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Roughhousing
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply personal stories of kids who have hazed, people who have been hazed, and parents who have fought for accountability, he ultimately asks why hazing is so ingrained in American culture – and what it says about us.
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Everyone wants to feel like they belong – to a community, a squad, a team. In sports, a shared sense of belonging and cohesion is vital to winning. But the hazing rituals that are often part of gaining acceptance can take young athletes to the brink – emotionally, physically and mentally. Take Rodney Kim, Jr. He was a 14-year-old freshman with dreams of being an NFL star. But in 2018, Rodney was hazed after football practice. Five years later, he still suffers from the chronic pain and PTSD. In this special presentation of Roughhousing, the latest narrative series from Religion of Sports and PRX (creators of Crushed and False Idol), host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside high school locker rooms to tell deeply personal stories of kids who have been hazed, parents who have fought for accountability, and people who have hazed others. He even reckons with his own past. Ultimately, he’ll ask why we haze in the first place, why it has persisted for so long in our culture, and whether it's fundamentally just part of growing up, or a byproduct of a culture that has become accustomed to violence.
Roughhousing
From ROS: Crushed | 59:00
Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply personal stories of kids who have hazed, people who have been hazed, and parents who have fought for accountability, he ultimately asks why hazing is so ingrained in American culture – and what it says about us.
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- Roughhousing
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- ROS: Crushed
Everyone wants to feel like they belong – to a community, a squad, a team. In sports, a shared sense of belonging and cohesion is vital to winning. But the hazing rituals that are often part of gaining acceptance can take young athletes to the brink – emotionally, physically and mentally. Take Rodney Kim, Jr. He was a 14-year-old freshman with dreams of being an NFL star. But in 2018, Rodney was hazed after football practice. Five years later, he still suffers from the chronic pain and PTSD. In this special presentation of Roughhousing, the latest narrative series from Religion of Sports and PRX (creators of Crushed and False Idol), host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside high school locker rooms to tell deeply personal stories of kids who have been hazed, parents who have fought for accountability, and people who have hazed others. He even reckons with his own past. Ultimately, he’ll ask why we haze in the first place, why it has persisted for so long in our culture, and whether it's fundamentally just part of growing up, or a byproduct of a culture that has become accustomed to violence.