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 • 50 episodes
The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Latest Episodes
SC Freiburg at 120: A New History Book, a New Stadium, and Good Old Modesty
SC Freiburg, a former yoyo club from a pretty progressive town on the very southwestern edge of Germany is now firmly established in the Bundesliga. The club is 120 years old this year, and just a few days ago published its first investigation ...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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A Multi-Club Owner in Conversation: Matt Rizzetta, American Money and Southern Italian Pride
I've said something like this before: I believe the means of global soccer production should be controlled by fans, players and the community the club is in, collectively or cooperatively, and not by firms and companies based half a world away ...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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Reformation Day Special: David Kilpatrick's 95 Theses (plus updates from Leeds on Red Bull, and from me on the former Chicago Red Stars)
Martin Luther (not the King) nailed 95 protest theses against the Christian church of his day to a church door in Germany on October 31st 1517. And Protestants , properly understood, have been protesting ever since. As we near "Reformation Day"...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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Rayo Vallecano and its Neighborhood: An Unusual Spanish Fall Break Destination
Today, we are taking a Fall break trip to Vallecas, a working class neighborhood in the Spanish capital Madrid. La Liga - the Spanish first league - holds global appeal chiefly due to its two dominators and their massive global following. Howev...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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The Devil Came to Yorkshire: Leeds United and Red Bull
The McDonald’s on Elland Road in Leeds, near the stadium of Leeds United, is, apparently, the only McDonald’s there is that has removed any element with the color red. Because Red, that is Manchester United, the rose of Lancaster in the badge o...
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Episode 45
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