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The speaker is excited to be back and discusses their plans for the show, including award predictions and a ranking of the top 50 players of the season. They update the standings for both the Eastern and Western conferences. The speaker mentions a meeting with their advisor to discuss classes and graduation. They then give their personal award ballot for the NBA awards, including MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year. They express their excitement for the upcoming NBA playoffs and mention the start of March Madness. the beach. But yeah, I'm excited to be back. Oh my goodness. Sorry I'm eating a bagel right before and it like went down the wrong pipe. That's okay. Anyway, it's good to be back here with you guys. Just chatting about basketball and chatting about hoops and stuff. So, yeah. Hope you guys have a great weekend. Enjoy the nice weather. I'm going to be working but that's okay. So today on the agenda, we got about 17, 15 to 17 games left in the NBA regular season. So I plan on doing my award predictions as the season wraps up. And then I found this article that's ranking the top 50 players of the season so far. So I'm going to go through that article and say what I agree and disagree with. The article is by sportsnot.com. So it seems to be a pretty cool article. They're the only company or media outlet that I've seen do anything like this. Like ranking players mid-season. Normally it's a pre-season thing or a post-season thing. That's cool that they do. Real quick standings update. As they have been all season, Celtics are the 1 seed. Cavs are the 2 seed. Bucs are the 3 seed. Knicks are the 4 seed. Magic are now up to the 5 seed which is cool. Sixers in the 6 seed. Pacers in the 7. Heat in the 8. Bulls in the 9. Hawks in the 10. Nets in the 11. Raptors in the 12. Hornets in the 13. Pistons in the 14. Not 15 anymore. And Wizards in the 15 and they are eliminated from playoff convention. In the West, Nuggets 1 seed. Thunder 2 seed. Timberwolves 3 seed. Clippers 4 seed. Pelicans 5 seed. Kings 6 seed. Suns 7 seed. 8 seed Mavericks. 9 seed Lakers. 10 seed Warriors. 11 seed Rockets. 12 seed Jazz. 13 seed Grizzlies. 14 seed Trailblazers. And 15 seed Spurs. Music just picked up so we are going to take a short break. You guys are listening to Hoops Hotspot here on WCCU Radio. Welcome back everyone to Hoops Hotspot here on WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina student run radio station. So during the break I was scrolling on Instagram and I saw this guy like casually deadlift 1000 pounds. Which doesn't even seem feasible but that's crazy. I've been doing a powerlifting program. I'm on week 3 of 9 right now. And boy it is tiring. I know the fans listening and you guys have seen my gym story. But yeah it's tiring man. I got squats and leg press and incline dumbbell bench and I don't know. I'm just tired but we ball anyway. It's okay. Anyway so two teams that are eliminated from playoff convention already are the Spurs and the Wizards. I have a feeling that the Pistons and Blazers won't be far behind. I mean not that they really had a shot to make it anyway. But that's just how it is. All four of those teams were rebuilding this year so there's not really much else to say about that. I will say though I'm going to cut the show off a bit early today probably about 11.50. I have a meeting with my advisor at 12 to look at summer classes and then fall semester classes for next year. And see where I am in terms of graduating and stuff. So just a quick little update there. But my personal award ballot for the NBA awards is as follows. I'm going to pull up my basketball reference page so that I can have some stats and stuff up there too. So starting off with MVP. My MVP is now Shea Gilges Alexander. Yeah. He's kind of been hovering in the top five all season. But with Joel Embiid's ineligibility due to injury and Luka Doncic's team success and Nicole Okic's I don't know just voter fatigue maybe. Maybe the voters want to see a new face. I think Shea emerges as that prime MVP candidate. He's averaging 31.1 points. Close to six rebounds and six and a half assists. Shooting 54 from the field. 37 from excuse me. Yeah. 37.8 percent from three and 88 from the line. And he's taking a Thunder team that we thought would be in contention in a couple years to a Thunder team who's a real championship contender this year. He's his season is 40 points but he's averaging 31. That's Mr. Consistency for you. And right now the Thunder are the two seed behind the Nuggets. But I think Shea I really think Shea deserves it. And he's a good defender too. You know he's pretty good for the guard position. But yeah runner up is going to be Nicola Jokic. You could make an argument for him being MVP and I would not be upset with that. Jokic is one of my favorite players in the league. But I don't know I don't know what's doing it for Shea over Jokic for me. Jokic is averaging 26 points. 12 rebounds. 9 assists. Shooting 58 percent from the field. 35 percent from three and 82 percent from the line. I really don't know what it is. The Nuggets are now the one seed. So it very well could be Nicola Jokic. But in my opinion it is Shea. And then just quick shout out to Luka Doncic who would absolutely deserve it if this team was doing better. Luka's averaging 34 points. 9 rebounds. And close to 10 assists. Shooting close to 50 percent. 38 percent. And 80 percent. So shooting splits aren't the best. But Luka's having a historical season. But you can't give the MVP to a team that's the eighth seed right now. And that's my only hesitation on why Luka's not MVP is just that reasoning there. So the rookie of the year is obviously Victor Wenbenyama. There's not much else you can really say about that. He's a clear cut number one. 20 points. 10 rebounds. 