The People’s Game – Radio Show #14 – 06/20/10
June 20, 2010
The People’s Game – Radio Show for Sunday June 20, 2010 A Sunday show of epic length! Alan speaks with Martin McQuillan, who follows the North Korean People’s Team for the Guardian. Then an extended dialogue with the radical media and cultural critic (and full-on soccer fan) Toby Miller about the coverage of the tournament…
Call for Solidarity to Honduran National Team
June 20, 2010Interview with Ancelmo Ramos for The People’s Game — The Call for Solidarity to the Honduran National Team As the Honduras National Team prepares to play the biggest game in its history against Spain, Ancelmo Ramos of the Honduran Resistance of Los Angeles calls upon the players on Honduras to make a show of solidarity…
The People’s Game – Radio Show #13 – 06/19/10
June 20, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Saturday June 19, 2010 Today’s show was live-to-air on our home station, KPFK Radio Los Angeles. We open with a roundtable (Alan, Jennifer, Pablo, and Fernando) that takes the temperature of the tournament then shifts to Jennifer’s commentary in today’s Guardian, which calls on FIFA to use this…
The People’s Game – Radio Show #12 – 06/18/10
June 19, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Friday June 18, 2010 Three games, surprises at every turn – curiouser and curiouser. In the roundtable Jennifer, Alan, Pablo, and Fernando celebrate Team USA’s amazing comeback vs Slovenia and rationalize their support for the Yankee imperialists. Matthew Cobb, a Man City supporter, has a fertile theory about…
The People’s Game – Radio Show #11 – 06/17/10
June 18, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Thursday June 17, 2010 A glorious day for Mexico, Argentina, and Greece – a roundtable discussion leads off the show with co-hosts Alan Minsky, Fernando Romero, Jennifer Boyle (From a Left Wing), and Pablo Miralles (Gringos at the Gate). Followed by a report from journalist Daniel Hernandez in…
The People’s Game – Radio Show #10 – 06/16/10
June 17, 2010The People’s Game – Radio Show for Wednesday June 16, 2010 Great Day for Switzerlands. Jennifer and Alan console Spaniard Tony Presido. Uruguayan Lazar Treschan simultaneously celebrates and apologizes for crushing the host nation’s spirit. El Tri partisan Fernando Romero looks towards tomorrow’s Mexico-France showdown where everything is on the line. Then Jennifer talks with…
The People’s Game – Radio Show #9 – 06/15/10
June 16, 2010Root for joy, root for DPRK! / 1982 Brazil v Italy: most influential match ever?
June 15, 2010As Brazil 2010 prepares to take the field, fans of the “beautiful” game should check their enthusiasm – the future of joy hinges upon the fate of this side. Comrade, brothers, I bequeath you: root against these automatons. A championship for Dunga’s disciplined troops could be the final nail in the coffin for joga bonito…