The official podcast of FOX Sports' Just a Bit Outside baseball site (JABO). Former MLB pitcher C.J. Nitkowski and writer Rob Neyer bring you a weekly podcast focusing on the hot topics of the week with a spin that's just a bit different than the rest.
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In The End of Sport, academics Derek Silva, Johanna Mellis, and Nathan Kalman-Lamb provide critical commentary, analysis, and interviews on sport and society. The End of Sport Podcast raises questions about the role of sport in our daily lives and whether or not we can reimagine sport and sporting cultures in the future.
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The Be Effective Podcast hosts conversations with some of the best trainers and instructors in the policing industry, where we discuss everything from law enforcement, training, current critical incidents, and wherever else the conversation goes. The Be Effective Podcast is hosted by Adam Haidary, the Founder & CEO of PolicePosts, Effective Fitness Training (EFT), and Effective Fitness Combatives (EFC).
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Episode 147: The End of College Football, Part II: Jabo Burrow
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Former Vanderbilt offensive lineman John "Jabo" Burrow joins Nathan to candidly discuss how his experiences in college football connect to the themes of Nathan and Derek's forthcoming book The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game. This one's a banger. You can preorder The End of College Football from UNC Press here and…
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Episode 146: The End of College Football, Part I: Jabo Burrow
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Former Vanderbilt offensive lineman John "Jabo" Burrow joins Nathan to candidly discuss how his experiences in college football connect to the themes of Nathan and Derek's forthcoming book The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game. This one's a banger. You can preorder The End of College Football from UNC Press here and…
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Episode 145: Sports Gambling with Joel Anderson
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Slate columnist and award-winning Slow Burn host Joel Anderson joins to discuss the massive explosion of sports gambling, recent scandals involving Shohei Ohtani and Jontay Porter, and all the attendant harms. Check out his prescient recent column here: https://slate.com/business/2024/02/sports-betting-huge-rise-whats-coming.html. The End of Sport …
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Episode 144: "We Hear the Voices of the Children In Gaza," on Sport During a Genocide with Charlotte Phillips
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In this episode, Nathan and Derek sit down with Palestinian National Soccer Team member Charlotte Phillips to talk about what it is like to represent Palestine during the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the student protest movement, and the role that athletes can (and must) take in the fight for Palestinian liberation. Charlotte Phillips …
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Episode 143: The Shifting Legal Landscape of College Sport
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Michael McCann joins Derek and Nathan to examine how the law is shaping the landscape of college sports today. We discuss the recent settlement agreement that will reshape questions around compensation, NLRB developments with respect to employee status, and the role of Congress and the Supreme Court in it all. Michael McCann is a Legal Analyst and …
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Episode 142: College Athletes and the Encampment Movement
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In this episode, Derek and Nathan are joined by University of Michigan soccer player Uriel Zeitz to discuss the role of campus athletic workers in the anti-genocide encampment movement. Uriel breaks down the encampment politics at Michigan, conversations he's had with other athletes at the university and beyond, and how he is organizing for athlete…
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Episode 141: Protest Politics with Robin D. G. Kelley
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In this episode, Derek and Nathan are immensely privileged to be joined by UCLA historian Robin D. G. Kelley for a discussion of the remarkable and obscene events that took place at the UCLA anti-genocide encampment and an assessment of the encampment movement in the context of the neoliberal university and racial capitalism more broadly. We also t…
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Episode 140: The Columbia Encampment
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In this special non-sports episode, Nathan speaks to Columbia University graduate student Jon Ben-Menachem about the Columbia University student anti-genocide encampment. The conversation offers a primer for those less familiar with the encampment movement and an insider perspective for those who already are. Jon Ben-Menachem is a PhD candidate in …
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Episode 139: The Political Economy of Women's Sport
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David Berri joins all three hosts to unpack a subject that is perhaps as or more relevant than any other in the world of sport right now and also one we have not yet adequately explored on the show: the political economy of women’s sport. We discuss how value is produced and distributed in women’s sport, including the issue of fandom (the market of…