3.5 assists. He very well could win defensive player of the year as well. And these stats are just absurd for a rookie. And it's far and away Victor Wenbenyama. But runner up Chet Holmgren on the Thunder. He's been a big reason for their success as well. I think I had Scoot Henderson in there and Sora Thompson. But they're going to make an all-rookie team. Just not finish top three and rookie of the year voting. Moving on to defensive player of the year. That's going to Rudy Gobert. So he had a down year last season. But I think we all knew that he would bounce back and be back to the regular defensive lockdown powerhouse that he is down there. But yeah, he is going to win my defensive player of the year with runner up being Victor Wenbenyama and Jaron Jackson Jr. So most improved player is going to go to none other than Kobe White. I suppose a bright spot for the Bulls season this year. I suppose we could say that. So if you're comparing last year to this year. Last year he averaged 9.7 points, three rebounds, and three assists. This year he's jumped all the way up to 19.5 points, four rebounds, and close to five assists. Shooting it much more efficiently too from the field, from deep, and from the line. So Kobe White's been a pretty much superstar for the Bulls. And the more he plays, the better case he has on winning most improved player. I also want to give a shout out to J-Dub, Jalen Williams of the Thunder, who could also win this award. We knew that he was going to be pretty good coming out of the draft, but we did not know that he was going to be this good. He is a sophomore year player, which is my hesitation on not giving it to him. I hate giving sophomores this award, because yes, you're supposed to improve in your second year in the NBA. And he's done exactly that. Jumped up from 14.1 points to 19 points. Jumped up from, well his rebounds went down, but his assist numbers did go up. And he's shooting it a lot, lot, lot more efficiently. Shooting 54% from the field, 48% from three, and 82% from the line. So the only thing that he has over Kobe White is those efficiency numbers. But yeah, nonetheless, Kobe White is going to be our most improved player. So next we got Coach of the Year. That's going to Mark Dagnall of the Thunder. Like I said, we knew that they'd be in contention a few years, but we did not know it would be this year. Mark Dagnall's been very good, leading them to a two-seed, very positive record. He's been crucial in the development of Shea, and crucial in the development of J-Dub as well, and Shea Holmgren, who's really made himself part of that offense thanks to Dagnall's work. The Thunder are currently half-game out of the first seed. They're 45-20, and they've been great. So runner-up I'd give to Chris Finch of the Timberwolves. I did not expect to have the Timberwolves in my top three Western Conference teams. In fact, I don't even know if I had them as a play-in team this year, so that's pretty cool. And then third, I'm going to give it to Willie Green of the New Orleans Pelicans. You could make an argument for Joe Mizzoula or J.B. Baker's staff, but we knew that the Celtics and Cavs were going to be good teams. The Pelicans are currently the five-seed right now, and I think they're surprising a lot of people. We knew that they could get to this point if they were fully healthy with Zion Williams and Brandon Ingram, but health aside, Willie Green's really done a good job with this team, and he's led them to a respectable Western Conference playoff position. What are the other awards we got? MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defense Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Clutch Player of the Year. Yeah, that's going to DeMar DeRozan. Another bull. Call me biased, but that's going to him. If you look at the shot charts in clutch time from him versus a lot of the other players up for that consideration, compare the three-pointers that DeMar has attempted to everyone else, and DeMar's still leading the league in clutch points this year, shooting it very efficiently, too. And speaking of DeMar, he literally had a buzzer-beater game-tying shot against the Pacers last night and willed them to a win, scoring 46 points last night. So, yeah, that's pretty good. DeMar DeRozan is going to get my Clutch Player of the Year, and I call it Bull's Bias, but, you know, it is what it is. Playoff time is about to start. I'm so excited. About a month and a half, month-ish, month and a half-ish away from playoffs. NBA playoffs is one of my favorite times of the year. So we're getting March Madness coming up soon. The women's bracket's going to get revealed soon. And then the men, they're starting, well, they've started already, but they're in conference tournament play right now. Coastal men already lost. We knew that was going to happen. The women lost, too. So Coastal's basketball seasons are over. Their teams were not great. First-round exits in both Sun Belt tournaments, but that's okay. We have the Iowa women who won the Big Ten tournament, and we have the South Carolina women who won the SEC tournament thanks to Mia Codorso's buzzer-beater against Tennessee. That was insane. Hopefully she's not facing any suspensions going into the NCAA tournament, but we'll see. South Carolina men are the 5th seed in the SEC tournament, which I don't like. They deserve higher, but it's okay. If they had beat Tennessee, then it would have been a different story, but that's okay. And then the Iowa men are the 7th seed over in the Big Ten tournament. So I think both of them play today. Hopefully they can go out and run. Hopefully Iowa can make the tournament. Hopefully South Carolina can go deep in the tournament. We shall see. We're going to take a short break. We've got a little bit of a weekend coming up. I'm going to go up and use the restroom real quick, and I'll see you guys after the break. You're listening to Hoops Hotspot here on WCC Radio. Sorry about that break. I had to use the restroom, if you know what I mean, but that's okay. I