George Floyd, Mental Health & Being Blacklisted by the NBA | S2 E5 | The Truth Podcast
Royce White is a former professional basketball player known as much for his talent on the court as for his outspoken advocacy for mental health awareness. Selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft. He criticizes how the NBA handles mental health issues and advocates for systemic change both within and outside the realm of professional sports. Beyond basketball, White ventures into various endeavors including entrepreneurship and activism.
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Time-coded highlights:
0:00 Intro
1:00 The Royce White Story
4:47 A Gift & A Curse
6:02 The Human Mind (Struggles with Anxiety)
8:14 Panic Attack
10:43 Coming from a “Real Neighborhood”
12:40 Benched
15:55 Cinderella Story
18:45 The Draft
20:44 Conversations about Mental Health
23:35 “We’re Way Behind”
25:10 Medical “Experts”
26:52 Blacklisted
30:20 How Leaders Fail
34:23 The Managerial Class
36:57 “Stand for Hong Kong”
40:37 Woke Politics & the CCP
42:58 BLM & Weaponizing the Truth (BLM and the Police)
47:16 Leading Protests
53:01 Protesting the Fed Again
54:34 LGBTQ Issues
55:47 January 6th
58:02 The Belly of the Beast
58:58 The U.S. Senate
1:01:33 Railroaded by the GOP
1:02:31 Vivek’s Advice (Filling the Void of Purpose and Meaning)
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