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Episode 138: Sport and the Climate Crisis with Madeleine Orr
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In this episode, Derek and Nathan chat with Dr. Madeleine Orr about why any conversation about justice, harm, and sport needs to account for the unfolding climate catastrophe. Dr. Madeleine Orr is an assistant professor of sport ecology in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education at the University of Toronto focused on the intersection of sp…
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Episode 137: The Hegemonic vs. Inclusive Masculinity Debate
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Nathan is joined by Colleen English and Daniel Sailofsky to dig deep into the concepts of hegemonic and inclusive masculinities and unpack which of these concepts offers a more persuasive and accurate theoretical frame for grappling with gender in critical sports studies. Colleen English is Associate Professor and Chair of Kinesiology at Penn State…
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Episode 136: How the Anti-trans Movement Shields Cisgender Sexual Predators
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**This episode contains discussions of sexual violence** In this episode, Johanna offers an initial analysis of how cisgender, white, and heterosexual sexual assault and predators and sport contribute to the anti-trans movement. Where do we see this happening most clearly? Swimming, which you may have guessed if you’re familiar with the work of Fra…
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Episode 135: Hungary, Sportswashing, and Global Fascism
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This episode is an interview that friend and repeat guest of the podcast, Karleigh Chardonnay Webb, did with Johanna in August 2023. Karleigh is an Outsports contributor and co-host of the Transition Defense podcast. She interviewed Johanna to analyze Hungary's sportswashing in light of Budapest hosting the World Athletics Championship last August …
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Episode 134: Masculinities and Sport with Raewyn Connell
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**Our apologies for the audio quality of this episode; we had some technical difficulties** Nathan sits down with the incomparable Raewyn Connell to discuss a career shaping the academic study of masculinities. They explore the concept of hegemonic masculinity, its role in sport studies, and how it has changed over time; developments in the world o…
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Episode 133: Gunpower and Sports with Patrick Blanchfield
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Nathan is joined by the incomparable Patrick Blanchfield for a complex structural assessment of US gun violence and how his theoretical framework of gunpower can be used to unpack instances of gun violence in the world of sport. Patrick Blanchfield is Associate Faculty at the Brooklyn Institute, co-host of the Ordinary Unhappiness podcast, author o…
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Episode 132: The Barstool Sports Episode
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Matthew Hodler is Assistant Professor of Sports Media and Communication at the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. Kyle Kusz is Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island. We sit down with Matt and Kyle to discuss their 2023 publication “‘Saturdays Are For The Bo…
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Episode 131: College Sport NLRB Extravaganza
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In this special episode, Nathan first has the chance to talk again to NLRB GC Jennifer Abruzzo, this time about the college athlete organizing developments prompted by her September 2021 memo. Abruzzo talks about Dartmouth men's basketball's recent unionization and the ongoing case at USC before explaining why she finds the term 'student-athlete' s…
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Episode 130: The Definitive Netflix Sports Rankings
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Guy Harrison joins Nathan for a discussion of the Netflix sports doc as genre and its increasing influence in shaping how we understand sports. Then the two delve into the all-time definitive ranking of the best and worst Netflix sports docs/docuseries. Guy Harrison is Assistant Professor and Director of Access and Engagement for the University of …
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Episode 129: Higher Ed 'Crisis' with Asheesh Kapur Siddique and Joe Darda
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique is Assistant Professor of History at UMASS Amherst where he studies the British Empire between the 17th and Early 19th centuries. He is the author of the manuscript The Experience of the Archive: Knowledge and the Making of the Early Modern British Empire (currently under contract with Yale University Press). His public-facin…
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Episode 128: On The PWHL with Liz Knox
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Liz Knox returns to the show to discuss four years of developments in the world of women's hockey and the rise of the PWHL from her perspective as an insider in the process and fierce advocate for just working conditions in the sport. Liz Knox is a retired professional hockey goaltender, CWHL Clarkson Cup champion, CIS Brodrick Trophy winner, CWHL …
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Episode 127: Gaza Genocide and Sporting Politics with Karim Zidan
