A self-described black nerd shares three true stories about his relationship with sports

Our next story comes from a self-described blerd—”black nerd”—our dear friend Stephen Brackett. As a lyricist, poet, activist, member of The Flobots, founder of Youth on Record, and Colorado’s Music Ambassador, Stephen has long used his intelligence and powerful writing to draw attention to the causes he believes in. In this story, however, he recounts a few times when his physicality and athleticism were put in the spotlight instead. Stephen told this story live to a virtual audience on 17 March 2021; the theme of the show was “Rebound.”

Special thanks to Jobless for this episode’s outro music!

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Episode 206: Your next story comes from musician, educator, activist, Youth on Record and Flobots co-founder, Stephen Brackett. Stephen shared this story on 18 September 2019; the theme of the evening was “Tools.”

A special thanks to The Milk Blossoms for the outro music in this episode!

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Episode 150: Today’s story comes from one of our favorite humans, Stephen Brackett. He’s the emcee Brer Rabbit of the Denver hip-hop group the Flobots, co-founder of Youth on Record and, in our opinion, an all-around great guy. This story was recorded live on 18 October 2017 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was “In the Dark.”