Naked Sports with Cari Champion
by The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts · 255 episodes
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NAKED SPORTS lives at the intersection of sports, politics, and culture. It is a niche groundbreaking interview-based show that dives deep into the lives of the game-changers who have helped shape our world. We explore how sports are interwoven not only into their personal lives; but the role they play in the global experience. NAKED SPORTS is hosted by Cari Champion, a trailblazing broadcast journalist and television personality renowned for her pioneering contributions to sports media for women. In each episode, this distinguished host sits down with, a diverse array of athletes, politicians, and cultural innovators who have left an i...
Latest episodes
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50 min
REPLAY - George Washington Black on Hulu with Selwyn Hinds
In this emotionally rich episode of Naked Sports, Cari opens up about loss: the recent passing of your grandmother and how that grief became both a wound and a window. Grief, being…
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59 min
Disrupting the Patriarchy with Anna Malaika Tubbs
Cari sits with sociologist and two-time New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ana Malaika Tubbs to talk about her books The Three Mothers and Erased, and why the stories of Black w…
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40 min
Understanding the Cyrus Carmack Belton Verdict with Bakari Sellers
Cari sits down with Bakari Sellers to talk through the case of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was shot in the back after an argument over four bottles of water at a South Ca…
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35 min
Trump VS The Knicks and The Spurs with Omar Jimenez
This episode feels like listening in on two big basketball fans trying to make sense of a Finals swing: the Knicks looked ready to run away with it, then Victor Wembanyama and the…
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40 min
A Conversation With Tom Steyer
On this bonus episode, days before the California primaries, Cari sits down with billionaire climate activist and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer to talk about what i…
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58 min
Reparations Are Affordable with Dr. Marcus Hunter
Cari sits down with UCLA sociology professor Dr. Marcus Hunter after a random first-class chance encounter on a train to Philadelphia, and their bond was an instant connection. Des…
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56 min
Behind the Wheel: NASCAR with Rajah Caruth
This episode starts with the host recapping a Liberty vs. Connecticut Sun game and raving about the in-arena experience, especially Ellie the mascot, before sharing thoughts on the…
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1 h 05
Craft & Comedy with Godfrey
This Naked Sports episode with Godfrey swings from hilarious to heavy in the best way. He shares his family’s story, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, because his parents fled the Biafran…
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50 min
Unsigned Star in WNBA
This episode starts with the mystery of why WNBA vet and fan favorite Natasha “T Cloud” Cloud is still unsigned after the new CBA, free agency, and the draft—whether it’s money, ag…
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50 min
Black Out Loud with Geoff Bennett
Today, Cari talks with PBS NewsHour co-anchor Geoff Bennett about his book “Black Out Loud” and why the ’90s felt like a once-in-a-lifetime run of Black TV—“how did all of these sh…
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45 min
Ignore The Noise with Laura Coates
This episode feels like a real check-in on what it takes to show up every day with purpose. Laura Coates walks Cari through her nonstop routine—up at 6 after getting home around 1:…
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43 min
"Now Days" with Caroline Marks
Cari introduces an interview with surfer Caroline Marks, a 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist, world champion, and one of six featured athletes in Red Bull’s film “Now Days,” premie…
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57 min
March Madness is All Around!
Cari has been bouncing between LA and New York and is close to recording from home full-time. She shouts out Kayla Nicole after appearing on her structured, story-driven “Pregame”…
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1 min
Introducing: If You Knew Better with Amber Grimes
You can’t rewrite the past — but you can learn from it. Amber Grimes did exactly that, going from college dropout to Executive Vice President in the entertainment industry with no…
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48 min
Hard Decisions with Weezy WTF
Today features Wheezy—co-host of Decisions, Decisions (formerly Whoreible Decisions) and an entrepreneur behind Trap Haus Fitness and WTF Media—about sex positivity, public judgmen…
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40 min
JUMP with Larry Miller
Larry Miller, chairman of the advisory board for Nike’s Jordan Brand, shares how he went from being a smart kid in West Philly to joining a gang, killing a teen at 16, and serving…
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1 h 13
Forgive Yourself - Purpose Is Greater Than Pain with Jayne Kennedy
Cari welcomes trailblazer Jane Kennedy, praising her as the first Black woman she saw on TV doing sports and urging listeners to read her memoir, Plain Jayne: A Memoir by trailblaz…
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36 min
Honoring Our Stories! RIP JESSE JACKSON
Cari reflects on Reverend Jesse Jackson’s death (Tuesday, February 17) and what he represented to her growing up; watching family gather around the TV during his 1984 and 1988 pres…
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33 min
Everybody Watches Women's Sports - Special Guest Jemele Hill
In this special edition of Naked Sports, host CarI and her friend/co-host Jemele Hill introduce their new podcast, 'Flagrant and Funny.' Recorded live from the Super Bowl, they dis…
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48 min
Five Bullets with Elliot Williams
Cari kicks off the 'Naked Sports' podcast by taking listeners back to 1977, when New York was a mix of World Series excitement and urban crises. The spotlight shines on Elliot Will…