Emily Austin is 25 years old, hosts her own sports show, judged Miss Universe, and after October 7th she says she lost nearly every brand deal she had. On this episode of the Sage Steele Show she tells me what happened the day after the attack, why she thinks the adults are the problem and not her generation, what Bobby Kennedy Jr. told her over dinner about who knew about the Holocaust, and what her grandfather learned in Bulgaria about his own neighbor.

She also gets into the campus panel where protesters pulled keffiyehs and drums out of their backpacks, the six hours she spent handing them the microphone, why she argues against a two state solution, what Zionism actually means to her, and the Saudi man who hated Jews and is now one of her closest friends.

Then the conversation turns to work. Emily explains why Miss Universe, Puma, and Sports Illustrated all stopped calling, what a network executive told her agent about how she voted, what the networks quietly edit out of postgame interviews, and why she thinks men in sports media stayed silent. She closes with the story of her mother's ultimatum, the night Jim Gray showed her a pile of a hundred rejection letters, and the one yes that started her career.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

02:24 - Meet Emily Austin

02:50 - October 7th & The Moment Everything Changed

11:16 - Gen Z, College Campuses & The Rise of Antisemitism

21:55 - Why Emily Refuses to Be Afraid to Speak Up

28:20 - Why Emily Is Worried About Gen Z

30:40 - Education, Indoctrination & Where Values Really Come From

36:54 - Motherhood, Discipline & Raising Kids in Today's Culture

43:26 - Gender Ideology, Schools & Parental Responsibility

48:48 - Empathy vs. Accountability

52:18 - Israel, Zionism & When Criticism Becomes Antisemitism

57:16 - Influencers, Charlie Kirk & Why Real Conversations Matter

01:01:07 - Would Emily Austin Ever Run for Office?

01:02:35 - How Emily Got Access to Trump, Rubio & Other Political Leaders

01:06:28 - Private Conversations With World Leaders & The Future of Gaza

01:11:12 - Has Speaking Out Hurt Emily's Sports Broadcasting Career?

01:17:28 - Women's Sports & Why So Many Athletes Stay Silent

01:28:01 - Billie Eilish, ICE & Celebrity Hypocrisy

01:35:18 - Social Media, Celebrity Obsession & Bad Parenting

01:40:21 - How Faith Guides Emily's Life

01:44:21 - Pretty Privilege, Rejection & Breaking Into Sports Media

01:47:25 - The Jim Gray Conversation That Changed Emily's Career

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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.

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