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6: Joel McHale Interview Part 1. Joel pokes The Bear: Why Husky Football Culture is better than Husky Rowing Culture.
- 2024/07/13
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Joel McHale has been poking the bear for years.... If you consider UW Rowing, The Bear. Joel rowed at the University of Washington for three months in the early 90s. I've noticed his little "pokes" in local news articles and guest commentary during football games. My experience was very different from Joels. I loved rowing at the U. But I was curious. So Joel and I talked, a lot longer than we planned to. In part 1 of this episode, Joel explains why football culture is better than rowing culture. University of Washington Hazing Compliance Report: https://www.washington.edu/hazingprevention/hazing-prevention/compliance-report/ Sam's Law: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/new-law-inspired-by-wsu-students-death-stiffens-penalties-for-hazing/ Music: Gone Surfing, by Sixteen Wheelers (Epidemic) Pardon My Gun, by Roy Edwin Williams (Epidemic) The Fight, by Amos Noah (Epidemic) Transcript: Jen If you have teens or college kids in sports, this is a good one to play in the car. My kids and I talked a lot after this one. Of course, maybe they paid attention more because they think our guest is so much cooler than I am. At the same time, you've been warned there is a ton of swearing. It's your call Joel Oh, we were all we're doing we have a target and that target is the USC Trojan and we are we will be we will eat and drink their blood if we need to win. And that's where I learned how to really work really go oh, I can this is how this is how you get shit done. He was he basically was like, Yeah, I can't we gotta get the hazing really is. He's like the hazing is really fallen off. I gotta go there and you know, step it up. And I was what? Oh, whoa. I was like, Oh, so you're an infected Dick as well? Jen: What goes on behind those creaky old boathouse doors? Who's invited and who feels comfortable? Who's safe and who thrives? Who stays and why do some leave? And why do rowers do some of the weird things they do? Let's talk about rowing culture. And this time, let's do it from the perspective of the third boat. I'm Jen Butler. This is the Third Boat Podcast. Jen: Today we're going to talk about the old college, gridiron and toss some pigskin. Okay, I really know next to nothing about football. Except that of course in America football is a religion. It's really big deal. And today we get to hear Joel McHale talk about his experiences going from rowing to football. Jen: You may have seen Joel in the show Community, which now has a cult following amongst teenagers. He is also in the bear playing a total jerk of a chef. I did not see Joel in The Bear before recording this. If I had I don't know if I could have gone through the interview. He is terrifying in that show. If you've seen Joel in the Bear as the Asshole Chef, you will understand. I am so glad I hadn't seen it before. And kind of an awkward segue. Joel McHale has been publicly poking the bear for years. The bear in this case is U DUB rowing. I was at the U when Joel was and our time with the boathouse overlapped by three months. I thought hey, okay, Joel I'll bite. I don't think the bear he wants to provoke, but I was curious. But first, I have a little update for you. While I was prepping for this interview, I noticed that both the U DUB men's and the YouTube women's rowing teams were listed on a hazing compliance report for hazing freshmen last fall and a little background if you're not from Washington State. About five years ago, Sam Martinez, a young man of Washington State University died due to an alcohol hazing incident. Sam's parents channeled their grief into advocacy, which led to Sam's law, which is now in effect. This law puts more responsibility on the university's preventing and reporting of hazing. There are also increased legal penalties. For example, substantial bodily harm caused by hazing is now a felony. You could be in jail for up to five years. As part of this law, Washington universities are required to post their hazing compliance report publicly. And I don't know the details of these hazing incidents in particular, but I've included a link to the university's hazing compliance report so you can read it yourself. The men's and women's rowing teams are the only sports teams on this list. The others are fraternities with one sorority back in 2019. As part of remediation, the men's and women's team will have to develop an action plan for changing the current team culture. Good luck kids. Joel: This is exciting. Wait, did you row? Jen: I did. I did. So when you were a freshman, I was in my second year of rowing. Okay, so I was, you know, an experienced I think it would novice than rookie. So that would have been my first varsity Boat Club year. And you would have been a little novice. A baby. Joel: That yes, yes, I didn't last long. Jen: How long did you last? Joel: three months? Jen: Oh, that's longer than I thought. Joel: it was three. Yeah. Starting the summer. And I didn't Yeah, so it was I really Yeah, we you start. ...