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FIFA's World Cup and Authoritarianism with Karim Zidan
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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The Politics of the 2026 MAGA World Cup with Zito Madu
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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OLF #12: MAGA WORLD CUP KICKOFF STREAM!!!
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Gift and Grit: How Sports Shape Racial Narratives in America
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The Science and Politics of Gender in Women's Sports
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Evolution of Athlete Activism
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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How FIFA Fuels the Occupation of Palestine
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May 28, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field #11 - Enhanced Games, “Holistic Coaching,” NAACP, and the World Cup
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May 26, 2026 |
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How the Media Upholds Imperialism with Adrian Harewood
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May 21, 2026 |
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Anti-Trans Politics and Global Fascism Explored with CJ Jones
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May 19, 2026 |
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How Sports Can Be a Site of Anti-Fascist Resistance
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May 14, 2026 |
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Inside FIFA and the Politics of Mega-Events with Jules Boykoff
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May 11, 2026 |
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Red Sullivan's Fight for Trans Rights in Sports
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May 07, 2026 |
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OLF # 10 - FIFA's Genocidal Hypocrisy, LIV & Saudi Arabia, Dutch Citizenship Fiasco & Sports Betting
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May 05, 2026 |
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"Tested" and the Resurgence of Sex Testing with Reo Eveleth
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Boxing and US Imperial Decline with Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Racial Capitalism Debate with Charisse Burden-Stelly
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Sports and the Strait of Hormuz with Laleh Khalili
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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OLF #9 - Canada Blocking Palestinian FA Visas, Hungarian Election, James Dolan & MSG, Brianna Turner
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The Sports Psychology Episode with Lauren Beasley
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The Hidden Labor of Ethiopian Runners with Hannah Borenstein
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Double Crossover with Courtney M. Cox
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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OLF #8 - Trump's Unhinged Genocidal Post, March Madness, WNBA-WNBPA CBA, and the World Cup
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Trans Athletes and The Fight for Inclusion
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Palestine Exception in Football with Abubaker Abed
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Everything You Need to Know About the IOC's Recent Genetic Testing Policy
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field #7 - Sportswashing: FIFA, Gambling, WNBA and the Fight for Justice
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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The Dark Side of Sports Gambling with Adam Johnson
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Fair Game and the Future of Trans Athletes with Anna Baeth, Ellie Roscher, and Chris Mosier
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Scientific Integrity in Sex Testing with Madeleine Pape
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Iran PULLS OUT of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup! INSTANT REACTION
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field #6 - Iran, Trump, Paralympics, and College Sports
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The T-20 Cricket World Cup, Hindutva, and India-Pakistan (Bonus live episode)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Cuba and Revolutionary Sport with Vijay Prashad
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Homeland Empire with Nikhil Pal Singh
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Iran and Resistance to US Imperialism - Out of Left Field Episode #5
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Mexico and the Politics of the 2026 Fifa Men's World Cup
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field - FIFA, UEFA, and the Palestine Exception
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Unpacking Migration and Racial Capitalism with Harsha Walia
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Politics of Football with Sean Jacobs
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Cricket and the India-Pakistan Rivalry
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field - Bad Bunny, Super Bowl, and the Winter Olympics 2026
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Heated Rivalry: Hockey Culture, Nationalism and Queer Representation
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano-Cortina
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 172: Speaking Out with McKenzie Forbes
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field Episode 2 - Minneapolis, India's Cricket Crisis, and Anti-Trans Rhetoric
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 171: Trump and the FIFA Clusterf*ck with Priyansh
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Out of Left Field Episode 1
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Sports as a Weapon & The End of College Football
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Episode 170: The Pseudoscience of Trans Exclusion
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Kick Israel Out of FIFA
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Episode 169: Exploitation and Care in College Football with Dr. Tracie Canada
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 168: Canada is Trying to Deport a Future Olympian
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Halifax Demands Davis Cup Cancellation
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Episode 167: Cancel Canada-Israel Davis Cup
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Episode 166: Pyramid Scheme
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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El Jones Speaks Against the Davis Cup in Halifax
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 165: Canadian Hockey on Trial
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Episode 164: On Athleticide
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 163: Gaza and Global Sport
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Episode 162: CTE and Sport with Dr. Jesse Mez
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Episode 161: Academic Exploitation in College Sport
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 160: The Boxing Debacle at Paris 2024
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 159: The San Jose State Transphobic Clusterf*ck
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Episode 158: On Sport and Genocide
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Episode 157: The Caitlin Clark Effect
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 156: Heterodox Takes on Football with Chris Kluwe
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Episode 155: Steven Thrasher Speaks Back
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 154: Football is Killing US School Kids
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Episode 153: Olympic Depravities with Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Episode 152: The Wide World of Concussions with Stephen Casper
