Category: Radio Show

On today’s podcast, Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa recap Saturday’s four-game marathon; KPFK’s Sergio Mielniczenko talks Brazil, music, and World Cup with several guests on the Global Village; and Oakland activist Alejandro Lara explains why Urugay had it coming.

At the top of the show, Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa review the spectacular highs (and lows) of the day’s games. Meleiza then interviews Junior Pisca, who was in attendance at the Spain vs. Netherlands match in Salvador, Brazil; and appears with People’s Game contributor Jennifer Doyle in conversation with KPFK’s Suzi Weissman. Finally, Gustavo…

On today’s podcast, Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa discuss the opening game between Brazil vs. Croatia and the political environment in Brazil; KPFK’s Margaret Prescod speaks to former soccer player Jules Boykoff about this year’s tournament; Pablo Miralles gives us a sense of how the World Cup looks from Shanghai, China and provides insight on…

Our inaugural show for 2014 features radical sports journalist Dave Zirin discussing the politics surrounded the tournament in Brazil; plus a report on the on-going protests in Brazil from labor organizer and filmmaker Ian Steinman in Brazil. We also hear from Pablo Miralles, the filmmaker behind Gringos at the Gate about the USA-Mexico soccer rivalry.…

Listen to The People’s Game Radio show for Monday July 12, 2010 Our final installment, featuring globetrotting birthday girl Jennifer Doyle, Pablo Miralles, Alan Minsky; as well as guests Franklin Foer and Gabriel Kuhn; and a dialogue about the documentary Kicking It. We sum up Mundial 2010, what it all meant, and where the world…

Listen to The People’s Game Radio Interview with Franklin Foer Franklin Foer, the editor of the New Republic Magazine and author of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, joins The People’s Game to talk about the 2010 World Cup and what we can learn about the world and humanity from this…

Listen to The People’s Game Radio Show for Sunday July 11, 2010 An interview with Simon Kuper is interspersed with a roundtable preview of the finals – with Nick Green, Jennifer Doyle, Pablo Miralles, Alan Minsky, and Fernando Romero. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Listen to The People’s Game Radio Interview with Gabriel Kuhn Gabriel Kuhn, the author of Soccer vs. The State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics, joins The People’s Game to discuss his book, his career as a semi-pro footballer in Austria, and how the the left can engage global football culture in 2010. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Kuhn.mp3Podcast: Play in…

Listen to The People’s Game Radio Interview with Simon Kuper Simon Kuper, the author of Football Against the Enemy and co-author of Soccernomics, discusses the 2010 World Cup on The People’s Game. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/kuper.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Listen to The People’s Game Radio Show for Saturday July 10, 2010 As the brilliant spectacle winds down, we check in with Laurent Dubois and Achille Mbembe in South Africa. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/dubois071010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed