"Please Excuse My Brevity" with Akim Aliu
<p>Professional hockey player <a href="https://twitter.com/Dreamer_Aliu78?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Akim Aliu</a> tells his deeply personal immigrant story and discusses how he confronted and spoke out against racism in the world of professional hockey, using his voice to co-found the Hockey Diversity Alliance and make substantial change regarding racial justice and racial equity in the NHL. The MeidasTouch brothers also chat about Oprah's special with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and backlash Jordy received regarding a tweet he made about the British Royal Family, the historic passage of the COVID relief bill, GQP members fleeing political office, a bizarre Lindsey Graham interview, read off the latest hate mail and more! This is an episode you won't want to miss.</p> <p>Thank you for making the MeidasTouch Podcast one of the top podcasts in all of North America! Please tell a friend, share this episode on social media, and rate us 5-stars in the Apple Podcasts app!</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meidastouch/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/meidastouch/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/meidastouch/support</a>
March 9, 2021
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Professional hockey player Akim Aliu tells his deeply personal immigrant story and discusses how he confronted and spoke out against racism in the world of professional hockey, using his voice to co-found the Hockey Diversity Alliance and make substantial change regarding racial justice and racial equity in the NHL. The MeidasTouch brothers also chat about Oprah's special with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and backlash Jordy received regarding a tweet he made about the British Royal Family, the historic passage of the COVID relief bill, GQP members fleeing political office, a bizarre Lindsey Graham interview, read off the latest hate mail and more! This is an episode you won't want to miss.
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