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Johanna is joined by journalist, short story writer, and translator Karim Zidan to discuss how Israel's war in Gaza and genocide of Palestinian people has impacted, and been shaped by, people's sporting politics. We urge listeners to subscribe to Karim's substack Sports Politika if you don't already. He begins by contextualizing a scary, recent inc…
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Episode 126: Football, Manliness, and the Conjuncture
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In the aftermath of the Super Bowl, Nathan and esteemed football scholar Tom Oates have a ranging conjunctural discussion about the state of American football, masculinity, and their place in the broader political economic and cultural landscape of US society. Tom Oates is Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, where he holds a joint appoin…
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Episode 125: Israel and Russia Don't Belong in Paris 2024
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Johanna is joined by Jules and Dave to discuss the moral imperative against allowing Israel and Russia to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games based on their recent article in Jacobin that so persuasively makes this case. They discuss how the Russian and Israeli states' absolute violence in Ukraine and Gaza respectively demand our immediate …
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Frankie de la Cretaz is a writer focused on sports, gender, and queerness. They are the co-author of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the NFL from Boldtype Books. Frankie's work appears everywhere, including The Nation, Sports Illustrated, The Daily Beast, Teen Vogue, and on and on. Frankie joins Nathan to deconstruct the epic popular culture collis…
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In this episode, our return from an extended absence, we have the great privilege of sharing a conversation hosted by the University of Connecticut entitled "Complicity and Solidarity: Sport, Higher Education, and Palestine/Israel" moderated by Dr. Chen Chen (UConn) andDr. Roc Rochon (UConn) and featuring speakers Dr. Anima Adjepong (University of …
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Episode 122: Why Canada Needs a Judicial Inquiry into Sport
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It's September 24th, 1988 -- a warm, sunny and dry day in the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It also happened to be the final of the men’s 100 metre sprint to decide the Olympic champion and world’s fastest man. The top contenders, Carl Lewis from the United States, and a Canadian sprinter named Ben Johnson, lined up in lanes 3 and 6 respec…
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Episode 121: Anti-trans Discourse, Sport, and our Fascist Moment
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In this episode, all three hosts sit down to discuss how transphobic attempts to prohibit trans women from sports participation fit into a larger fascist project unfolding in North America today. We delve into Johanna's recent article for The Guardian on the question of 'allyship' (and, indeed, the politics of how we speak about allyship), why Trum…
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Episode 120: Another College Sport Apocalypse
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All three hosts get together to discuss an apocalyptic summer in college sport. Our conversation begins with an in-depth analysis of Northwestern and the hazing/abuse culture that permeates college football and then ranges to a discussion of conference realignment and gambling. This is a conversation both for those who have been following closely a…
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Episode 119: The End of College Football (A Preview)
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In this short episode, Nathan shares his Canadian Sociological Association conference presentation on the book manuscript for The End of College Football: Exploitation and Harm in the Academy and on the Gridiron, co-authored with Derek. The manuscript has just been submitted (yay!) to the University of North Carolina Press for peer review (and only…
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Episode 118: What is Hockey Culture? with Kristi Allain
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On this episode, @kristi_allain joins @Derekcrim and @nkalamb to comprehensively explore what's wrong with the culture of Canada's favourite game. Kristi Allain is Associate Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair in Physical Culture and Social Life at St. Thomas University. Her work examines physical culture and its complex relationships …
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Episode 117: Decoding Racist Representation in Sport with Kelly Wright
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In this episode, Johanna is joined by repeat guest and close friend of the show, interdisciplinary scholar extraordinaire Kelly Wright. We discuss and compare the media's reactions to Angel Reese during 2023's March Madness to a white German commentator's remark about the Moroccan World Cup team's gesture last summer. After recapping for us what ha…
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Episode 116: A Football Life with Zack Furness
