Ep.90 || A Conversation with Upcoming Black T&F Storytellers at the PRE Classic | Why We Need to Acknowledge the Black History in T&F More

Anderson Emerole and Elijah Agurs sat down with your favorite 2 Black Runners for an insightful conversation about their experience in Magic Boost covering the 2022 PRE Classic as African American content creators. Anderson has a podcast, youtube, and instagram where he highlights track & field black history and any current running news. While Elijah is a 19yr old photographer who just finished his first year of college but already has a clear direction of where he wants to take his art. In this episode hear about how they ended up falling in love with track and field, their experiences as Black storytellers at the PRE Classic, their admiration for the program Magic Boost, and much more.

*This is somewhat of a BOUNS episode so no full YouTube video to go along with it. ENJOY!! 

TIMESTAMPS 

0:00 - Intro  

1:45 - Meet Elijah Agurs

4:39 - Meet Anderson Emerole  

6:48 - What is Magic Boost 

9:10 - Do you feel like you belong at a Diamond League meet as a 19yr old creator 

11:54 - How Anderson got his start in T&F media 

13:41 - We need to acknowledge Black History in T&F more  

18:10 - Elijah's experience in XC living in Baltimore  

20:50 - The importance of representation in T&F  

22:19 - The key to hooking teenagers onto T&F  

24:33 - the problem with paywalls 

26:08 - Anderson's T&F love story 

28:26 - The differences as a Black Creator in T&F  

31:25 - Elijah's odd music taste 

32:56 - Elijah's portrait series at the PRE Classic 

34:36 - Anderson's work for Track and Field Black History and Podcast episode at PRE Classic  

36:48 - Thank you Magic Boost 

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