Sócrates was a fierce political thinker and philosopher who used his football stardom on the legendary 1982 Brazilian national team and his home team, São Paulo’s Corinthians, to agitate, educate, and organize the Brazilian people. Against the dictatorship, he turned his own club, Corinthians, into a popular school for democracy.
O Doutor, presente!
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. Pablo reports from Shanghai, which is gripped with World Cup fever. Performance artist Karen Anzoategui talks about her show Ser!, growing up in Argentina as a queer woman who loved soccer, and the prospects for Leo Messi to fulfill his destiny as Diegolito did in 1986. We also hear from a very excited Fernando Romero, who is heading to Brazil to see Mexico play in person.
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The People’s Game is BACK! And ready to bring you coverage of this year’s World Cup tournament in Brazil, both on and off the field.
We will report on the games themselves and also focus on the socio-political significance of the world’s most popular sporting event – including the widespread demonstrations expected to transpire during this year’s Cup, as the Brazilian people register their dissatisfaction with the neo-liberal economic order.
The People’s Game series will consist of five one-hour shows on five consecutive Wednesdays during the World Cup, starting June 11th, with two other shows on July 4th and Sunday July 13th (the day of the World Cup final). We will also be producing daily podcasts, which will be available right here on http://www.thepeoplesgame.org.
Also look for us on Facebook and Twitter, where we will be posting more commentaries and social media tidbits!
The People’s Game co-host Jennifer Doyle is producing some of the most insightful analysis of this years Women’s World Cup final on her great blog From a Left Wing.
Listen to Jennifer’s interview with Sonali Kolhatkar about the early rounds of the World Cup finals in Germany – as well as an overarching dialogue about political and cultural subtexts of the women’s game.
Also, Listen to KPFK Radio this Friday at 5 pm as Jennifer previews the USA-Japan Final and looks back at the dramatic games in the knockout rounds of the tournament.
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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 goes from here. But mostly ESPANA!!!
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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 greatest of global spectacles.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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