Podcast
Edge of Sports
Hosted by Dave Zirin / The Nation · EN
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
18episodes
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How De La Soul Changed Hip Hop And Changed The World
2w ago01:03:52Tap to summarizeThis week, we talk to Professor Austin McCoy about his incredible new book, Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age, which explores the seminal rap trio De La Soul. We talk about the group, its records from Three Feet High and Rising to their most recent release last November. We talk about the enduring importance of jazz in hip-hop, and a lot more!Zirin, May Day and the Reclamation of the Jewish Radical Traditionhttps://www.thenation.com/article/activism/may-day-jewish-radical-tradition/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →How Unionization Can Solve the Crisis in College Football
4w ago00:29:09Tap to summarizeBody: This week, we speak to College Football Players Association founder Jason Stahl about how to compensate college athletes in a manner that makes sense. Zirin, Protesting the World Cup (and a Cinematic Easter Egg)https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/eos-04062026/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →Protesting The World Cup (And A Cinematic Easter Egg)
Apr 601:47:31Tap to summarizeThis week, we speak to Ajamu Baraka of the Black Alliance for Peace and Daniel Loroña of Amnesty International about why they are organizing against the 2026 World Cup's presence in the United States. And then, just in time for Easter, a cinematic Easter egg as film savant Arya Shirazi and I talk about two forgotten films of our youth. Zirin, Tiger Woods Plus Donald Trump: A Tragedy Made in the USAhttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/tiger-woods-donald-trump-friendship/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →Emergency Pod: IOC Ruling on Trans Athletes
Mar 3000:14:42Tap to summarizeBody: We speak to Harrison Browne, the first transgender professional hockey player and co-author of the book Let Us Play, about the International Olympic Committee’s total ban on non- gender conforming athletes Zirin, 2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGAhttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-israel-rulings-complicity-world-cup/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →The WNBA Union Scores a Win and Iftar with Mayor Mamdani
Mar 2400:27:40Tap to summarizeMaya Goldberg-Safir joins the show to talk about the new WNBA deal, and we talk about spending Iftar in NYC with Mayor Mamdani and Mohamed Diawara.Body: This week, we speak to Maya Goldberg-Safir, who runs the blog Rough Notes about the WNBA labor deal. Also, we have Choice Words about spending Iftar with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Mohamad Diawara of the Knicks.Zirin, Iftar With the Knick and the Mayorhttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/iftar-mayor-mamdani-knick-mo-diawara/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →In Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho
Mar 1401:01:11Tap to summarize2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class and what comprises resistance in a certain time and place. I’m joined by film savant Arya Shirazi in breaking down these two films Zirin, The Bombing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Scripthttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/us-hockey-olympics-gold-trump/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)n Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →How Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports & a Winter Olympics Round-up
Feb 2500:58:07Tap to summarizeThis week, we speak with author Bijan Bayne about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's relationship with the sports world. We also speak to sports journalist Frankie de la Cretaz about the off-field dramas surrounding the 2026 Winter OlympicsZirin, The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inboxhttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-owners-casey-wasserman-epstein-files/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →The Sports Owners In Epstein's Inbox and the NBA At The All-Star Break
Feb 1701:17:14Tap to summarizeThis week, I have some choice words about the athletic oligarchs who knew Epstein way too well. I am also joined by the hoops savant, Arya Shirazi, about the NBA at the All-Star Break and what to do about tanking.Zirin, The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inboxhttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-owners-casey-wasserman-epstein-files/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →The Collision between Paul Robeson & Jackie Robinson
Feb 900:53:10Tap to summarizeThis week, we talk to author Howard Bryant, whose towering new book is called Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. It's an incredible look at these two trailblazing giants of the 20th century, how they navigated the racism of their day, and the ways both their lives were irrevocably changed by Jackie Robinson's 1949 testimony "condemning" Robeson at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. Zirin, Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics https://www.thenation.com/article/society/2026-winter-olympics-ice-debt/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcribe →Death Row Survivor Kenny Collins & Why We Should Boycott the World Cup
Jan 2800:35:48Tap to summarizeThis week, we have an exclusive interview with Kenny Collins, an innocent man who survived 17 unjust years on Maryland's death row and now, at long last, will be leaving prison behind. Also, I have some choice words about why the world must boycott the World Cup. Zirin, A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cuphttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/oke-goettlich-world-cup-boycott/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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