Nico Walker, The Granta Podcast

In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Nico Walker , author of the novel Cherry . We discuss Nico Walker’s essay ‘Mucker Play’, published in Granta 170: Winners, which considers American football as a reflection of the country’s violence, the intimate relationship between the military and sport, and how athletes cultivate their public image, from Deion Sanders to Jim Thorpe. Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books , the New Yorker , and the New Left Review , among other publications. His first novel will be published in 2025. Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta . Thomas Meaney is the editor of Granta .

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This episode is 39:47 long.

This episode was published on Mar 31, 2025.

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