In their last episode , John and Marcia only scratched the surface about mental health in sports. They go deeper in this show, and they bring in an expert to help - sports social worker Natalie Graves of Chicago. (Music featured includes Steppin' In by Podington Bear)

Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century

More On Mental Health

In this episode of Going Deep, our hosts take some time to slow down and dive into two topics in the sports world which are getting varying degrees of news coverage - athlete mental health (a lot) and race-norming in the NFL (very little). (Music featured includes Brain by Lobo Loco)

Unforgiving Contexts

Our hosts tackle a topic they've long wanted to in this episode - youth sports - and in particular, the trend toward having teens specialize in one sport at younger and younger ages. Their guests include Jon Solomon of the Aspen Institute, which will release a 'children's bill of rights in sports' on August 12th. Three members of the city of Asheville's parks and recreation department also join the program to discuss what's happening locally. (Music featured includes Don't Listen To The Words They Say and Summer Pride by Loyalty Freak Music)

Youth Sports

On July 23rd, the 2020 Summer Olympics get underway a year late in Tokyo. Because of COVID-19, these games are already unlike any other in the history of the Olympics. To get ready for the games, our hosts showcase plenty of stories and facts from Olympic history - some well-known, and many not. Their guest is David Wallechinsky, who wrote the definitive history of the Olympics The Complete Book of the Olympics , and served as president of the International Society of Olympic Historians from 2012 to 2020. (Music featured includes Lonely Punk by Joika, Calm by Borrtex, and Secret Latch by Yan Terrien)

The 2020(21) Summer Olympics Special

On July 1st, six states will see 'name, image, and likeness' bills go onto the books - allowing collegiate players for the first time to make money during their college careers. Will others follow suit, or will the NCAA be able to hold off the changes as it has since the verdict in the Ed O'Bannon case? John and Marcia speak with Micahel McCann. He's a professor at the University of New Hampshire, and a writer for Sportico . (Music featured includes Hip Hop Instrumental 1 and Hip Hop Instrumental 2 by Ketsa)

NIL, NCAA Inertia, And The Continuing Movement For Collegiate Player's Rights

In this episode of Going Deep, we mark the beginning of the minor league baseball season this week with an episode that looks at the growing differences between the minors and college baseball. Our guests include the manager of the Asheville Tourists Nate Shaver, and the head baseball coach at UNC Asheville Scott Friedholm. And for the first time, we take questions from our listeners! (Music featured includes I'm Fat by Blanket Music and Elmore Heights by Blue Dot Sessions)

MiLB Is Back (But It's Much Different Than Pre-Pandemic)

Rusell Dinkins ran track at Princeton. He knows firsthand how the sport can help Black athletes get into college. That's why he's made it his mission to stop universities from around the country from cutting track & field and cross country programs - like at Brown , William & Mary, and Minnesota. Dinkins joins our hosts to talk about his latest fight - to save track & field at Clemson #SaveClemsonXCTF (Music featured includes Skip Street by Chad Crouch)

Not So Fast: Former Ivy League Runner Challenges Universities On Racial Justice

In February of 2020, Alex Gary was announced as the new athletic director at Western Carolina University. By the time the former Catamount baseball player started the job a few months later, the whole world had changed. Gary recounts his first year as AD in this episode with John and Marcia, and what it was like to address all the challenges that arose. He's the first Black athletic director at both Western Carolina and the Southern Conference. (Music featured includes Le Vrai by Brakhage and Limelight by Podington Bear)

New Job At An Unprecedented Time - Alex Gary's First Year As An Athletic Director

Super Bowl 55 takes place Sunday in Tampa, Florida. It closes a season like no other in the NFL - something just about everyone can say for themselves too. Our hosts in their annual Super Bowl episode talk how the league responded to the pandemic, plus how the results of the NFL's call for more diverse head coaches remain lackluster - a discussion that pivots to the language white people use when talking about race. (Music featured includes FAWM9 by Damon Boucher and Cherry by nctrnm)

Super Bowl 55

For Going Deep's first episode of 2021, John and Marcia delve deeper into the focus of their show - how sports in the U.S. mirrors American society. Just a few hours after we taped their discussion - which mostly focused on college sports - the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol only underscored our hosts' message further. (Music featured includes Atmosphere and We Are Saved by Borrtex)

Hello 2021 - Now What?

For this episode of Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century, we dip into our archives for a previously two-part show where John and Marcia tell us the story of the greatest quarterback you never knew. (Music featured includes Left The Building by Joika and Partisan by Yshwa)

From The Archives: Patton Robinette

In this episode of Going Deep, John and Marcia talk with Daniel Libit and Luke Cyphers the founders of The Intercollegiate . It's an online media outlet that focuses on investigative college sports journalism and analysis. (Music featured includes Pre-Game Warmup by Audiobinger)

The Intercollegiate

The stature of athletes has always been apparent. But how much power do they actually have in achieving social change? Bomani Jones examined this in an August 2020 article in Vanity Fair. The ESPN host and podcaster joins John & Marcia to talk about the power of athletes in this episode. (Music featured includes The Author Never Dies by Nihilore)

How Much Power Do Athletes Really Have?

As a rookie linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers in 2014, Chris Borland registered 107 tackles, even though he didn't start until Week 7. He was even NFL Rookie of the Week that year. With a seemingly long and successful career in the league in front of him, Borland retired after his rookie season over concerns about long-term brain trauma. He joins John & Marcia discuss why he stepped away from football, plus his-post NFL life of preaching the benefits of meditation and his internship with former president Jimmy Carter's foundation. (Music featured includes Let's Be Serious A Second by Loyalty Freak Music)

Chris Borland

Two of the 'Power 5' NCAA conferences - the Big 10 and Pac 12 - have already postponed their football seasons due to the pandemic. The three others - the ACC, Big 12, and SEC - are forging ahead...for now. Should there be a season? Dr. Victoria Jackson says asking that glosses over so much of what ails college athletics and the athletes themselves. She's a professor of sports history and religious studies at Arizona State University, and former college athlete herself at UNC Chapel Hill. She and the Shoops discuss her column published earlier this summer in the Boston Globe. (Music featured includes Running Away and Impulsing by Borrtex)

Should There Be A College Football Season This Fall? (And Is That The Right Question To Ask?)

No issue is out of bounds on?Going Deep: Sports In The 21st Centur?. Hosts John and Marcia Mount Shoop explore some of the most pressing issues in sports and our society today, like race, gender, religion, and inequality. For the Shoops, a W.I.N. is when listeners Wonder, Investigate, and Notice the dynamics of sports in a new way.

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Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century

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