Unpacking Macklemore and the Iron Sheik
This week we speak about the rapper Macklemore and why all hell broke loose on Ed Sheeran's tour when he said the words "Free Palestine." An...
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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20 of 449 episodesHow the Green Bay Packers Became the Only USA Team Owned by the Fans
We talk to Tom Nelson about his back on the Green Bay Packers and Arya joins the show again to talk Eastern Conference. Body: This week we t...
Congressional candidate Sam Husseini and talking NBA over-unders
This week we talk to Maryland Green Party candidate and longtime activist Sam Husseini about his insurgent congressional campaign. We also b...
Anti-Trans Bigots Try To Divide/Destroy WNBA
This week we speak to Frankie de la Cretaz of the indispensable website “Out of Your League,” which looks at the intersection of sports and...
LeBron in Philly?!?!
This week on the edge of Sports, the hoops Savant Arya Shirazi joins us to discuss one of the most shocking NBA moves in recent years, LeBro...
Did Trump Doom the US Men at the World Cup? / Edge of Sports
This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and...
At Long Last, the Knicks Make History
This week, we speak to hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the New York Knicks’ first championship in 53 years. We break down how the Knicks ans...
How Racism Shadows the 250th with Eddie Glaude... and The Knicks!
This week, we speak to the great bestselling author Dr. Eddie Glaude about his new book America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniv...
Soccer’s Shadow And Sunlight: the fascist history of the World Cup and 20 years of soccer without borders
This week, we talk to Karim Zidan from Sports Politika about his new podcast, Power Plays, which delves into the relationship between author...
The NBA Lottery, Those Nova Knicks, and Movies We Love to Hate
This week, we talk to hoops and cinema savant Arya Shirazi about the world of pro basketball and movies the world loves that we could do wit...
How De La Soul Changed Hip Hop And Changed The World
This week, we talk to Professor Austin McCoy about his incredible new book, Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age, which explores the seminal rap trio...
How Unionization Can Solve the Crisis in College Football
Body: This week, we speak to College Football Players Association founder Jason Stahl about how to compensate college athletes in a manner t...
Protesting The World Cup (And A Cinematic Easter Egg)
This week, we speak to Ajamu Baraka of the Black Alliance for Peace and Daniel Loroña of Amnesty International about why they are organizing...
Emergency Pod: IOC Ruling on Trans Athletes
Body: We speak to Harrison Browne, the first transgender professional hockey player and co-author of the book Let Us Play, about the Interna...
The WNBA Union Scores a Win and Iftar with Mayor Mamdani
Maya Goldberg-Safir joins the show to talk about the new WNBA deal, and we talk about spending Iftar in NYC with Mayor Mamdani and Mohamed D...
In Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho
2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gu...
How Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports & a Winter Olympics Round-up
This week, we speak with author Bijan Bayne about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's relationship with the sports world. We also speak to sports...
The Sports Owners In Epstein's Inbox and the NBA At The All-Star Break
This week, I have some choice words about the athletic oligarchs who knew Epstein way too well. I am also joined by the hoops savant, Arya S...
The Collision between Paul Robeson & Jackie Robinson
This week, we talk to author Howard Bryant, whose towering new book is called Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America....
Death Row Survivor Kenny Collins & Why We Should Boycott the World Cup
This week, we have an exclusive interview with Kenny Collins, an innocent man who survived 17 unjust years on Maryland's death row and now,...