Beyond Basketball Podcast: Recent Episodes
Beyond Basketball
Hosted by Rob Smith and Jihan Batuman, BEYOND BASKETBALL is a podcast about sports and culture, primarily (but not exclusively) focusing on the city of Milwaukee and the NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks. Featuring guests from all walks of life and covering issues on and off the court, BEYOND BASKETBALL seeks to connect the various community threads that matter to all of us.
Beyond Basketball #5 with Javier Alaniz of Public Allies. We talk about the amazing community work being done by PA around the country as well as plenty of basketball talk amidst Milwaukee's intense series against Boston.
We're joined by Wisconsin sports enthusiast Andrew Minten. We talk about the Bucks Bulls series and get a report on Wisconsin professional sports as the Bucks, Packers, and Brewers are all poised to make deep playoff runs.
Rob and Jihan talk about March Madness and some of the wild upsets we saw in the NCAA tournament. Then a thorough NBA playoff preview as the Play-In round gets underway
BB #2: A conversation with public health expert and Milwaukee native Lilliann Paine, MPH. We talk about how the pandemic is affecting sports and our communities, as well as potential paths forward.
BB#1: A conversation with Pastor Walter J. Lanier on Milwaukee Bucks past and present, and about some of the work he's doing in the city of Milwaukee. Learn more at www.wjlanier.com/