just missed about two minutes. That took a little bit longer than I expected. But oh well, that's okay. So those are all my awards. I would do all NBA teams and stuff, but you guys know I'm going to ramble about that too much. So that's okay. I'm just going to take a quick look at this article because I have about 20 minutes to do so, which is not bad. But yeah, it's 50 best NBA players of 2024. Find out where Victor Winn-Vaniama and Luka Doncic land. Each team has at least one, if not two, legitimate stars that their respective franchises can build around. So we're going to have a piston on here and a whizzer on here? Interesting. Okay. Hopping into it. 50 is Fred VanVleet from the Rockets. Their reasoning, talk about his contract, shooting numbers aren't good, but his veteran presence has been huge for the Rockets. I agree. It's definitely not worth the $129 million he got. But he's never been an efficient player. The Rockets knew that when they signed him, that he wasn't going to be that efficient. But I haven't heard a lot about Fred this year. But yeah, 50, sure, we'll do that. Joe Holmgren at 49. You could argue for him to be higher. In my opinion, because he's a rookie, averaging 17 points and almost 8 rebounds per game, and he's almost shooting 40% from three. So that's pretty good. But depending on who else is on this list, I think you could make an argument for him to be higher than 49. 48, Aaron Gordon of the Nuggets. Yeah. Glad he's on this list. Passing the ball at the power forward position, and he's a pretty good defensive anchor with Nicole Jokic there as well. So yeah, I like that placement for AG. Julius Randle at 47. Now, if it was beginning of the year Julius Randle, I don't even know if he'd crack the top 100. Because he was abysmal to start the year. But yeah, 47 seems like a good spot for him. He's one of the big reasons why the Knicks are doing as good as they are. But he has missed some time due to a shoulder injury, I believe it was, this season. And that's kind of why the Knicks have been on a skid. Because when they acquired Ogie Enenobe from the Raptors and then Bojan Bogdanovic from the Pistons and Alec Burks and all them to kind of round out that bench, they played really, really good basketball. But Julius Randle has missed some time due to injury. Jalen Brunson missed a little bit of time due to injury as well. In fact, my work buddy Joey, he actually went to Charlotte to see a Hornets-Knicks game. He's a Knicks fan. And he came back. He came into work all pissed off the next week. He was like, bro, I went to the Knicks game. I didn't even see Jalen Brunson or Julius Randle, bro. We had to play the end of the bench guys. We barely beat the Hornets. I was like, dude, that sucks. Because look, if I'm going to watch a Bulls game, I want to see DeMora play. I want to see Zach play. I want to see Kobe Wiley and Vooch play. If they play the end of the bench guys, then no. It's like seeing the Warriors play without Steph Curry. It's just not fun. That's okay. Speaking of work, though, I need to have a very productive day today. Since I didn't have class, I got up at 9 o'clock. I could have slept in until 10.30 and then came here. But I got up at 9. I did a homework assignment. I showered, got some breakfast, came here. I'm doing this. I have an advising meeting after this. Then I'm going to do a homework assignment. Then I'm going to go to the gym. Then I'm going to shower. Then I'm going to do another homework assignment. Then I got to work tonight. Then I'm going to come home and maybe do another homework assignment. Probably just go to bed. Tomorrow I'm doing a lot of homework as well and going to the beach because it's going to be super nice tomorrow. Because Sunday is St. Paddy's Day. I don't intend on doing any homework on St. Paddy's Day because why would I do homework during a holiday? So I'm trying to get it all done for the weekend in the next two days. So hopefully we can do that. Back to basketball. 46 is Darius Garland from the Cavs. Yeah. His numbers are down this season but I think that has to do a lot with the additions of Donovan Mitchell and the development of Evan Mobley and just kind of the Cavs team that's improved a lot since when Darius Garland first started there. He's averaging 18 points and six assists. He's one of the better guards in the league so I think this is a good placement for DG to PG. So 45 is Chris Epps for Zingis. Yeah. I'm glad to see him on this list. He's shooting it very, very efficiently and he's been a big reason why the Celtics have had the success that they've had this season. He was a borderline all-star and he's been playing really good next to Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown kind of as that third option or maybe even behind Drew Holliday or Derek White. The Celtics lineup is so deep that those players are interchangeable with who you can have as a top option one night. One night, Chris Epps can drop 40. Next night, Derek White can drop 40. Next night, Jason Tatum can drop 40. That Celtics team is so versatile and I think that's what makes them the most dangerous team going into the playoffs. Draymond at 44, eh, I don't know. I've never been the biggest Draymond fan but he is playing good this season. He's averaging, I don't know, close to 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists, I think, so he's kind of like baby Jokic out there. I don't know. His defense is really good and he's shooting good from three this season and I think he is top five on NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. I just think kind of his off-court issues is what hinders it for me and not putting him any higher on this list than 44. So Drew Holliday at 43, yeah, he's been good. I don't know if I'd put him above Chris Epps for Zingas but I'm glad to see him on this list. I think every Celtic in this starting five should be on this list. But he's a great defender. His points have