Politics & the Playbook

This Week in Dystopia by Sarah Grucza

Mar 5, 201900:38:03Government & Organizations

In episode 20, we asked, can you keep politics out of football? The answer was a resounding no. Not only are politics a part of contemporary sports culture, but politics is woven throughout sports and entertainment histo...

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