Best TESSELLATEs Podcasts (2024)

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My Sporting Hero: Scott Brown on Tiger Woods 12:37

40m ago12:37

12:37

Ayr United manager reflects on missing out on seeing his idol and playing with Scots golf stars. This podcast is part of a new, digital version of Nutmeg that will give you more of the Nutmeg stories you love, straight to your email inbox. You’ll get topical columns from leading players and journalists, The Nutmeg Mysteries – uncovering strange epi…

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My Sporting Hero: Craig Levein on Seve Ballesteros 16:21

6d ago16:21

16:21

As the future Scotland manager watched the three-time Open champion on television, he felt a share of the joy that Ballesteros beamed out to the world This podcast is part of a new, digital version of Nutmeg that will give you more of the Nutmeg stories you love, straight to your email inbox. You’ll get topical columns from leading players and jour…

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Introducing My Sporting Hero, a new podcast from Nutmeg 2:03

11d ago2:03

2:03

Hello Nutmeg listener, Starting next week, Monday, August 5, we are launching a new, digital version of Nutmeg that will give you more of the Nutmeg stories you love, straight to your email inbox: original thinking and high-quality audio at least twice a week. On this feed, you’ll hear a new weekly show called My Sporting Hero – footballers telling…

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E81 - Interview: Liam Grimshaw 41:46

10M ago41:46

41:46

Good day! Please have a think about trying our print magazine, via nutmegmagazine.co.uk In this War of the Roses special, Dundee United’s ex-Motherwell Lancastrian Liam Grimshaw joins Yorkshireman and Nutmeg magazine editor Daniel Gray for a conversational meander from his youth days at Manchester United to Tannadice times now. On the way, there is…

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E80 - Back Onside: Footballers Talk About Mental Health 33:37

11M ago33:37

33:37

Hello! Please have a think about trying our print magazine, via nutmegmagazine.co.uk In this honest and emotional conversation, two footballers – Andy Munro and Kerr Fraser – and one manager – Greig McDonald – discuss mental health struggles within football, and how the game deals with them. They are joined by Libby Emmerson from the Back Onside ch…

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E79 - My Favourite Year: Colin McCredie, St Johnstone 2013/14 44:01

1y ago44:01

44:01

Best known for his starring role in Taggart, the actor Colin McCredie is a diehard St Johnstone supporter. Here, he discusses Saints’ astounding cup winning season with Nutmeg editor Daniel Gray. Before that, Colin tells us of life as one of the 25th Perthshire Cubs’ star players, flying coins behind the Muirton Park goal and a rammy between John L…

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E78 - Interview: Tessel Middag Part 2 34:37

1+ y ago34:37

34:37

From Joy Division to the delight of a crisp one-two, here is part two of our engrossing chat with the Rangers WFC midfielder, Tessel Middag. This time, Tessel talks us through her transfer to Manchester City and then swapping Corrie for Eastenders with a move to West Ham United. There is World Cup jubilation and ACL devastation (twice), a discussio…

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E77 - Interview: Tessel Middag Part 1 33:55

1+ y ago33:55

33:55

Rangers WFC midfielder Tessel Middag began her career with Den Haag, then played for her childhood heroes Ajax, before moving on to Manchester City, West Ham United and Fiorentina, representing the Netherlands national team 44 times along the way. In the first half of this fascinating, entertaining chat with Daniel Gray, Tessel talks us through the…

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E76 - My Favourite Year: Giancarlo Rinaldi, Queen of the South 2012/13 47:20

1+ y ago47:20

47:20

Dusting down the My Favourite Year feature like a pair of old trousers that just about still fit, Daniel Gray is joined by BBC journalist Giancarlo Rinaldi who nominates Queen of the South’s 2012/13 season. The pair discuss Scots-Italian life, Giancarlo’s 1990s Italian football fanzine, football and family and the beauty of Palmerston Park before m…

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Sponsor Special - Inside Oriam: Football Scholarships 34:45

1+ y ago34:45

34:45

In this special episode of the Nutmeg podcast, we go behind the scenes with our sponsor, Oriam – Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre, and hear about their football scholarships, offered in conjunction with Heriot Watt University. As part of that programme, as you’ll hear, students earn their degree while pursuing footballing excellence in a set-up…

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E75 - Player Take Over: The Elephants in the Room 25:54

1+ y ago25:54

25:54

Michael Devlin and his former Aberdeen team-mate – and ex-Watford man – Tommie Hoban take us inside footballers’ lives again. The pair talk about Tommie’s terrifying call in which he told the Crewe Alexandra manager that he was quitting the game aged 27 and what happened next. They discuss feeling like the elephant in the room, the problems of bein…

