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Super Bowl Special!
Manage episode 121495030 series 107989
The long football season (okay, not as long as baseball) is coming to a close with the Super Bowl. The best players of America’s game square off in a grand show of strength, athleticism, hyper-masculinity, and commercialism. In this episode I’ll tackle these features and more as I apply some of the theories we’ve covered to better understand the big game.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2012.mp3
Further Reading
Learn the truth about those bicep bands that football players wear.
Read about brain injury and football as New Yorker writer Ben McGrath considers whether the sport has a future.
Read why $4 million Super Bowl ads may be worth the money.
10 episodes
Manage episode 121495030 series 107989
The long football season (okay, not as long as baseball) is coming to a close with the Super Bowl. The best players of America’s game square off in a grand show of strength, athleticism, hyper-masculinity, and commercialism. In this episode I’ll tackle these features and more as I apply some of the theories we’ve covered to better understand the big game.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2012.mp3
Further Reading
Learn the truth about those bicep bands that football players wear.
Read about brain injury and football as New Yorker writer Ben McGrath considers whether the sport has a future.
Read why $4 million Super Bowl ads may be worth the money.
10 episodes
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