taken a step back from last season but I think it's just because of that star power in Boston. He's still shooting inefficiently and he's still a good player for a Boston game and he's given them some much needed defense. But you can see in Milwaukee that they are missing his defense because Milwaukee is not one of the better defensive teams in the league because they don't have Drew Holliday anchoring down that guard position. They have Damian Lillard now. So Jalen Williams at 42 from the Thunder, yeah, I'm glad to see him on here. He definitely deserves to be a top 50 player and I think he could be a perennial all-star in this league, genuinely. Mikael Bridges at 41. I expected him to be higher. If you were to ask me to rank my 50 players at the start of the season, I would say he's in the top 30. But that's just because he's kind of the leader of that Nets team who isn't very good. But I kind of expected him to do more than average 23 points per game and shoot it more efficiently from the three-point line. He's only shooting 37%, which is not bad by any means, but he was always kind of right around a 40% three-point shooter. He's the definition of a 3-and-D wing in the NBA today, but he does it at such a high level that he's a very coveted asset in the NBA, I think. Next up, Zion Williamson. Maybe a little bit low for Zion. I'd like to see him a little bit higher. So I don't know. But Zion has missed time this season, but not nearly as much time as he had in the previous four seasons since he got drafted to the Pelicans back then. But he's averaging right around 22.5 points per game, 5.5 rebounds, 5 assists, and almost 60% from the field. So it's good to see Zion on this list. I'm going to take a short break, but when we come back, we'll wrap up this list and show you our list and who's satisfied here on WC2 Radio. So getting right back into it, ahead of Zion is LaMelo Ball. Injuries, that's my only reason why I don't think he should be on this list. He's only played 22 games this season. Like, come on. Yeah, no, LaMelo does not deserve to be on here. James Harden is at 38. Yeah, I'd agree, but he's taken... We know that he's taken a step back. He went from superstar to kind of top-end role player. But he's 34 years old, and he's a more efficient player now, and he's averaging 8.5 assists and still pouring in about, like, 18, 19 points per game, which is pretty good as well. Ahead of him is DeJounte Murray. I think this is a little high for DeJounte Murray. He did not get traded at the deadline like we all thought that he would. He's averaging about 21 points and 6 assists on 46% shooting. But his defense has taken a step back, and I think the Hawks are kind of regretting that DeJounte Murray trade now, if I'm gonna be fully honest with y'all. Bradley Beal's ahead of him at 36. I don't think he deserves to be on this list at all because he's only played 30 games this season for the Suns because of injuries. But he has been productive, I suppose you could say. His scoring's definitely taken a step back, but he needs to remain healthy to even be considered for a list like this. Buffen's car on the New Towns. This may be a little... I don't know. I think it's about right for Cat, actually, just because of that lack of defense and the fact that we haven't seen him with a good team in the playoffs yet. But he's averaging about 24 points per game and 10 rebounds, I believe, and shooting 40% from three as a big man, which is really good. He's the greatest shooting big man of all time. And when he's been out this season, the Wolves have definitely missed him, and his lack of presence has kind of affected them, I think, a little bit as well. Buffen's Brandon Ingram, yeah? Absolutely. I like Brandon Ingram here. He's been Mr. Consistent his whole career, literally averaging about 23 points five and five. That's about it. But without him, the Pelicans would not be where they are. And, yeah, he's basically a little Kevin Durant, which is really good, and I like the eye ball out. Buffen's Jaron Jackson, Jr., yep. And I think what carries him up on this list is the fact that he is a defensive monster. I said he was gonna be in my third spot for Defensive Player of the Year behind Rudy Cabrera and Victor Wembenyama. So it's good to see him on this list. He's averaging a career-high point on 45% shooting, which you would like him to get a little more efficient as a big man, but that defensive side of the ball is something that the Grizzlies desperately need, especially with John Moran out for the season. Buffen's Rudy Cabrera, so that's funny. Two Defensive Player of the Year candidates back-to-back to each other. But like I said, Rudy Cabrera's having a bounce-back season from last year. He's averaging 12.5 rebounds per game in two blocks, and according to this, his defensive win share is 4.2, which means that his defense alone has contributed to four extra-ten brawls wins, which is crazy. And yeah, he is my Defensive Player of the Year, and that deems him as one of the best players in the NBA right now. I absolutely agree. They got Paolo Bencaro at 31. He's averaging 23.7 and 5.5 on 46% shooting. I think he's one of the more under-appreciated players in the NBA. You never see him get media attention. You never see him on TV. You never see him just getting talked about on social media and on sports networks and shows and stuff. But I think that's kind of how he wants it to be, if that makes sense. Kind of fly under the radar and just be a great player because that's exactly what he's doing. I mean, the magic of the 5 seed right now, which no one expected, but the big reason is because Paolo Bencaro is doing really, really great stuff, and he's definitely lived up to the hype of the number one overall pick, so I like seeing him here. 30, you got Pascal Siakam on the Pacers. Maybe a little bit high for him. I don't know. He's good for the Pacers, but nothing too special. That's all I have to