It's February and that means it is Black History Month. And since we are in the middle of the 2026 Winter Olympics, we are going to talk about one of THE most famous African-American Olympic athletes of all time, Jesse Owens. We then discuss the movie 42, the story of Jackie Robinson's first year in the white baseball league in 1947. After that, we'll round out the episode with happy news about a peace march from Texas to DC. Happy Black History month!

Next Live Show: Monday February 23, 6:00 PM (MT) We will talk about the newest apostle. We look forward to seeing you!

Show Notes:

Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics, By Jeremy Schaap

American Legends: The Life of Jesse Owens, by Charles Rivers Editors

Jesse Owens: A Life in American History (Black History Lives), by F. Erik Brooks and Kevin M. Jones Sr.

Jesse Owens official website: https://jesseowens.com/

Biography on Olympics website; https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/jesse-owens

Black U.S. Olympians won in Nazi Germany only to be overlooked at home: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/08/13/489773389/black-u-s-olympians-won-in-nazi-germany-only-to-be-overlooked-at-home

Race and Sports_ Exposing the hypocrisy of the 1936 Olympics: https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/education/educator-resources/teaching-guides/exposing-the-hypocrisy-of-the-1936-berlin-olympics/

Obama Rights Historic Racial Wrong for Olympic Heroes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-9PimDLRQ&t=142s

Documentary about the other 17 black athletes, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068938/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_olympic%2520pride%2520

Where it's streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/olympic-pride-american-prejudice

American Experience: Jesse Owens (2012 Documentary): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2122879/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_cdt_epp_sm_1

Where it's streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jesse-owens

1968 Olympics Black Power Salute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute

MOGP:

42: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/?ref_=fn_t_1

Where it's streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/42-the-jackie-robinson-story

Happy News:

https://gleam.news/stories/monks-complete-2-300-mile-walk-for-peace-to-washington

Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. Our most recent discussion was on The Unpaid Army of God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de543-d9tME

He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod

Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions

BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social

Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/

Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop

Or find the merch store by clicking on "Store" here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html

One time Paypal donation: [email protected]

Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10