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode 151: Olympic 'Gender Verification' Meltdown
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Episode 150: Coercion and Agency in College Sport with Dr. Wayne Black
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Episode 149: What Are The Olympics For?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Episode 148: Sports Media Complicity in Genocide
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 147: The End of College Football, Part II: Jabo Burrow
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 146: The End of College Football, Part I: Jabo Burrow
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Sports Gambling with Joel Anderson
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Episode 144: "We Hear the Voices of the Children In Gaza," on Sport During a Genocide with Charlotte Phillips
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Episode 143: The Shifting Legal Landscape of College Sport
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 142: College Athletes and the Encampment Movement
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 141: Protest Politics with Robin D. G. Kelley
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Episode 140: The Columbia Encampment
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May 28, 2024 |
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Episode 139: The Political Economy of Women's Sport
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 138: Sport and the Climate Crisis with Madeleine Orr
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May 14, 2024 |
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Episode 137: The Hegemonic vs. Inclusive Masculinity Debate
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Episode 136: How the Anti-trans Movement Shields Cisgender Sexual Predators
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 135: Hungary, Sportswashing, and Global Fascism
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 134: Masculinities and Sport with Raewyn Connell
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Episode 132: The Barstool Sports Episode
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 131: College Sport NLRB Extravaganza
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 130: The Definitive Netflix Sports Rankings
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 129: Higher Ed 'Crisis' with Asheesh Kapur Siddique and Joe Darda
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 128: On The PWHL with Liz Knox
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 127: Gaza Genocide and Sporting Politics with Karim Zidan
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 126: Football, Manliness, and the Conjuncture
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 125: Israel and Russia Don't Belong in Paris 2024
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Episode 124: The Swiftie Bowl
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 123: Palestine Solidarity
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 122: Why Canada Needs a Judicial Inquiry into Sport
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 120: Another College Sport Apocalypse
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 119: The End of College Football (A Preview)
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 118: What is Hockey Culture? with Kristi Allain
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 117: Decoding Racist Representation in Sport with Kelly Wright
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 116: A Football Life with Zack Furness
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 115: The Sport Management Episode, Part Two
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 114: The Sport Management Episode, Part One
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Political Transphobia and Sport in New Brunswick with Susan Holt
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 112: Black Ball with Theresa Runstedler
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 111: How Women’s Swimming Got So Transphobic
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Floridian and national athletic anti-fascist resistance with Joel Anderson
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 109: On The End of Sport, College Sports, Labor, and Exploitation
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 108: On Racism in Canadian Sport with Ian Kennedy
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Abuse and Harm in Canadian Sport with Jennifer Fraser and MacIntosh Ross
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Historicizing and Theorizing Harm in Youth Sport w/ Dionne Koller
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 105: Racial Capitalism and Football with Joshua Myers
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 104: We’re back!
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 103: Sport and Empire
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 102: On Critical Sports Fandom
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Athletes Reimagining College Sport
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May 25, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Critical Sports Scholars on Parenting and Youth Sport
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Towards a Public Sociology of Sport
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May 06, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Dehumanization and the NFL Draft with Ben Natan
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Universities Are *Choosing* Not To Pay Academic Bonuses to Athletes
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 96: On UCLA Gymnastics, Iowa Football, and Ted Lasso
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 95: On Transphobia in Capitalist Sport with Karleigh Chardonnay Webb
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Pandemic Sport, Convoys, and the Anti-Trans Movement in Sports
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Hard Truths about Football with Chris Borland
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Institutional Failure and Harm in Canadian Gymnastics with Kim Shore, Part I
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 91: The Wide World of Surveillance in Sport with Courtney M. Cox
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Episode 90: Football and Fairness with Johnny Stanton
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Episode 89: The NLRB Memo with Jennifer Abruzzo
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 88: Athletic Labor and #Striketober
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 87: Fighting for #FairBall in the Minors with Harry Marino
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 86: On Coercion and Resistance in College Sport
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 85: #Striketober with Max Alvarez
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 84: The Sports Media Problem with Adam H. Johnson
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Episode 83: Progress for Whom? With Britni de la Cretaz
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 82: Higher Ed is Imploding! with Asheesh Kapur Siddique
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 81: ‘Family,‘ Race, and College Football with Tracie Canada
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Status Coercion in College Sport with Erin Hatton
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 78: “Understanding Gymnastics on its Own Terms” with Dvora Meyers, Part II
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Episode 77: “Understanding Gymnastics on its Own Terms” with Dvora Meyers, Part I
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Abolishing the Olympics with Jonny Coleman of NOlympics LA
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Unfiltered with Kaiya McCullough
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Episode 74: Buying Unicorns with Dogecoin at the Tokyo Olympics with Jules Boykoff
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Episode 73: On the Rich Aquatic History of the Black Diaspora with Naji Ali
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 71: On Trans and Non-Binary Sporting Inclusion with Verity Smith and Abby Barras
