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 • 70 episodes
The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
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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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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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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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No More BS: It's Boycotts this time, at West Ham
It's a fall of unrest in East London again. Hammers United, the largest organized fan group at West Ham United, has so far refrained from calling on members of the board or the CEO to resign. Until now. They have launched the campaign "No More ...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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Behind the Scenes on a UEFA Conference League gameday, at Slovenian upstarts NK Celje
Before the Conference League anthem came on in Celje Slovenia, one warm August night this year, today’s guest had a lot of work behind him already while I was was on my way via train, uber and rental car from Bosnia. He is Rok Gregoric, press a...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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