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    The People’s Game 2015 – Broadcast Show #1

    June 6, 2015 - By 
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    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 to honor the extraordinary women athletes from around the world who are taking the field this month to celebrate the global women’s game.

    To kick off the series, Karen and Bobby are joined by People’s Game 2014 co-hosts Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa for a preview of the tournament; UNC college soccer star and Liverpool defender Satara Murray discusses the women’s game in the US and UK; Dania Cabello, Bay Area-based left-wing futbolista and former player for Brazilian club Santos, speaks on futbol, women’s empowerment and community; and Holly O’Donnell, Executive Director of America Scores, tells us about this amazing national school program that brings together the arts of soccer and poetry.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #36 – 7/18/14

    July 19, 2014 - By 
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    On 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 Alan & Meleiza’s guest appearance on the Pocho Hour of Power radio show.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #35 – 7/16/14

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    On 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 back on this year’s tournament and forward to the meeting of the kleptocrats – Blatter’s FIFA and Putin’s Russia – in 2018.

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    The People’s Game Broadcast Episode #7 – 7/16/14

    July 17, 2014 - By 
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    In 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 Cup.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #34 – 7/15/14

    July 16, 2014 - By 
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    It’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 speaks to Jules Boykoff, whose recent article in the Guardian talks about why and how FIFA must be reformed now. Finally, we feature a conversation from the morning of the World Cup final between Dave Zirin and Eaton Thomas on WPFW’s The Collision.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #33 – 7/14/14

    July 15, 2014 - By 
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    On 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 Karen Anzoategui shares her reflections, as will correspondent Fernando Romero, who was in Brazil for part of the tournament with the Mexican national team. Finally, Alan and Meleiza share their summary thoughts on the 2014 World Cup: why they think socialism won at the end of the day, and how this year’s World Cup cycle confirms that soccer remains unique in the world as the people’s game.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #32 – 7/13/14

    July 14, 2014 - By 
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    The brilliant, collaborative, whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts German national team won the World Cup on Sunday. This is the product of Germany recognizing the need to allocate resources to build an institution valued by the entire society. Germany has the most coherent, well-funded national soccer program in the world, and it should be no surprise that they just won the World Cup. Socialism works. Socialism wins.

    On today’s podcast, Alan and Meleiza review the final with Pablo Miralles in Shanghai. Alan and Meleiza also review the World Cup in light of the big themes surrounding the people’s game: of history, capitalism, politics, the way we live and the way we play.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #31 – 7/12/14

    July 13, 2014 - By 
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    On the eve of the final, we bring a range of radical perspectives on the 2014 World Cup. Alan and Meleiza recap Brazil’s unprecedented second loss in the third-place match, and share thoughts, prospects, and hopes for the big final tomorrow, and feature Laurent Dubois’ reflections on the World Cup and its stories. Brazilian professor Maria-Luisa Mendoza speaks with KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar about the protest movement in Brazil in the context of the World Cup, and KPFA’s Doug Henwood discusses soccer and politics with Professor Sean Jacobs, who blogs at Africa Is A Country/Futbol Is A Country.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #30 – 7/11/14

    July 11, 2014 - By 
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    On today’s podcast, we look forward to the two final matches of the World Cup 2014 tournament. The third-place match pits a demoralized Brazil against the Netherlands, and of course, on Sunday, the main event: the final between Argentina and Germany. Alan and Meleiza give a preview of what we may expect to see, and reflect on the significance of these matches for Brazil and the world. Then, Alan speaks with three Southern California-based left wing futbolistas: Antonio Chrisostomo-Romo, attending the World Cup in Salvador, Brazil; and Aaron Darling and Janet Lee Ortiz in Los Angeles.

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    The People’s Game Podcast #29 – 7/10/14

    July 11, 2014 - By 
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    On today’s podcast, Alan and Meleiza look back on one of the most extraordinary World Cups in recent history, and reflect on the sociopolitical significance of the Cup’s most memorable stories. Then, we feature Alan’s extraordinary interview with Andrei Markovits, one of the world’s leading academics who explores the social impact and significance of sports.