In this edition of the CrossCurrent Show, Clifton Pope breaks down the business of belief and why its emotional, social, creates identity, and big business in sports, politics, and entertainment!

We dive into questions like why do fans remain loyal to teams that disappoint them, why do voters defend political leaders through controversy contradiction, and failure, and why do audiences continue watching, streaming, buying tickets and defending creators even when the institutions behind them change!

There is a lot to uncover beneath the surface as we have a conversation after the conversation in the crosscurrent of sports, politics, and the culture!

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Join your host Clifton Pope for this Fact Check Friday special edition of the CrossCurrent Show as we pick up where Ep. 3 left off in the latst score on the scoreboard and who gets to decide what counts as a win in sports, politics, and the culture! The scoreboard looks different depending on which arena you are watching it from! Facts deserve more time than a post, clip, or a trending hashtag!

Let us know what your read is on the crosscurrent and what headline deserves a closer look or even framed as wins or losses too quickly!

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Join your host, Clifton Pope as we dive into the question of "Who decides who wins?" in the arenas of sports, politics, and entertainment beneath the surfaces!

You may think it is the scoreboard, final vote, trophy, rating, or the headline!

However, what if the scoreboard is not neutral?

What if institutions decide what counts as success before the public ever sees the result?

This is the conversation after the conversation as takeaways are once again brought based on the latest news.The latest news are backed with the fact check, three arena breakdown, and the official crosscurrent!

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In Ep. 2 of the CrossCurrent Show, Clifton Pope picks up right where he left off the Pilot Episode with the question of who controls the story in sports, politics, and entertainment! Questions go even deeper from Who gets to define what happens and how does the framing of an event influence what the public believes should happen next! Share this episode with someone who is ready to go beneath the headlines and have a conversation after the conversation! If you love the show, please leave a rating/review so more people can tune in!

In the pilot episode of the CrossCurrent Show hosted by Clifton Pope, the conversation is centered around how sports, politics, and entertainment increasingly compete for the same thing: attention!

Clifton Pope dives into the side that controls attention often gain money, influence, loyalty, cultural power, and the ability to define what people believe matters!

From the latest in the NFL training camp injury updates/expanding 2026 fantasy football injury conversations, the Trump administration asking the supreme court to intervene over mail-voting restrictions/questions about political influence , and the ongoing changes in the streaming economy sparking some insight on who gets paid, who owns distrubution, and who controls attention!

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