Join broadcast journalist Radio Rahim as he comes to campus for the Abbott Lecture, “Three Sided Stories,” on Wednesday, April 29, from 6-8 p.m. in Kathryn Mohrman Theatre. Clear bags are recommended, and light refreshments will be served.
This lecture is formatted as a conversation between Associate Professor Jamal Ratchford and Radio Rahim in ways that center Rahim’s rich life journey and humane fight as a human being and premier boxing journalist of the 21st century. On Til This Day with Radio Rahim, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, guests are introduced to nuanced interpretations on the word “fight” as a humane lens to learn, explain, and humanize the self through dialogue. “Everyone has their own fight, whether they know it or not,” the podcast description reads. “On Til This Day, broadcast journalist Radio Rahim travels through the most compelling life chapters of the greatest thinkers, artists, and fighters of our time”—from Questlove to Michael Che, Sam Jay, Jon Stewart, Rosie Perez, Stan Lathan, and Common. Rahim also gave perhaps the final interview of the late Bob Saget.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the W. Lewis and Helen R. Abbott Memorial Lecture in the Social Sciences; the Journalism Institute; Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies; and The Steering Committee for Sport Studies at Colorado College. The W. Lewis and Helen R. Abbott Memorial Lecture is financed by a fund that was established in honor of W. Lewis Abbott, a distinguished scholar, teacher, and social advocate who was professor of economics and sociology at Colorado College from 1920 until his death in 1949.