say. DeMar at 29. Wow, this is way too high for DeMar DeRozan. As much as I love the guy, he is super clutch, but I don't know, man. He's on the bulls. What else can I say? He's my clutch player of the year, so maybe that's why he deserves to be on this list. But if anything, 29 is too high. You got Bam out of Iowa, 28. Yeah, I like Bam. He's been a much better player than Jimmy Butler has this season. I'll say that, but I have the feeling that they're going to have Jimmy Butler higher than Bam, even though Bam should be higher than Jimmy, but that's okay. You know, he's a great defense player, averaging close to 20 and 10 and shooting well from the field. He's been good for the Heat. Maybe he'll take a step up in the playoffs. We'll see. They got Victor Wynn Benyama at 27. Yeah, as much as he does get a lot of hype, he definitely deserves to be on this list. He's been one of the best rookies that we've seen pretty much of all time. If you compare him to like a LeBron or a Michael Jordan rookie, he's been really good, averaging 20 and 10. League high, 3.2 blocks per game, and he's doing that in just over 28 minutes per game. Imagine if he got like 35 or 38 minutes per game. He's crazy to do this at 20 years old, so definitely glad that he is on this list and this high as well. Tyrese Maxey at 26. Yeah, he was an all-star this season. He's averaging almost 26 points per game, shooting good from three. He's been great for the Sixers, who are in desperate need of Joel Embiid back. Hopefully he comes back for the playoffs, or else it will be another wasted season for Philly. Demantis Sabonis at 25. Yeah, definitely deserves to be on here. He's a triple-double machine. Sabonis is really good. He's playing better than De'Aaron Fox, I believe, and he is an all-star snub, in my opinion. Jamal Murray at 24. Way, way, way, way too high for Jamal Murray. He does not deserve to be ahead of probably half these guys. I'd say mid-30s would be more of a good spot for Jamal Murray. Yes, he's one of the better point guards in the NBA, but he's not the 24th best player in the NBA this season. Trae Young at 23. Trae Young kind of had a down year, but I think this could maybe be his last season in Atlanta, which I would like him to get a change of scenery, so there's a good chance that he gets straight in the offseason. He's averaging 27 points per game and almost 10 assists, so definitely a great player. De'Aaron Fox at 22. Yeah, him and Sabonis are interchangeable, I think. They might be one of the more balanced duos, I guess, in the NBA, if that makes any sense. I don't know. We're like one night Sabonis can be the best player on the floor and next night De'Aaron Fox can be the best player on the floor. He's turned into one of the best NBA players in the league, so it's great. He just turned 26, so he's still hella young, too. That's very cool. Jimmy Butler at 21. Yeah, I knew this was going to happen. Damn deserves to be ahead of Jimmy. Jimmy's only played 37 games, and he's 34, barely averaging 20 points per game. I think it's recency bias. He's going to turn up like he did last season and lead an eight-seeded Miami team to the NBA Finals again. Paul George at 20. I'm just going to breeze through these. Paul George at 20. Damian Lillard at 19. Kyrie at 18. Jalen Brown's at 17. That might be a little low. Tyree Salaburn at 16. Yes. Jalen Brown at 15. Too high. Kawhi at 14. Sure. A.D. Anthony Davis at 13. Sure. Donovan Mitchell at 12. Yeah, I like him at 12. Devin Booker at 11. Sure. Anthony Edwards at 10. Too high. I think. Too high. Maybe drop him five to 10 spots. I don't know. It's cool seeing three Timberwolves on here, though. That's nice. Kevin Ran at 9. Maybe a little low. LeBron at 8. Yeah, I like him there. Tatum at 7. Sure. Seth Curry at 6. Sure. Joel Embiid at 5. Yeah, it just sucks that he tours Meniscus, which stinks. Shay at 4, maybe. Yeah, I like Shay at 4. Jokic at 3. He could make an argument for 1, in my opinion. Giannis at 2. I'd say switch Giannis and Jokic. And Luke at 1. Yeah, Luke is the best player in the NBA right now. He is. If he was on a better team, he'd be MVP, no doubt. But, yeah. That is Sportsnet's 50 Best NBA Players Right Now. I really need to do a better job of staggering how much I talk about players more, because I had to breeze through the top 20 just to get through it. But, like I said, I am going to cut the show off a bit early today. I've got to get over to the advising meeting and figure out what the heck I'm doing with my life. But, as always, I appreciate you guys listening. I appreciate the support, as always, even if there's just 3 of you all in here. It means a lot to me. So be on Spotify in a couple weeks, hopefully. But that's been it for me. I'm Grant. I'll catch y'all later. Peace. All righty. Good afternoon, everyone. I think you should be able to hear me now. I'm going to be really quick with this intro, but you are listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University's student-run radio station. My name is Emma, and welcome to Feminism Unplugged. This is the first episode, and I'm really excited. We're going to be talking about some of the stereotypes today, what is Feminism Unplugged, what are we going to do in the future of it, and who am I? So, yeah. Stay tuned for that. I think you should be able to hear me now. So let's go listen to these next few songs, and I'll be right back. All right. Welcome back to Feminism Unplugged. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University's student-run radio station. I think you should be able to hear me now. Possibly. We'll figure out in just one second because the station has a little bit of lag just for reasons. But if you can hear me, welcome to Feminism Unplugged. This is the first episode of Feminism Unplugged. I'm going to kind of redo my introduction and things like that because it did not get captured, so we'll just do it in this segment. That is okay. My name is Emma Yacovot, and I'm going to be the host of Feminism Unplugged. This first segment is going to be... Sorry, I'm trying to see if I can... I cannot hear me. Hold on. One second. All right. We're trying this all again. I just found out I can hear myself. So, sorry to everyone for the technical difficulties for the past few minutes, but I think we got it figured out. So, again, welcome to Feminism Unplugged. