The Vivek Show

George Floyd, Mental Health & Being Blacklisted by the NBA | S2 E5 | The Truth Podcast

Episode Summary

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.

Episode Notes

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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)