University Southern California Trojans
'Unprecedented Times,' Podcast On USC Athletics’ Challenges And Future In 2020, Available To Download
November 05, 2020 | USC Athletics, USC Ripsit Blog
LOS ANGELES — Unprecedented Times, a five-episode free podcast that takes an in-depth look at the many challenges USC Athletics has faced in 2020 and how the athletic department is moving forward in to 2021, is available to download on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The podcast is hosted by Jordan Moore, who is one of the radio broadcasters on USC football and men's basketball games and also serves as co-host of the weekly Trojans Live radio show. "Unprecedented Times" was produced by Rich Rodriguez and Laura Wells of USC's athletic video production staff.
The five episodes feature:
- The history of the 1918 season when USC football dealt with the Spanish flu, eerily similar to what the 2020 Trojans face with the COVID-19 pandemic;
- An inside look at the medical timeline of 2020 as the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee made its decision on to play or not to play, including an interview with USC team physician Dr. Seth Gamradt;
- How USC Athletics responded to the racial and social justice issues that the country faced this summer, including the formation of USC's United Black Student-Athletes Association and the USC Athletics Black Lives Matter Action Team;
- The mental side of the pandemic and how it has affected USC student-athletes' mental health and well-being, including an interview with USC sports psychologist Dr. Robin Scholefield;
- And the inside story about how the Trojans were able to return to play this fall, including interviews with football wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, athletic director Mike Bohn and senior associate athletic director/chief of staff Brandon Sosna.
"Having spent most of 2020 relegated to our homes, we believe that this podcast connects the Trojan Family to everything that has happened with USC Athletics this year and serves as a foundation for how we will all move forward into this upcoming football season and then 2021," said Moore, who also is USC Athletics' social media director.
Plans for additional episodes of the podcast this winter are being discussed.
