The People’s Game Radio Show for Monday July 5, 2010
Roundtable with Jennifer, Pablo, and Alan. Much discussion on the justice of Suarez’s save, German flair and strategy, and whether world cup matches tell us much about societies around the globe. The LA Times’ Hector Tobar joins in to talk about ESPN’s inappropriate slight of a Guatemalan ref, and reflect on soccer’s new found popularity in the USA. Then we hear Laurent Dubois’ thoughts after attending the Ghana/Uruguay heart-stopper in Johannesburg – and we exit with a flurry of listener phone calls.

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The People’s Game Radio Show for Sunday July 4, 2010
Today’s show features an interview with Pitzer College Professor Nigel Boyle, who taught the most popular course in the history of his college this past year: “The History and Political Economy of World Soccer.” At the end of the course, the students made predictions about the 2010 World Cup tournament. Their semifinalists? Holland, Germany, Spain, and Ghana – if not for the hand of Suarez, they’d be four-for-four! Listen in and find out who the Pitzer Students say will win the Cup.

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The People’s Game Radio Show for Saturday July 3, 2010
We begin today’s show with Josephina Schmidt from Alpine Village in Torrence CA where 900 euphoric Germany fans watched the rout of Argentina – then, in the round table, Jennifer, Alan, and Pablo discuss the ascendant Germans and look back on the life of Robert Enke, the team’s goaltender who committed suicide in November 2009. Argentine Maria Poblet, an organizer in the Bay Area, joins us to discuss the sense of social solidarity that comes with World Cup disappointment and also tells about the radical leftist soccer teams she’s helped organize across America. Then listener phone calls close out the second straight show we’ve done live on KPFK Radio.

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The People’s Game Radio Show for Friday July 2, 2010
The tournament’s, and then the home-continent’s, favorite fall in a day of ridiculously dramatic action. Nick Green from 100% Soccer joins Jennifer, Alan, and Fernando to review the matches and preview tomorrow’s. Uruguayan blogger Lazar Treschan relates the joy of surviving cardiac arrest. Then Miguel and Carlos from Soul Rebel Radio join the fray to give their take on the tournament to date – and take calls from listeners.

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The People’s Game Radio Show interview with Thomas Geoghegan on Germany
On the eve of Germany’s quarterfinal against Argentina we ask Thomas Geoghegan, author of the upcoming book Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life, about what the rest of the world can learn from Germany – both from its economy and from the ownership structure of the Bundesliga – and how both relate to the constant re-generation of German football talent.

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The People’s Game Radio Show for Thursday July 1, 2010
In advance of tomorrow’s highly anticipated clash between Brazil and The Netherlands, we feature extended interviews with the two leading English-language commentators on Football culture in the two respective countries: first, we speak with Alex Bellos, author of Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life; and then the second half of our interview with David Winner, author of Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football.

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The People’s Game Radio Show interview with Global Girl Media in Soweto
Jennifer Doyle speaks with four young women in Soweto, South Africa about their projects with Global Girl Media during the 2010 World Cup. Kamogelo Nlabizela tells about her report on how cell phones are transforming the lives of young South Africans. Annah Tseko reported on efforts related to the World Cup to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Mantombaana Khumalo filed a story about the June 16, 1976 uprising in Soweto. Zandile Dhlamini talks about the story she did on the experiences of black lesbians in her community.

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The People’s Game Radio Show for Wednesday June 30, 2010
Supriya Nair of the sports blog Treasons, Stratagems & Spoils joins us from Mumbai, India to give her take on the 2010 World Cup. Then Jennifer talks with four young women journalists in Soweto, South Africa – Kamogelo Nlabizela, Annah Tseko, Mantombaana Khumalo, Zandile Dhlamini – about the stories they’ve filed with Global Girl Media.

The People’s Game Radio Show for Tuesday June 29, 2010
We keep it simple today with a roundtable discussion about the latest games and the ill-fated Inarritu Nike add where, with Ronaldo’s exit, all the featured stars are now exiled from the mundial. Tony Presido joins us to examine how Spain has turned it around. Then Lukas, a Slovakian blogger in the far east, discusses one of the darlings of the tournament, his home nation which slayed the defending champions, and conveys the passion for the World Cup in Hong Kong.

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