NextPod is a weekly look at North American soccer prospects. Primarily focusing on MLS Next Pro, the Canadian Premier League, USL and NCAA soccer, hosts Duane Rollins and James Grossi are on the hunt for the next stars of MLS and European football. Published each Tuesday.
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We tell the compelling stories behind cookbooks you won't get anywhere else. Featuring interviews with leading authors, we explore the art and craft of cookbooks, looking at both new and vintage cookbooks and the inspirations behind them … the compelling people who create them … and their impact on home cooks and the culinary world. saltandspine.substack.com
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 7
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James chats with Italy U-20 national team coach Alberto Bollini, welcomes back Pierce Lang as the end of the League1 Ontario season takes shape, and touches on Canada's run at the 2024 Concacaf Girls U-15 Championship, the League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship, as well as the inaugural Canada Soccer PDP Championship in the news and notes.…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6
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Amy Walsh joins the show to talk about the women's professional player pathway in Canada ahead of the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, Jesse Marsch urges the acceleration of player development for the men's national team and touches on the role the Canadian Premier League can play, and Andrew Olivieri looks ahead to the men's U-20 nat…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 5
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The boys talk League1 BC with Michael McColl of AFTN and have a look at the Canadian Premier League U-21 minutes table 11 rounds into the season.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 4
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The boys talk League1 Alberta with Scott Strasser of the YYC Soccer Podcast and dive into some of the draws and schedule drops for a busy summer ahead.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2 - May 29
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The boys return with a look at the League1 Ontario season and an interview with CanW17 coach Emma Humphries.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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James Park gets spicy & saucy with his debut, Chili Crisp
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Episode 166: James Park This week, James Park joins us to discuss his first cookbook, Chili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings. James is a seasoned recipe developer and food writer who has been published in outlets including Eater, Food52, BuzzFeed, and Chowhound. After moving from Korea to the American South when …
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'The State of California Cuisine' is Native, Black, Arab, and More
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Well, hello there! It’s been a minute. The Salt + Spine team has been busy taking some much-needed rest—and, of course, planning for an inspiring year ahead. What’s in store? Amazing podcast episodes, naturally, and all the typical goods: exclusive recipes, cookbook giveaways, and behind-the-spine content you won’t find anywhere else. But there’s m…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 2
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James and Duane react to Canada's elimination from u17 women's World Cup qualifying after a 2-1 loss to Mexico and then look ahead to Men's u20 qualifying with head coach Andrew Olivieri.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 1
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The boys are back after their holiday break to launch season 2 of the podcast. In today's episode, they are joined by Canadian u20 women's head coach Emma Humphries to talk about the Concacaf qualifying tournament. James and Duane also get into MLS and CanPL training camp news and talk about the need for the CanPL to get young players under contrac…
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In the final show of 2023, James and Duane talk to John Molinaro about the state of development at Toronto FC, wrap up the u17 World Cup, set up the women's U17 qualifying and touch on developments in the League1 pyramid. We end the show by reflecting on 2024 and looking ahead to season 2 of NextPod.…
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From yuck cakes to vodka sawce, how Dan Pelosi built the Grossy universe
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Hi there, I hope those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving had a relaxing and delicious moment of gratitude. Or maybe you went hard like I did? By the way: I’m so thankful for all of you, the Salt + Spine community. After six years, it’s incredible to continue to hear from you all—what you’re cooking, something in our interviews that stood out to yo…
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In today's NextPod, James and Duane lament another oh-for World Cup for Canada after the u17s lose against Mali and then talk to Ben Steiner of CB Sports about the 2023 USports men's and women's championship weekend.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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NextPod Soccer Podcast -- Special u17 FIFA World Cup Edition
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In this special edition of the podcast, James and Duane look back on Canada's first two games at the 2023 FIFA u17 World Cup and set up the team's final game against Mali.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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LIVE at Hog Island Oyster Co. with co-founder John Finger and chef John Ash