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Zack Furness is Associate Professor of Communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny. He is the author of One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility (Temple University Press, 2010), editor of Punkademics (Minor Compositions, 2012), and co-editor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives (Temple University Press, 2014). Important…
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Episode 115: The Sport Management Episode, Part Two
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Chen Chen is Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. He is the absurdly published author of seemingly countless high quality academic journal articles that interrogate the themes of capitalism, racism, imperialism, and settler colonialism both in the discipline of sport management and in …
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Jared Arceneaux, ( pronounced Ar - sin - Oh ), about to be 30 years old, graduated LSU with a degree in international trade and finance. He has 5.5 years in full time law enforcement, including time as a uniform patrol supervisor, time as a SWAT breaching team leader, and has worked with maritime counter terror task force along with several other r…
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Episode 114: The Sport Management Episode, Part One
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Chen Chen is Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. He is the absurdly published author of seemingly countless high quality academic journal articles that interrogate the themes of capitalism, racism, imperialism, and settler colonialism both in the discipline of sport management and in …
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Episode 113: Political Transphobia and Sport in New Brunswick with Susan Holt
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Member of the legislative assembly for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore and leader of the Liberal Party and official opposition in New Brunswick Susan Holt joins Nathan to discuss the controversy in the province over educational Policy 713 and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ developments in the province's politics. Check out Nathan's commentary piece on thes…
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Jeremy was a Police Officer with the LAPD over 25 years. During that time, he worked multiple assignments, including Patrol, Narcotics, Counter-Terror, Training, and Vice investigations. As a trainer, Jeremy contributed to the department by developing or helping to develop several of the departments more recent advanced training curricula, includin…
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Episode 112: Black Ball with Theresa Runstedler
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Theresa Runstedtler is Associate Professor of History and Critical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies at American University. She is the author of Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line (UC Press, 2012) and, this year, Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of t…
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Episode 111: How Women’s Swimming Got So Transphobic
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In this episode, Johanna talks with repeat guest and one of our favorite sports journalists, Frankie de la Cretaz, about their incisive piece for The Nation, "How Women's Swimming got so Transphobic." Per Frankie's research, "Almost no other sport is as hostile to trans athletes - and that's because its culture created the perfect conditions for tr…
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Retired Sgt Major Seb Lavoie is the Chief Executive Officer of Raven Strategic Inc and a 23 yr veteran of both, the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Most of Seb’s service was spent in full time tactical units where he spent over 12 yrs as a Team Leader, facilitating the problem solving of critical tactical dilemmas withi…
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Sean Larkin is a retired police sergeant from Tulsa, Oklahoma who is also known as “Sticks”. You might recognize him from the A&E docuseries called ‘Live PD’ that focused on the reality of policing in America. Sean served for over 24 years with the Tulsa PD where he worked patrol, Homicide, street crimes, footbeat, and with gang units. He retired a…
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Kara began her career as an intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force where she was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan to provide support on critical missions for the NSA. Later she was hired by the FBI where she specialized in Counter Terrorism. Currently she works with DeliverFund as their Chief of Analytics, where she helps to fight…
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Mr. Tucker joined the United States Army following the September 11th, 2001, attack on our country. He earned his Green Beret in 2004 and as a Green Beret served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. After 8 years of service with the Green Berets, Brent successfully completed the military's most demanding selection and training course, earning the right to…
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David Acosta started working in LEO at an early age. Over the course of his 17 year career, he worked with multiple departments with an emphasis in low-profile investigations, SWAT, tactical operations, and as an instructor. Since Retiring from LEO, David coaches for his own company, Allegiance Defense Solutions LLC. There he focuses on helping oth…
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