Podcast
Sport Inc.
Hosted by Isabelle Westbury · EN
A podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, every episode Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore will discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.
Why is the Premier League such a successful business? Should doping be criminalised? What does sportswashing mean and does it work? What is sports law? Is it too easy to bet, and bet beyond your means, on sport?
Tune in to hear all these questions and more discussed, and possibly answered, as the series unfolds.
Why is the Premier League such a successful business? Should doping be criminalised? What does sportswashing mean and does it work? What is sports law? Is it too easy to bet, and bet beyond your means, on sport?
Tune in to hear all these questions and more discussed, and possibly answered, as the series unfolds.
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Episodes
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Sport Inc. - Episode 5 - Is sport a numbers game? - May 2019
May 7, 201900:41:48Tap to summarizeA podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.Episode 5 - Is sport just a numbers game? - May 2019Omar Chaudhuri is Head of Football Intelligence at the 21st Club, an organisation that analyses sports data and applies it to improve performance in all number of ways. Omar's job is to apply context to that data so on this episode we discuss the power of data in sport, where it hasn't been used enough, where it might have been too much and the future of sport, numbers and performance.
Transcribe →Sport Inc. - Episode 4 - Women’s sport and "basic economics" - Mar 2019
Mar 21, 201900:52:40Tap to summarizeA podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.Episode 4 - Women's sport and the "basic economics" mythIn India, cricket is often considered a "religion" rather than a sport. What we forget, is that this is when referring to men's cricket, not necessarily women's, or at least, not yet. In this podcast we speak to former Indian cricketers, Anjum Chopra, who captained the national side for a decade, and Snehal Pradhan, as well as a couple of teenagers prospering under the sport-led charity, the Magic Bus India Foundation. We discuss the potential of women's sport, both on the field and in terms of gender equality more widely, and ask whether it is ahead or behind where it should be - standards-wise, commercially and the coverage it receives.
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Sport Inc. - Episode 3 - Is sport due east? - Feb 2019
Feb 17, 201900:46:27Tap to summarizeSport Inc. - Episode 3 - Is sport due east? - Feb 2019 by Sport Inc.
Transcribe →Sport Inc. - Episode 2 - Don't Kill All The Lawyers - Jan 2019
Jan 27, 201900:43:46Tap to summarizeA podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.Episode 2 - Don't Kill All The Lawyers"Godfather", "founding father" or simply the man who "invented the discipline", Michael Beloff is perhaps the most pre-eminent sports lawyer in the world. He joined us to discuss what sports law is, how it has evolved and the role it has to play in the future. We also delved into the tensions built into sports governance, the challenges facing supranational bodies and the growing role of sport as a front for organised crime.
Transcribe →Sport Inc. - Episode 1 - The Rise of the Premier League - Jan 2019
Jan 14, 201900:45:15Tap to summarizeA podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.Episode 1 - The Rise of the Premier LeagueWe are joined by Joshua Robinson, co-author of The Club, which is a book on the previously untold inside story of how English football's Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet. In this episode we discuss the monetisation of football, the impact of sportswashing and just how important decent toilet facilities are to the most powerful league on the planet. https://www.theclubbook.com
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Sport Inc. - Episode 0 - Pilot - Jan 2019
Jan 12, 201900:03:00Tap to summarizeA podcast that looks at sport from a broader perspective. Delving behind the scenes, Isabelle Westbury and Tim Wigmore discuss the business, politics, science and future of sport with an expert guest.Episode 0 - PilotIntroduction to the Sport Inc. podcast series.
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