The People's Game

The People’s Game Radio interview with Paul Mason on England’s Ouster Yes, the score should’ve been 2-2. Yes, the game would’ve been different then. But nothing can change the fact that England never put in a quality performance in South Africa. So, what next for the national side from the land that invented the game…

The People’s Game Radio interview with Futbolista Andrew Terranova Southern California Futbolista Andrew Terranova addresses whether leftists in the USA should support the national soccer team. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Terranova.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The People’s Game Interview with Peter Alegi The author of African Soccerscapes speaks with Alan from South Africa and provides his reflections on the tournament so far. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Alegi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The People’s Game Radio Show for Saturday June 26, 2010 The people’s sports journalist, Dave Zirin, joins us in today’s feature interview; for a discussion of how sports, and soccer in particular, can serve social justice. But first an extended discussion with Nick Green, perhaps the American journalist closest to Team USA. The Yankees are…

The People’s Game interview with Dave Zirin America’s leading radical sports journalist, Dave Zirin, discusses the political subtexts of the 2010 World Cup and Team USA. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Zirin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The People’s Game interview today with Lazar Treschan We speak with Uruguayan Lazar Treschan following La Celeste’s victory over South Korea http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/lazar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The People’s Game Radio Show for Friday June 25, 2010 The entire People’s Game team joins in the roundtable as we preview the biggest game in the history of USA men’s soccer – funny how that’s happened three times in the past two weeks. Nick, Jennifer, Alan, Fernando, and Pablo assess the prospects for the…

The People’s Game Radio show for Thursday June 24, 2010 Italy, the defending champions, get knocked out of the tournament by Slovakia. Japan scores a historic victory over Denmark. Counterpunch’s Harry Browne joins Alan to discuss the tournament – and whether soccer, which not long ago was understood as a source of working class solidarity,…

The People’s Game Radio interview with Alexander Stille Journalist Alexander Stille discusses the place of calcio in contemporary Italian society – and how Coach Marcello Lippi’s terrible selections for the 2010 national side relates to the culture of corruption that dominates Berlusconi’s Italy. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Stille.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The People’s Game Radio – Harry Browne interview Counterpunch’s Harry Browne analyzes the tournament so far, explains why Maradona’s Argentina is staking a claim as The People’s Team, and discusses whether soccer, once a source of working class solidarity, can be wrested back from the clutches of global capital. http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/Browne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |…