. >> so tonight i am really thrilled to welcome dave zirin,, author of the new book "the kaepernick effect" and is conversation partner kahlil greene, a historian at essence where the have social media followers. we sold much to share elevator dusen. for some it's a word about the book. so many of us remember the quite in the same time it's action called -- colin kaepernick took five is go. we witness the mass masterl movement that is taken shape since then and we saw about the courage to stand up as an athlete takes and the stakes at play. this book reflects on all of that. it's about the politics of sports and impact of sports on politics and it's about the players, cross generations and level inspired by using the platform of the field or court to fight police brutality, injustice and racism. the program tonight as part of a series of discussions connected to the center for history -- [inaudible] which dives dies deeply ie history of black led protests. all of its many facets by going to the link in the chat. i suspect that this will prompt many of you to want to explore this book furth

dave zirin . host of the edge of sports podcast. his books include. game over, bad starts. and the kaepernick effect, and a regular best on msnbc, cnn, and espn . student body of president. he is finishing his studies in history. and he has approximately a half million followers across his social media platforms. comments about history and our society. he is worked with sports and pop culture web site the undefeated. authors about racial equity in "new york times" and others, thank you so much for being here. i am going to hand it over to you. >> thank you so much for that. dave, how are you? >> i'm great, i'm so happy to be here. i have such warm feelings for brooklyn, and society and. this is everything to me. >> i'm from maryland, but my mom from bed-stuy, she was born and raised here, a great. t we can jump into the questions. >> i -- where did you grow up? >> i am there right now. >> i am from german town, maryland. >> i am from tacoma park, maryland. >> wow. >> there you go. >> that is amazing. >> how about we jump into it. the first question on my mind, before readin

. >> so tonight i am really thrilled to welcome dave zirin,, author of the new book "the kaepernick effectd is conversation partner kahlil greene, a historian at essence where the have social media followers. we sold much to share elevator dusen. for some it's a word about the book. so many of us remember the quite in the same time it's action called

. >> so tonight i am really thrilled to welcome dave zirin,, author of the new book "the kaepernick effectd is conversation partner kahlil greene, a historian

dave zirin, congratulations on the book. great to have you back with us this morning.e start with breaking news this hour. the governor of colorado declaring a state of emergency after a series of wildfires exploded within a couple of hours. spiraling out of control, burning hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of people forced from their homes. >> they are actively running from fire behind them. >> oh, my god. >> just devastating to see entire towns evacuated there, category 3