mike and Tarlin run it back to the 1999 NBA season and the historic run for the 8th-seeded New York Knicks all the way to the NBA Finals.

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June 8, 2020 Trending In Education Adam Silver, Ahmaud Arbery, Black Lives Matter, Blackballed, Breonna Taylor, Chris Paul, civil unrest, Doc Rivers, Donald Sterling, George Floyd, Los Angeles Clippers, Matt Barnes, Quibi, race, social justice, Tarlin Ray

Running It Back – Blackballed – The 2014 Clippers and Donald Sterling

For today’s show, we’re releasing an upcoming episode of Running It Back with Tarlin Ray and Mike Palmer where we break down Blackballed, the new Quibi short-form docuseries about the 2014 Los Angeles Clippers and the Donald Sterling scandal.

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May 21, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, basketball, Chicago Bulls, competitive drive, docuseries, ESPN, Final episodes, pizza game, Reggie Miller, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 9 – 10

Tarlin and Mike run it back, covering the final two episodes of The Last Dance, the epic sports docuseries from ESPN covering the 1990s Bulls.

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May 14, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, assertiveness, basketball, Chicago Bulls, docuseries, Knicks, Michael Jordan, Sports, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 7 – 8

Tarlin and Mike are back to break down the penultimate Sunday of The Last Dance docuseries about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls. Are there lessons in leadership, teamwork, and assertiveness to be learned? Listen in to find out.

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May 10, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, basketball, Chicago Bulls, docuseries, dream team, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance, threepeat

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 5-6

Mike and Tarlin are back to break down episodes 5 and 6 of the ESPN Docuseries, The Last Dance, as it chronicles the 1990s Bulls culminating in their final season together in 1998.

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Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 1-4

As a Bonus Trending in Education Extra, we’re releasing the first of a series of shows on The Last Dance, the must-see ESPN docuseries on the final season of the legendary 1990s Chicago Bulls. Tarlin Ray and Mike Palmer dissect the first four episodes of the 10-episode series and draw relevant lessons to life, management, leadership, and team chemistry in the 2020s.