The People’s Game 2015 – Broadcast Show #1
June 6, 2015
The People’s Game is BACK for 2015 – covering the Women’s World Cup kicking off today in Canada! Join our co-hosts Karen Anzoategui and Bobby Gordon as they follow the action on and off the field. At a time when FIFA corruption and the politics of global football are making world headlines, we also want…
The People’s Game is BACK for Women’s World Cup 2015!
June 2, 2015It’s already been quite an eventful week for FIFA – but watch out, because The People’s Game is coming back to the airwaves! What will be the ‘state of play’ when the 2015 Women’s World Cup opens in Edmonton, Canada? Join co-hosts Karen Anzoategui and Bobby Gordon on KPFK/Paciica Radio as we kick off the…
Beyond the Wall: Football and the Struggle for a Free Palestine
July 25, 2014As the World Cup 2014 knockout rounds progressed, the bombs began to fall in Gaza. The latest Israeli campaign against the Palestinians has, as of this writing, devastated homes, schools, hospitals, and has killed over 800 Palestinians – including four boys playing soccer on the beach. Football holds a special significance for the Palestinian people.…
The People’s Game Podcast #36 – 7/18/14
July 19, 2014On the final podcast of The People’s Game 2014, Alan and Meleiza share their final reflections on the World Cup as a social text, its political implications, and of course, our favorite soccer memories across the 64 games played on the field. We also feature a final conversation between Margaret Prescod and Coach Mickey; and…
The People’s Game Podcast #35 – 7/16/14
July 17, 2014On today’s show, two of the foremost academics who study the significance of global football join Alan and Meleiza. Laurent Dubois reflects on the dynamically surprising 2014 World Cup, and shares his experiences as an active member of the futbol Twittersphere. Robert Edelman, one of the world’s preeminent sports historians and a Russia scholar, looks…
The People’s Game Broadcast Episode #7 – 7/16/14
July 17, 2014In our final national broadcast episode, we ponder our collective experience of this extraordinary tournament. German partisan Elaine Teng and Argentine fan Karen Anzoategui reflect on Sunday’s final; plus three of the leading radical English-language commentators on global football – Andrei Markovits, Robert Edelman, and Laurent Dubois – offer their insights on this year’s World…
The People’s Game Podcast #34 – 7/15/14
July 16, 2014It’s Tuesday after the final, and the World Cup withdrawal coma is starting to set in. But if we can’t have more futbol, then we’ll just keep talking about futbol. Alan and Meleiza reflect on why the World Cup is such a monumental planetary event, and the stuff of so many dreams. KPFK’s Margaret Prescod…
One Way of Saying No: Red Presnia’s Spartak Moscow
July 15, 2014In 2018, the World Cup’s next stop is in Russia, a country with a great radical tradition, but one with layers of contradictions – many of them embodied by the Spartak Moscow football club. As historian Robert Edelman writes: “Spartak Moscow emerged from the rough proletarian Presnia district of Moscow and spent much of its…
The People’s Game Podcast #33 – 7/14/14
July 15, 2014On today’s podcast, we collectively reflect on the World Cup on the day after the carnival, not entirely ready for it to be over. First, we speak to Elaine Teng, who talks about what it was like to be in southern Germany when the German national team won the World Cup. People’s Game Argentina correspondent…