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University's student-run radio station. All right. Let's get this going. I'm really excited to finally be starting this podcast. Because I ran a little late with timing and I think there's another show coming after me, we're going to kind of combine some of the segments. So, I think we're going to do... No, actually, we should be good. Okay, so this first segment is going to be basically who am I, how I ended up here, and yeah, so you can get to know a little bit about me before we end up, you know, doing a few shows together this semester. So, my name is Emma Yacobone. I'm a senior here at Coastal. I'm majoring in Communication with a focus in Interactive Journalism. So, I'm hoping to go into, like, TV news or whatever. I haven't decided what exactly I want to do yet in TV news, probably producing, but we'll see about that. I also have minors in Film and Production Studies and Women and Gender Studies, which is why I'm here today. Feminism Unplugged is my capstone project. I'm really excited about it and we'll talk more about what, like, Feminism Unplugged actually is in the next segment. But, yeah, so a little bit about me. Sorry, got a little distracted there. So, I lost my train of thought. Oh, yeah, okay. So, basically how I got into kind of Women and Gender Studies and got my Women and Gender Studies minor. So, my senior year of high school, I took a class called Multicultural and Women Literature. It was kind of the only one that sounded a little interesting to me. So, I took that and that's where I was introduced to the term feminism itself. I, just like a lot of other people, I had different, like, thoughts about it and stereotypes or whatever going around in the media and things like that. So, then when my teacher that year told me about it, I was like, oh, yeah, that makes sense. And so, then my first semester at Coastal, I originally was in this class and then I wanted to switch out of it. And my advisor was like, listen, I'm going to put you in Women and Gender Studies 103. I think it'll be good for you. I think you'll really like it. And at first, I was like, okay, I guess we'll see how it goes. Took the class and I loved it. And I decided to add Women and Gender Studies as one of my minors. So, I am really excited about that. This is the last Women and Gender Studies class I'm taking here at Coastal. So, I'm a little sad about that. But I have learned a lot from these Women and Gender Studies classes. So, I'm hoping that I could share some of that knowledge with you guys. I'm not a professional or anything whatsoever. But I'm hoping to share some of that with you and then also bring in student ideas. So, that's all. Oh, I guess I could share some fun facts about me. Let's see. I really love dogs. I have two dogs at home, Moose and Milo. So, shout out to them. I think my mom and my dad is listening to this. So, shout out Moose and Milo. I guess my dad's chickens and cats. So, shout out to them as well. There's too many to name. I've gotten into baking recently. I've kind of slowed down this semester, but I should definitely get back into that. I think my favorite thing I baked were these, like, blueberry streusel cookies. They're really good. However, they were a result of a failed cookie. So, we won't talk about those, though. And, yeah, I guess I'm just really happy that the weather is getting warm out. And that's about it. So, I'm going to bring us to the next song. And in the next segment, we are going to talk about what Feminism Unplugged is. So, stay tuned and enjoy the next few songs. All righty. You are listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University student-run radio station. My name is Ellen. Welcome back to Feminism Unplugged. We are on the second segment of the show. So, we're going to talk a little bit about what Feminism Unplugged is and how I came up with this idea. So, last semester, I took my communication capstone and I actually did a podcast. I say podcast in quotations. It was the first ever podcast I have done. It was, like, it was just okay. A few of, I had a few of my friends on the show. We talked about different kind of quote-unquote stereotypical girly topics, I guess you can say. But it was a lot of fun. I really liked it. This semester for my Women in Gender Studies minor capstone, I kind of wanted to do something similar, but at a bit of a broader level. So, I decided to come back to the WCC radio station. I had done the radio station for three semesters, just, like, kind of fun little silly shows, whatever. It was a lot of fun. I had a co-host, Hannah Huffstickler, so shout out to her. Miss her very much. But she's doing amazing things right now. So, yeah, I'm creating my own show called Feminism Unplugged, where, you know, we're going to bring, the main goal is to bring feminist issues to a larger platform. I want to bring feminist topics to those who, like, may not be committed to informing themselves about these. So, you know, say a student were to just be like, oh, I want to listen to the radio station today. Click, oh, Feminism Unplugged. Let's hear what that's about, that type of thing. So, I guess what really is feminism? Because I feel like for a lot of people, you know, like I said, if you're not committed to informing about it, it's maybe like a what actually is feminism moment. So, according to the International Women's Development Agency, the IWDA, who is committed to kind of women's rights and things like that, feminism means something different to everyone but is basically all genders having equal rights and opportunities. We'll get to a little bit more about those definitions in the next segment, but the problem I'm addressing with my podcast is that there are little areas for discourse of feminist-related topics on CCD's campus. Now, that does not mean that there is no places. There are a lot of places, and I feel like those are more like clubs, organizations, classes, but like I had mentioned, I'm kind of wanting to do it at a broader level that, you know, easy access you can listen to from your car, from your phone, from your bedroom, from your, I don't know, you're at the pool, something like that. There's a place for everyone here. And yeah, so WCCU, their kind of goal is to create diverse content based on the interests of the student body. So, I feel like this podcast kind of really embraces that. It's kind of a little different, I feel like, from some of the shows on here, and I believe my show could definitely add more diversity and really based on the student body. So, basically, I have an Instagram called Feminism Unplugged. If you don't follow it, you should definitely follow it by now. And every week, depending on what topic we're talking about, I'm going to ask for... I'm going to ask... Sorry, I always get distracted by things from the window. I need to work on that. We'll work on that for the rest of this radio station show. But I'll ask on the Instagram story for different input, opinions, concerns, ideas, things like that about the topic of the week or some sort of question about the topic of the week and bring those up on the podcast and kind of do research based on it and put in my input as well. All input will be kept anonymous as well, unless stated otherwise, but for the most part, we'll be kept anonymous so that there's no worries about that. So, everyone is welcome here. It's kind of a safe space for discourse and things like that. Let's see. What else do I have to say? Hmm. It gives all students the opportunity to engage. So, here are some of the topics I plan to discuss about. I want to see what students want to hear. I asked on my Instagram for that input. I only got two responses. Wait, no. I got one response. Somebody said to talk about feminist celebrities, which I really want to talk about, especially because Olivia Rodrigo, she has been all over my 4G page today, and I actually just saw today earlier how she was giving out free contraceptions to fans at her show in, I think it was in Missouri, and it was kind of like backlash against government regulations and things like that. So, I thought that was really cool. It's definitely going to be a topic of conversation for the next few episodes. And, yeah. So, the other one I was told in person to maybe touch on is sports and gender. I did take a class about that, so I would be interested to talk about that topic as well. So, yeah, that's kind of what the future of Feminism Unplugged is going to look like for the next few shows on WCCU. So, yeah, stick around. The next segment, we're going to talk about feminist stereotypes, and I have a lot to say about that. I definitely did get some info about stereotypes that students have heard about. So, get ready to talk about those. I will see you all in a second. Enjoy the music. All right. Welcome back. You are listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Student-Rand Radio Station. My name is Emma, and you are listening to Feminism Unplugged. All right. So, this is the part that I'm really excited for for today's episode, and this is kind of going to be an example of what Feminism Unplugged is going to be for the next few shows that I'm doing. It's going to be, I ask questions on Instagram about a certain topic that we want to talk about. We, as in me and the students, the students of Coastal Carolina, and then I'll, you know, get their input on certain topics and talk about them on the show. So, I got some responses in relation to feminist stereotypes here. Let me get to the exact question that I asked on Instagram. I asked, oopsies, that's the wrong thing. I asked, what feminist-related topics, oh, wait, no, that's, sorry, that is totally the wrong question. I did ask, though, what feminist-related topics do you want to see discussed on Feminism Unplugged? We already talked about that. There's only one response, and then also something that somebody said to me in person. And then the next question is, what are stereotypes you have heard about feminism? So, I got some good responses and some good information to talk about with those. So, the first stereotype that I received was feminism only relates to women. And I think this is really an interesting stereotype, and it's one that I have heard a lot. It's like, you know, oh, I'm not a woman. Why am I involved in that? Or I'm not a feminist. Why should I believe? Blah, blah, blah. Anyway, so let's talk about what feminism is. I was looking at the Human Rights Careers website. They use the definition from Britannica. I totally might be saying that wrong. I never have known how to pronounce that website. But that definition from Britannica says that feminism is the belief in social, economic, and political equality of sexes. So, basically, you know, feminism, you know, touches on equal social, economic, and political rights for women. But it also, over the years, has expanded so much more. It's, you know, reproductive and sexual freedom, equal pay, the right to vote. But feminism is also exploring racism, gender norms, self-expression, all that stuff, which is where it kind of falls into intersectionality. Kimberly Crenshaw was the one who kind of coined that term. This is a quote that I really think, like, spoke out to me when I was looking for research on this. She said, if you see inequality as a them problem or unfortunate other problem, that is a problem. You know, it's, you know, because that stereotype kind of puts it on other people to figure out