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MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast


Welcome to MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast where we entertain and enlighten you on topics relating to society, medicine and culture. We explore the world of everything FOR US, BY US and REPRESENTED BY US. This podcast explores in what ways we can elevate ourselves as individuals and in our communities so that we can achieve universal liberation from the systems in place that attempt to restrict us. Tune in with us as we continuously challenge the status quo and emerge from the ashes as curator, innovators and creatives of the world we want to see and BE!

Dec 12, 2023

Student Doctor Ogoke has progressed where many would falter. In this episode we speak about how playing for the Nigerian basketball team and basketball in general has direct ties to her focus and commitment in podiatry medical school.

 

We speak on the controversy with former WNBA player Liz Cambage who allegedly called the Nigerian Women’s Basketball team monkeys despite her having partial roots to Nigeria via her father. How old controversies can emerge from sound bites for clickbait!

 

How is NIL transforming the scope of college basketball?

 

Why is WNBA and the women’s game not perceived as highly as the men’s game and what she anticipates about the game in the future

 

We talk about how she navigates haters and criticism of her journey along with the potential power of motherhood while an athlete and MORE!

 

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