Preview: Colin Kaepernick on Before & After with Lester Holt
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Preview: Colin Kaepernick on Before & After with Lester Holt

B1IntermediateSeptember 14, 20262 min

Hey Dateline fans, here’s a special preview of the first episode of our new podcast series, Before & After with Lester Holt. In this episode, Lester Holt talks to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick about his decision to take a knee during the national anthem and the unexpected consequences that changed his life. Search Before & After with Lester Holt to listen to the full episode now, completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com. Subscribers get early access to new episodes and can listen to all Dateline podc...

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Hi, I'm Lester Holt from Dateline with a special preview of my new podcast, Before and After. In our premiere episode, I sit down with Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who sparked a firestorm when he took a knee during the national anthem. It's been 10 years since you famously took that knee.

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What were you hoping to achieve with the protests? to collectively move us forward as a society. Very specifically, fighting against police killing black folks.

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But also looking at systemic oppression holistically to get society thinking and moving in the direction of addressing these issues to create a better society. We have to do something different

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