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 • 72 episodes
The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Latest Episodes
Holiday Read-Aloud & Christmas-themed Chants: "Kane and the Christmas Football Adventure" (no, not Harry)
Welcome to the 3rd Advent/Christmas/Holiday episode this year. It’s a read of a children book again, and that book involves a time-traveling boy and his dog. They time travel, through goalposts, to the first organized football match under Footb...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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38:38
"Lost a Bet:" Soccer, Gambling, Addiction - and the Power of Recovery
Thomas Melchior placed his first soccer bet in 2005. He was addicted to gambling for 13 years, and imprisoned for the crimes he committed in his addiction. Now, he stands in front of stadiums on gamedays around Europe to raise awareness for the...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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1:13:54
Soccer History is American History
In the US, the big soccer boom is always supposedly around the corner. The most recent example: right now, in the lead-up to next year's World Cup. But that waiting until the beautiful game is the "number 1 sport in the U.S." clouds our v...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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1:13:30
2/2 England's State of Emergency - and Football's: Book Talk with the venerable David Goldblatt
This is PART 2 of a two-part episode. The 1st part aired two weeks ago, and is the most recent on on the Assistant Professor of Football. Please add a like, a comment, a star rating or spread the word by mouth!I was a little starstruck w...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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43:21
1/2 England's State of Emergency - and Football's: Book Talk with the venerable David Goldblatt
I was a little starstruck when David Goldblatt showed up on my screen today. His books have done very well for very good reason. You may have read The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football or The Ball Is Rou...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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44:00
