The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
The academic treatment for English-speakers who get that soccer is more than gamedays, stars and goals. Who wonder about the histories, subcultures and politics that make the game so different from many American sports cultures; and who care about a critical take on soccer as a global capitalist machine. A European-guided journey, with one expert "visiting professor" each episode.
Podcasting since 2022 • 56 episodes
The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Latest Episodes
Back to the Grassroots: The English Non-League Day on March 22nd
If you are in England on the nice Spring weekend of March 22nd, I hope you didn’t book the trip to see a Premier League game. Because there are none. It’s a dreaded national team break again. But on the other hand, that weekend may also be one ...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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56:58
Rush Omnibus! Behind the Scenes on the Recent Wins for Fan Activists in the Premier League - and recent Losses in Chicago
Note: This is an unusual episode, in reaction to the events unfolding Thursday and Friday, with little time to edit or the usual setup. All sounds fine and is audible, but not as nice as usual. My apologies!Back last Summer, many Premier...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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1:27:05
In the Way of the Chainsaw: Are Argentina's Famous Clubs to be Privatized?
There is a lot to say about Argentina and football that we are not saying today. There is a lot about Argentina and football that we are saying today. We’re even saying things about saying things about football in Argentina: Christopher Hylland...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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1:14:50
State of the Unions: In the Heart of the European Union, at Royal Union St. Gilloise in Brussels
The EU, Europe's great post-war peace project, can feel beleaguered today. Global and continental uncertainties collide, and things are complicated in Brussels, Belgium, the heart of the European Union. Two clubs from that capital survived in t...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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1:13:26
Norwegian Cruise: No VAR Spotted Up and Down the Coast
Norway is regularly listed among the "happiest countries in the world." It is one of the wealthiest too, and its not a country with revolutionary fervor. It’s not France. It’s not even Germany. Yet the Video Assistant Referee, known widely as V...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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