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Gender Expansive Gymnastics with Half In, Half Out
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 69: One Year
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 68: How Texas Changed the Culture of Athletics with Frank Guridy
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Black Feminism and Contemporary Sports Culture with Dr. Letisha Brown
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 66: The Plantation Dynamics of College Sport
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Episode 65: College Football and the Re-making of Oklahoma with Andrew McGregor
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Episode 64:The College Sports Media Problem
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Episode 63: On the NWHL, *That* Media Company, and the “Girlboss” Ethos with Natalie Weiner and Hemal Jhaveri
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 62: Covid-19 and College Basketball with Jordan Bohannon
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Klete Keller, Sport Media, and The Whiteness Problem in Swimming with Christienna Fryar and Matt Hodler
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Sport and Politics on the Field and in the Academy with Lucía Trimbur, Part II
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode 59: Ethnography of a Gridiron Concussion Crisis with Lucía Trimbur, Part I
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Episode 58: “A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story” with Ciara McCormack, Part II
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Episode 57: “Our Passion Was Used Against Us” with Ciara McCormack, Part I
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Episode 56: Raging Against the (College Sports) Machine with David West and Ricky Volante
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Episode 55: Constructing New Rooms with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Episode 54: Anthropology of an American Pandemic with Adia Benton
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Episode 53: Georgia On My Mind with Amanda Mull
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Episode 52: Fascism, Spectacle, and Politics with Maximillian Alvarez and Sina Rahmani
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Episode 51: Racialized Organizations, Politics, (and Sports) with Victor Ray
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Episode 50: Harm and Hockey with Rick Westhead
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Episode 49: Sport and COVID-19 Special with Gavin Yamey and Zachary Binney
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Episode 48: #WeAreUnited with Otito Ogbonnia
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Episode 47: Talking Gymnastics with Jessica O’Beirne of GymCastic
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Episode 46: Swimming While Black with Jamal Hill
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode 45: Racialized Nationalism and Hegemonic Masculinity in Swimming with Matt Hodler
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Episode 44: The Culture of Abuse in Swimming with Katherine Starr
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Episode 43: The Golden Age of Black Swimming with Kevin Dawson
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 42: Cheer, College Football, and Suffering as Virtue with Amanda Mull
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Episode 41: “Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back” with Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Episode 40: On the Player Strikes
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Episode 39: 'Everyone On Screen Has Tested Negative' by Hannah Ensor
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Episode 38: Fascism, Coloniality, and Sport with Zoé Samudzi
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 37: Olympic Sport on the New Plantation with Tezira Abe
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode 36: Solidarity Forever with Kain Colter
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Episode 35: Reimagining College Sport with Ricky Volante
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Episode 34: Athlete A and Gymnastics Culture with Jennifer Sey
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Episode 33: The Sports Industrial Complex with Kevin Blackistone
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode 32: College Revenue Athlete Special with Hunter Reynolds and Benjamin St-Juste of College Athlete Unity and Miles Lester
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Episode 30: Teaching Capitalism to Americans: The Karolyis Come Stateside with Geza Pozsar
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Episode 29: “Their System was Much More Brutal…”: The Karolyi Way in Communist Romania with Geza Pozsar
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Episode 28, Part II: History and Harm in Gymnastics with Georgia Cervin
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Episode 28, Part I: History and Harm in Gymnastics with Georgia Cervin
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode 27: The Language of Race and Sport with Kelly E. Wright
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Episode 26: #NotYourMascot with Jacqueline Keeler
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Episode 25: Race, Gender, and Youth Sport History with Samantha White
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Episode 24: (Athletic) Labor Talk with Hamilton Nolan
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Hypocrisy is Their Middle Name
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Mailbag Time!
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Episode 21: Hoop Dreams, High Flying Bird, and Sporting Blackness on Screen with Samantha Sheppard
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 20: Communist vs. Capitalist Sport with Johanna Mellis
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Behind the UNC Scandals with Jay Smith and Ted Tatos
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Edgy Times with Dave Zirin
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion in Sport with Shireen Ahmed
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Racism, Rebellion, and the Sport Media Complex with Hemal Jhaveri
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Racism and Resistance with Michael Bennett
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Episode 14: On The Last Dance with Louis Moore
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Episode 13: The Ethics of Football and the Concussion Industrial Complex
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May 28, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Blame Canada
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May 25, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Bootstraps and Baseball
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May 22, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Fans All Day with Andrew Stoeten
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May 18, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Life in the W (and Around the World) with Elizabeth Williams
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May 15, 2020 |
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Episode 8: The Lie of Amateurism
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Fandom, Work, and Academic Precarity
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May 08, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Not Your Average Athlete Interview
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Food Insecurity and College Athletics
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May 04, 2020 |
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Episode 4: What's Wrong with the Olympics?
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May 01, 2020 |
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Episode 3: The Truth About College Sport
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Athletic Labor and COVID-19
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Welcome to the Show!
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Apr 12, 2020 |