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76. Maria Sobolewska and Rob Ford on Brexit 36:49

1+ y ago36:49

36:49

My guests today are the political science power couple Maria Sobolewska and Rob Ford, who are both Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester in the UK. Maria works on the political integration and representation of ethnic minorities in Britain and abroad as well as on public perceptions of ethnicity, immigrants, and integration…

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E74 - Player Take Over: Highs, Lows & Turmeric 31:14

1+ y ago31:14

31:14

Michael Devlin updates Daniel Gray on his move to Fleetwood and hitting a maximum high before a crushing low in the space of a few days. Then, Michael’s former Aberdeen team-mate Tommie Hoban joins him again - Michael felt there was still more to discuss about Tommie’s decision to suddenly quit the game aged 27, and other revealing topics about the…

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75. Richard Steigmann-Gall on Fascism and Religion 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

28:59

Ever since President Biden referred to “MAGA Republicans” as “semi-fascists”, the previously shunned F-word has become the omnipresent. At the same time, Christian nationalism has also become broadly used. Today, I will talk about fascism in general, and its relationship to Christianity in particular, which Richard Steigmann-Gall. Richard is an Ass…

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SES 9. Malu Gatto on the Brazilian Elections 26:46

2y ago26:46

26:46

My guest today, for this ninth episode in the Special Election Series, and the first covering a non-European election, is Malu Gatto. Malu is an Associate Professor of Latin American Politics at the Institute of the Americas at University College London. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the Un…

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74. Kim Lane Scheppele on Viktor Orbán's Hungary 29:48

2y ago29:48

29:48

My guest today is Kim Lane Scheppele. Kim is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. Her work focuses on the intersection of constitutional and international law, particularly in constitutional systems under stress. After 1989, she studied the emergence of constitutional law in Hungary a…

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E73 - Player Take Over: Grant Family pt 2 41:44

2y ago41:44

41:44

In the second part of this fascinating conversation, Clyde FC footballing brothers Peter and Raymond Grant chat with their Dad, also Peter, who played hundreds of games for Celtic and Norwich among others before a top flight coaching career. They are joined by Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray. This time, the three discuss the nomadic life of a football family,…

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73. Tessel Middag on Women and Soccer and Politics 23:02

2y ago23:02

23:02

My guest today is Tessel Middag. Tessel is a professional soccer player for Rangers FC in Glasgow, Scotland, as well as an international for the Dutch women national team. She studied history at the University of Amsterdam, where she also researched the history of women soccer in the Netherlands. In 2017 she was the first Dutch player to join the N…

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SES 8. Giulia Sandri on the 2022 Italian Elections 27:29

2y ago27:29

27:29

My guest today, for this eight episode in the Special Election Series, is Giulia Sandri. Giulia is an Associate Professor of Political Science at ESPOL at the Catholic University of Lille in France. Her main research interests are digital politics, comparative politics, quality of democracy and political behavior. She has also written extensively o…

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E72 - Player Take Over: Grant Family pt 1 42:23

2y ago42:23

42:23

Brothers Peter and Raymond Grant both play for Clyde. Their Dad, also Peter, played hundreds of games for Celtic and Norwich among others before a stellar coaching career. Here, in the first part of a unique, fascinating chat, the three tell Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray their story. There is conversation about best atmospheres played in and the “buzzing" s…

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72. Elizaveta (Lisa) Gaufman on Music and Politics in Russia 26:04

2y ago26:04

26:04

My guest today is Elizaveta Gaufman. Lisa is Assistant Professor of Russian Discourse and Politics in the Department of European Languages and Politics of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the exploration of verbal and visual enemy images through big data analysis. Lisa has worked a lot on nationalism and secur…

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SES 7. Nicholas Aylott on the 2022 Swedish elections. 25:36

2y ago25:36

25:36

My guest today, for this seventh episode in the Special Election Series, is Nicholas Aylott. Nick is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Södertörn University in Sweden. His main academic interests are in comparative European politics, in particular political parties. Today, we will discuss the context, results, and consequences of the Sw…

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E71 - Player Take Over: Michael Devlin & Tommie Hoban pt 2 29:27

2y ago29:27

29:27

Aged 27, former Watford defender Tommie Hoban suddenly quit football. In the second part of this latest Player Take Over episode of the podcast, Tommie chats with his former Aberdeen teammate Michael Devlin about the mental damage of long-term injuries. The centre-half pairing also talk about the way injury changes a player’s game, its effects on a…

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71. Luisa Turbino Torres on Feminist Soccer Groups in Brazil 28:28

