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 • 77 episodes
The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Latest Episodes
Rush Episode: Bodø/Glimt, fresh off the plane from its Champions League fairytale
The day after he arrived back from his clubs last Champions League game this year, a loss at Sporting in Lisbon, Freddy Toresen, the local football journalist from Bodø, gives us a long view of the club and its identity. This is just the first ...
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Season 4
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Europe's "Jew Clubs:" On Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax Amsterdam, Bayern Munich and Austria Vienna with Pavel Brunssen
What do Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax Amsterdam, Bayern Munich and Austria Vienna have in common? They all, for better, or for worse, have come to be seen as “Jew Clubs” throughout their history. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Sometimes the club emb...
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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1:19:41
Liverpool F.C, a Global People's History: Alan McDougall on his new book
Every time one of the big clubs show up on this humble podcast, the audience is a little larger - and maybe I should do more on the likes of Bayern or Liverpool. But I always shirk back a bit. Too mainstream, I think. And if you like Liverpool,...
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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1:02:34
Go West, and Grow up Playing Soccer! How do so many internationals play for American Colleges?
The phrase "go west!" was not coined by the Village People or the Pet Shop Boys, but by Horace Greeley, a famous newspaper editor a long time ago. And seen from Europe, all of the United States is West. So that’s what Luca Puster tells his youn...
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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1:00:00
Salzburg's Actual Soccer Club: The Austria Will Outlast You All - Even Red Bull
This story is a journey to one of the original sins of commercialization in modern global football - the 2005 takeover of Austria Salzburg, a former Austrian champion, UEFA cup finalist and Champions League participant by a well known energy dr...
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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