Episode Details

Chuck Klosterman's new book FOOTBALL releases January 20th. Named a most anticipated book of 2026 by NPR, it covers the NFL, college, TV, video games, gambling, Colin Kaepernick, CTE, Jim Thorpe, and how football has shaped American life. The New York Times bestselling author joins AL.com's Ben Flanagan and Matt Wake to talk about his football obsession, plus why he's fascinated with Alabama and Nick Saban. Chuck Klosterman's books include Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto; But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, and The Nineties. You've read his work in Esquire, ESPN, New York Times Magazine, and you've heard him on The Bill Simmons Podcast. He is self-proclaimed football psychotic.

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