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Hi there. First today: We’re remembering beloved photographer Aubrie Pick, who tragically passed away last week after a battle with cancer. Aubrie’s work was stunning and personal, and she was a visionary creative force in the Bay Area. Elana Kadvany writes in the San Francisco Chronicle: Pick’s images — vibrant and charismatic, like the photograph…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for November 10 - FIFA u17 Men's World Cup Preview
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In this special edition of NextPod, the boys preview the 2023 FIFA u17 men's World Cup. With appearances by Canada Soccer's Men's National Youth Excel Director Andrew Olivieri and MLSSoccer's Charles Bohem, who looks at the USYNT and the role of NextPro in shaping the roster.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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In Their Words: Hetty Lui McKinnon reads from Tenderheart
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This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saltandspine.substack.com/subscribeBy Brian Hogan Stewart and Hetty Lui McKinnon
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Hetty Lui McKinnon on her deeply personal Tenderheart—and how home cooks can break free of their 'vegetable handcuffs'
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Hi, long time! Phew, October is always the wildest cookbook month—it’s even officially dubbed National Cookbook Month—and we’ve been a bit quiet around here. With two little ones running around the house, germs have been rampant, and my voice just hasn’t been cooperating. So we’re catching back after falling a bit behind on our fall release schedul…
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On today's show, James and Duane are joined by Austin FC's Sal Mazzaferro. The Canadian defender talks about his first pro season in the MLS system and his future plans. The boys also touch on the 2023 Canadian Premier League final, whether young players get enough of a look in the playoffs, what makes a successful pro academy and on the legacy of …
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Duane and James set-up the 2024 CanPL Final and talk u21 player of the year with CanPL.ca's Mitchell Tierney.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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In this week's NextPod, Duane and James are joined by former US international and Houston Dynamo legend Rico Clark to talk about his first season as head coach of Whitecaps 2. Rico discusses the role of MLS NextPro in the development pathway, how to balance wins and losses with other development needs, what he's learned about himself as a coach and…
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Deb Perelman on building Smitten Kitchen and what makes a "keeper" recipe
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Hi there, happy Thursday! We’ve got a great chat with Smitten Kitchen herself (aka Deb Perelman) this week, so let’s cut right to it: Episode 161: Deb Perelman In this week’s episode, deb perelman of the smitten kitchen digest and I discuss: * Her initial foray into blogging—from her short stint chronicling her dating life in New York City and shif…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for October 3
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CEO and co-owner of League1 Ontario champions Simcoe County Rovers joins us to talk about the success of the club, its place in the Barrie, Ont. market and whether they might have CanPL or Project 8 aspirations in the future. That and James and Duane breakdown all the news in Canadian development circles for the week.…
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Duane and James are joined by CS Saint Laurent's sporting director Rocco Placentino. Rocco talks to us about the difference between development today and when he was a player, building the Quebec League1 championship roster, how much he's looking forward to competing in the Canadian championship and how Quebec needs more professional teams -- he ev…
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Katie Parla on the Italian islands, shepherd culture, and diving for urchin
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Happy Friday folks! This week’s episode is a wee bit late because it’s a live show (!!!) which means the audio gave us a slight technical run-around. But it’s a fun one, for sure, in which we chat with Katie Parla in front of a live audience at our beloved Omnivore Books in San Francisco. First — last week, I shared the New York Times profile of B.…
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James and Duane are joined by Canada Soccer's Mike Vitulano to talk about the Canadian men's u15 program, development in Canada and how the CSA identifies talent. We even ask the big question: are we too reliant on the three MLS academies?By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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Frankie Gaw on Olive Garden, Lion's Head Big Macs, and learning to love yourself
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Hi there, fellow cookbook lover. I’m here with great news: We’rrrreeee bacccckkkkk, baby! Season 13 (but who’s counting?) of Salt + Spine starts right here, and we’ve got an awesome line-up of conversations headed your way this fall. Plus, loads of new featured recipes, bonus content, events, and more. We’ve got Deb Perelman. Dan Pelosi. Katie Parl…
