• Vol. 17: John Amaechi

  • Oct 19 2021
  • Length: 51 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • For the seventeenth episode of Charges, Rex brings John Amaechi on the show to talk about his past NBA career and the secret that he kept. Rex & John discuss: Not being a sports fans & the toxicity of the leagues, being introduced to basketball at 17 on the street & not playing sports growing up, his journey to America & writing hundreds of of letters to colleges to get there, moving to Toledo, getting advice from his coach & his mother's cancer diagnosis, being a gay man in the NBA & hiding it, the world of race in sports, the role of sports in society, becoming a psychologist & more. This episode is not to be missed!

    Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia. 

    Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.

    Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music

    Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)

    Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)

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