Remember the Titans – 2000

IMDB: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, an institution revered, each game celebrated more lavishly than Christmas, each playoff distinguished more grandly than any national holiday. And with such recognition, comes powerful emotions. In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test.

Tomatoeter – 73% & Audience Score – 93%

Episode Notes

00:15 – Intro

00:43 – Tory drops a double negative

1:25 – Two word check-in

2:30 – Daylight Savings Time tangent

6:05 – Heath’s Favorite part of the show aka Ask Tory Random Questions and then make fun of him for not getting them correct

18:51 – Finally we talk about Remember the Titans

22:35 – Here is the link to the ESPN article –

25:39 – Digm #1: We all need someone or something to rally (connect) around

Who or what are you rallying around?

32:30 – Digm #2: Common Enemy Effect – Balance Theory – Identity Fusion

The idea that right circumstances people will be willing to undergo self-sacrifice for the betterment of the group.

43:12 – Digm #3: How do you change attitude and perception?

52:10 – Digm #4: Culture change does not always happen at the top. Culture change requires

buy-in. Culture changes does not have to be overt. (Do not wait for permission to be a culture changer!)

1:00:00 – Yo Mama Jokes

1:08:00 – Digm #5: Environment plays a role in moral decision-making.