2y ago28:28

28:28

My guest today is Luisa Turbino Torres. Luisa is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality at Florida Atlantic University. Earlier this year she defended her PhD thesis, entitled “The Politics of Being a Soccer Fan: An Ethnographic Perspective on Feminist Action Around Soccer in Brazi…

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E70 - Player Take Over: Michael Devlin & Tommie Hoban pt 1 28:48

2y ago28:48

28:48

Aged 27, former Watford defender Tommie Hoban suddenly quit football. In this latest Player Take Over episode of the podcast, his former Aberdeen teammate Michael Devlin, and Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray, ask him about a childhood spent with Arsenal, non-league struggles, establishing himself at Vicarage Road and his early attitude to injuries. They talk t…

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70. Christophe Jaffrelot on Modi's India 33:06

2y ago33:06

33:06

My guest today is Christophe Jaffrelot, a CERI-CNRS Senior Research Fellow who teaches in three different schools at Sciences Po in Paris. He is a world-leading scholar of Indian politics, from its foreign policy to its political sociology. In 2020, he was elected president of the French Association of Political Science (AFSP), and last year, he pu…

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E69 - Player Take Over: Release & Renewal 37:15

2y ago37:15

37:15

What does it feel like when a footballer is suddenly told he is no longer wanted? In the Player Take Over this time, Clyde’s ex-Falkirk defender Peter Grant talks Daniel Gray through that exact scenario, played out for him at the beginning of this summer when he was released by Queen’s Park. In a raw, honest and reflective conversation, Peter discu…

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69. Dana El Kurd on Palestinian Authoritarianism and Protest 25:24

2y ago25:24

25:24

My guest today is Dana El Kurd, an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Richmond in Virginia, who works on authoritarian regimes in the Arab world, state-society relations in these countries, and the impact of international intervention. In 2020, she published the book Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism…

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E68 - Player Take Over: Routines & Rituals 23:15

2y ago23:15

23:15

Bedtimes and boxer shorts, superstitions and the same pasta sauce… In the Player Take Over this time, Daniel Gray meets Clyde’s ex-Falkirk and Queen’s Park defender Peter Grant to talk Routines and Rituals. In this breezy but informative conversation, the two discuss pre-match food from a footballer and fan viewpoint, the things players and support…

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68. Phil Gorski on White Christian Nationalism in the US 27:12

2y ago27:12

27:12

My guest today is Philip Gorski. Phil is a Professor of Sociology at Yale University, where he is currently also Chair of the Department of Sociology, and Co-Director of Yale’s Center for Comparative Research. He is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods and in modern and early modern Europe. Much of his wo…

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E67 - Player Take Over: Insult & Injury 36:53

2y ago36:53

36:53

What does it feel like to suffer fan abuse as a footballer? What are the effects on mental health of long term player injuries? How does it feel to be called a 'wage thief'? In this new series format, presenter Daniel Gray is joined by a number of footballers and football types to discuss what matters to them in an honest and open Nutmeg fashion. T…

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67. Ellen van Damme on Gender and Gangs in Central America (Honduras) 27:57

2y ago27:57

27:57

My guest today is Ellen van Damme. Ellen has a BA, MA, and PhD in Criminology from the KU Leuven in Belgium, as well as an MA in Conflict and Development from Ghent University in Belgium and has just finished a Fulbright Post-Doc at the Center for the Study of International Migration at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her PhD research co…

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E66 - Player Take Over: Intro 34:18

2y ago34:18

34:18

The stadium has had a fresh link of paint, the fixtures are out and we are back. In this new series format, presenter Daniel Gray is joined by a number of footballers and football types to discuss what matters to them in an honest and open Nutmeg fashion. This is the Player Take Over. For the first two episodes, Scotland cap Michael Devlin is our g…

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66. Aurelien Mondon on the Mainstreaming of the Far Right 27:20

2y ago27:20

27:20

My guest today is Aurelien Mondon, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies at Bath University in the United Kingdom. He has been studying the far right in Europe and beyond for over a decade now, focusing in particular on its mainstreaming, and engaging critically with both the scholarship and its terminol…

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65. Melanie Schiller on Music and Nationalism in Germany 28:42

2y ago28:42

28:42

My guest today is Melanie Schiller, an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Popular Music at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research combines critical theory, cultural studies, and media studies and focuses particularly on the relationship between popular music and nationalism and populism. In 2018 she published Soundtracki…

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64. Lenka Bustikova on Radical Right Parties in Eastern Europe 24:58

2y ago24:58

24:58

My guest today is Lenka Bustikova, currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University who will soon join St. Anthony’s College at the Oxford University, as Associate Professor in European Union and Comparative East European Politics. Her research focuses on party politics, democratic decay, ethnicity, and clientelism,…

