Past Present

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the controversy over tennis champion Naomi Osaka’s decision not to participate in post-match press conferences. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  Citing mental health concerns, tennis champion Naomi Osaka decided not to participate in post-match press conferences at the French Open. Natalia referred to this history at Forbes of how the press conference supplanted locker room interviews. Neil drew on this three-part series on the history of sports journalism.   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Lyz Lenz’ Substack, “A Grown-Ass Woman." Neil discussed the new FX documentary series, Pride. Niki talked about what the “post-pandemic” period might mean.