Episode 90: Whereas Hoops is back and a court has been built!

About this episode

The episode features Noah Cohan and John Early discussing the opening of basketball courts in Forest Park and the collaborative efforts behind the project.

The collaborative team from Whereas Hoops , Noah Cohan and John Early, are back on the show to discuss the recent opening of basketball courts in Forest Park. Are you interested in history? Public space? Social practice and engagement with place? St. Louis? And of course, basketball? Listen now! This project is wonderful and I am grateful to have Noah and John back on the show (check out Episode 80 for our first conversation) to discuss this exciting work and all of the nuanced experience, research and collaborations with many people from across St. Louis that went into making the courts possible,

People in this episode

Host: Adam Silver

Guests: Noah Cohan, John Early

Topics covered

• basketball
• public space
• social practice
• community engagement
• history

Keywords

• basketball courts
• Forest Park
• St. Louis
• community project
• social engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Forest Park, St. Louis

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