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Duane and James discuss the end of the League1 Ontario season with the voice of the league, Pierce Lang. They then look ahead to 2024, with a chat with Connor Vande Weghe, who is the Sporting Director at the newest League2 Ontario side, Sudbury Cyclones.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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In a special Labour Day Weekend edition of the podcast, Duane and James are joined by Canada Soccer's head of referees to talk about the development of officials. The boys also touch on the League1 Ontario final (next week's show will be all in on a season review), CanW17 qualifying and Metropolitain University of Toronto forfeiting games because o…
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for August 29
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The boys start the show off by reacting to the breaking news of John Herdman leaving the CanMNT to take over at TFC. After that they quickly bring on the voice of League1 Ontario, Pierce Lang, to set-up this weekend's final. Then they have Travis Clark of TopDrawerSoccer.com on to talk about Canadians in the NCAA in 2023. They even threw in a littl…
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In a news bits n' bites edition of the pod, Duane and James have a look at the League1 Ontario men's playoffs before talking about the Sudbury Cyclones joining the L1O system at the recently created League2 level. Duane dreams of a league of cities that start with B (Belleville, Brampton, Barrie, Brockville...) and James humors him in this dream. T…
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In a news round-up edition of the pod, James and Duane breakdown the exciting news that HFX Wanderers are getting involved in League1 Atlantic on both the men's and women's side and react to the surprising announcement that the league intends to launch in 2024. They also discuss Canada's performance at the Concacaf u15 boys event and what kind of a…
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As Duane was off gallivanting around Niagara, James went solo on this holiday weekemd edition of NextPod. He spoke to Charlie O'Conner-Clarke of CanPL.ca about the York United u21 minutes situation, as well as general CanPL youth news and trends. James also touches on the BCL1 finals, the L1O women's final, the Interprovincial finals and the u15 Bo…
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James and Duane start by lamenting the Canadian women's crash out of the World Cup and talk about things that need to happen on the women's development side. They celebrate the retirement of one of the O.G. Canadian homegrowns, Ashtone Morgan, update the League1 BC and Ontario playoffs and then they invite CBC.ca and 49-sport.com's Ben Steiner on, …
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In this week's show, James and Duane are joined by AFTN's (aftn.ca) Michael McColl to talk about the final week of BC League1 and the upcoming playoffs. Along the way, the boys touch on the Women's World Cup, League1 Ontario's stretch drive, Vancouver FC's integration with the BC soccer scene and tease the podcast's upcoming USport coverage.…
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James and Duane are joined by League1 Ontario's Pierce Lang to check back in on how the 2023 season is going, talk about the league's top pro prospects, how Pro/Rel is shaping up, the magic of Vaughan SC and more. We even squeeze a little CanWNT talk into the mix!By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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After taking last week off to celebrate Canada Day, James and Duane are back this week to talk Canada at the Gold Cup, with an eye towards the younger players that got a look there. They discuss the lack of opportunities that young guys are going to get going forward with no Olympic Qualifying to look forward to and lament the state of youth perfor…
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In this week's NextPod James and Duane are joined by League1 Canada President Dino Rossi in an exclusive interview about changes to the third tier of the Canadian pyramid. They discuss expansion to Atlantic Canada and the Prairies, referee development, promotion and relegation and more.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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In this week's NextPod, James and Duane talk about the MLS Next tournament and look at the performance of the three Canadian MLS academies in the event. They talk about what the role of private academies is in the development structure and then end by going a bit off the brief of the podcast to breakdown Canada's loss in the Nations League Final. D…
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In a solo effort this week, James is joined by the CanPL.ca's Benedict Rhodes to talk about Olivia Smith, the CanWNT roster, CanPL u21 minutes and to wrap up the FIFa u20 men's World Cup.By Duane Rollins & James Grossi
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James and Duane celebrate the Canadian under 20 women's qualification to the World Cup, but ask what needs to happen to make them competitive at that World Cup. They also wonder why there isn't a women's Canadian Championship yet as they review the men's event with a look at what young players stood out this year.…
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Preserving Tradition, One Nonna at a Time, with Pasta Grannies' Vicky Bennison
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Episode 158: Vicky Bennison In this week’s episode, Vicky and I discuss: * Growing up for several years on a farm in Kenya, where her father was working in agricultural development, and how she formed a relationship with food at an early age; * Her nearly-decade-long project, Pasta Grannies, to document the time-honored techniques and recipes passe…
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