these answers when really it's a we issue. Feminism is, in my eyes of feminism, I feel like it's a we thing. I really want to talk more about Crenshaw, too, in future podcasts, because she did coin that term intersectionality and kind of how we look at the different identities we possess and how that helps us to figure out how we fall in society, especially with these issues happening in society. So, intersectional feminism, they say on this website, also centers the voices of those experiencing overlapping concurrent forms of oppression in order to understand the depths of the inequalities and the relationships among them in any given context. Therefore, it is so much deeper than just woman. And, yes, I think that was, it's a really interesting concept, intersectionality, and something I would definitely like to touch more on in the future episodes. I also, I was doing research on Pew Research, pewresearch.org, and they say four in ten men in America say that the term feminism describes them at least somewhat. That was as of July 2020, so it might have changed a little bit by now, but definitely something interesting to think about. Yeah, okay, so the next one I got was woman, oh, wait, no, that's not the one I want to look at, right? Yeah, okay. The next one I saw is feminists are annoying or making a big deal about a problem that's, in quotations, already solved. So, I was doing a little research, I was looking on a ABC News article about this, kind of about the fourth wave of feminism. So, the first wave started in the 1800s, but it definitely looks very different than, you know, the first wave of feminism, this fourth wave looks very different, but the main thing is kind of that it's the internet. There are so many ways to, you know, learn more about feminism. There's more ways to advocate, there's more ways to share information, all that stuff, which, you know, I guess it's a very good thing, but it also could be a little dangerous in some ways, because, you know, a lot of false information circles around the internet, especially with stereotypes and things like that. But ABC News in this article, they spoke with feminists who say that their fight is to benefit everyone, and they're like ready, not like, I don't like using the word term like, but they're ready to pave the way for a fourth wave of feminism. Some of the inequalities that they spoke about in this article was gender-based healthcare and accessibility, social expectations, gender-based violence, and also new laws that are being created to restrict like reproductive healthcare, transgender healthcare, things in education curriculum, you know, books, words, terms, concepts, things like that. So, really interesting, and it's definitely very different from that first wave of feminism. So, I think the answer is, you know, although there are many things solved through those first waves of feminism, there is still so much more, still more ways to go. ABC also talked to Christian Nunez, who's the president of the National Organization for Women, and she said this quote, how do we be inclusive, how do we have allies, how do we really focus on true equality for all women, because we know other ways of feminism have left women out. So, they're really focusing on, you know, including everyone in that. So, yeah, definitely, you know, already solved, interesting stereotype. So, this next one I was really excited to talk about is, in quotations, men haters. This is one that I've heard for so many years, so that's why when I was first introduced to what feminism actually is, I was like, oh, because this stereotype I feel like goes around all the time with when you say feminism. So, when I looked up men haters and feminism on Google, so many articles came up about a survey, or not a survey, research done in November 2023, and it was really interesting to read about. So, the University Survey Research Attitudes Between Feminists and Non-Feminists, led by Dr., I'm going to really butcher this name, Dr. Asay Hopkins Doyle. So, they basically said that people should be forming opinions based on facts, not inaccurate information, myths, and things like that. So, the study was really important to debunk the myth of men haters. You know, feminists are men haters. They conducted, or, well, Dr. Hopkins Doyle and her team, they conducted five studies with 9,799 participants across nine different countries, which is really good, and found that there is little difference in the attitude towards men between feminists and non-feminists, meaning negative attitudes towards men between feminists and non-feminists. And then they also looked into if negative attitudes towards men stemmed from participation in the Me Too movement, and the research found that these attitudes associated with the movement were more about anger from men's mistreatment of women and did not overall contribute to negativity towards men. So, I think that was super interesting to read about. I would definitely recommend more looking into it. But, yeah, so men haters, that was debunked with research, so very interesting. But, yeah, I feel like this is really abruptly cutting off the topic, but because I did get kind of a later start with the show, I'm not going to do the actual three-minute outro, so I'm going to do it in this one. So, thanks for sticking through on this show. I know it got a little crazy in the beginning. I was kind of learning with the technology and things like that, but I hope you all enjoyed learning a little bit more about what Feminism Unplugged is going to be and debunking some stereotypes and things like that. So, yeah, definitely stay tuned next Thursday at 12 p.m. for another show where we're going to be talking about feminist celebrities since that was the first recommendation of what to talk about. I'm really excited for it. Fall Feminism Unplugged to add student input about those topics. But, yeah, I will see you all next week. Have a great week.