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63. Phillip Ayoub on the LGBT Movement in Europe 30:13

2+ y ago30:13

30:13

My guest today is Phillip Ayoub. Phillip is an Associate Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College in California. This Summer he will take up a Professorship in the Department of Political Science at University College London. His research bridges insights from international relations and comparative politics,…

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Jesse and the Rippers 1:40:01

2+ y ago1:40:01

1:40:01

Our friend, pharmacy tech and Trivia host extrordinaire Jesse joins us tonight to talk about topics like Mental Health Awareness Month, the current abortion uproar and more! Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/message

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MyspaceX: Ecstatic chats about snaps and crap in the proto-post pandemic quantum of solace, podcasting. 1:35:27

2+ y ago1:35:27

1:35:27

So what IS going to kill Magic Johnson? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/message

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SES6. Rainbow Murray on the 2022 French Presidential Elections 35:25

2+ y ago35:25

35:25

My guest today, for this sixth episode in the Special Election Series, which will focus on the 2022 French presidential elections, is Rainbow Murray. Rainbow is a Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London in the UK. She is an expert on representation, political institutions, gende…

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62. Charlotte Lysa on Gender, Politics, and Soccer in Qatar 25:35

2+ y ago25:35

25:35

My guest today is Charlotte Lysa. Charlotte is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law and the University of Oslo in Norway. Her academic interests include politics and society in the Middle East and North Africa, and in the Arab Gulf monarchies in particular. She is currently working with the project REF-ARAB: R…

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61. Chris Ogunmodede on Afrobeat in Nigeria and Beyond. 27:22

2+ y ago27:22

27:22

My guest today is Christopher Ogunmodede. Chris is a foreign policy advisor and associate editor of World Politics Review, who is based in Lagos, Nigeria. He specializes in diplomacy, development and international security, with a particular focus on West Africa and its history, political institutions and foreign relations. His areas of interest in…

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SES5. Zsolt Enyedi on the 2022 Hungarian Election 32:44

2+ y ago32:44

32:44

My guest today is my former colleague Zsolt Enyedi. Zsolt is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Senior Researcher at the Democracy Institute of Central European University, which was initially based in Hungary but now primarily operates from Austria. His research focuses both on the role of religion in politics and on party politi…

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1 Year Anniversary / Happy Birthday Morgan!!! 52:32

2+ y ago52:32

52:32

Broadcasting from a ghost hunting birthday weekend in Eureka Springs AR, we celebrate our first year as a trio. We reflect on a year of the progress we've made, we celebrate Morgan for being born and the progress she's inspired for the show. As promised we take a stab at trying to do stand up comedy and we speed run through our takes on The Slap. E…

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60. Lorenza Antonucci on the Gig Economy, the Proletariat, and Populism 27:18

2+ y ago27:18

27:18

My guest today is Lorenza Antonucci. Lorenza is an Associate Professor and Birmingham Fellow in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her research and teaching focuses on the impact of European social policies on people’s lives, and she is currently leading two major research projects,…

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Tesseract, tesselate, Tessa is here! 1:45:12

2+ y ago1:45:12

1:45:12

Tessa joins us today to share her experiences as an educator at a unique residential facility for troubled youth. I imagine teaching is hard enough and that this would be the emotional equivalent of juggling chainsaws while doing it. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/message…

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TOYS: The forgotten Robin Williams fever dream on film 2:29:29

2+ y ago2:29:29

2:29:29

The gang got together and watched Toys with Robin Williams and might have set the record for longest analysis on the internet of this often overlooked war allegory set in a surreal and beautiful toy factory (and sometimes the old Windows background). Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/messag…

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Rest In Peace, Chief Corwin's Dog: and other misadventures 1:43:40

2+ y ago1:43:40

1:43:40

Can 16th century drawings of lions be porn? Gender roles, height, and the power dynamics who love them Attraction to chaos as a way to access control and calm The seedy underbelly of the dog walking world --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/message

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59. Kirsten Dyck on White Power Music 28:57

2+ y ago28:57

28:57

My guest today is Kirsten Dyck. Kirsten got her PhD in American Studies from Washington State University in 2012. She taught History, Humanities, Academic Writing, and English as a Foreign Language at James Madison University from 2012 to 2017 after which she joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Poltava, Ukraine. She currently teaches Conve…

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Lauren Returns! 1:25:16

2+ y ago1:25:16

1:25:16

Our first sequel! Today Lauren joins us again to share stories, make jokes and reflect on the issues faced by herself, ourselves and others. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/channel33podcast/message

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