Podcast Episodes

The Cybernetics of Football with Dan Davies

We are joined by Dan Davies, author of the fantastic new book The Unaccountability Machine, to talk about the book and the new ways of thinking about…

1 year, 4 months ago

Champions League Quarterfinals (Plus Lamine Yamal Talk)

We break down Arsenal's big win, Real Madrid's toothlessness, Inter's away result, and why we continue to see PSG and Barcelona as the best remaining…

1 year, 5 months ago

Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett

No football just literature and history.

A Drop of Corruption: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735559/a-drop-of-corruption-by-robert-jackson-…

1 year, 5 months ago

England National Team with Grace Robertson

Tactics Tom is in charge for England the results were the same and the football was not scintillating but it was tactically distinct and interesting …

1 year, 5 months ago

What's Happening Behind the Scenes at Manchester United, with Adam Crafton

We are joined by the Athletic's Adam Crafton to discuss his and his colleagues' reporting on Manchester United, what's happened since Jim Ratcliffe t…

1 year, 5 months ago

United, Ratcliffe, INEOS and Cycling with Ben Walsh

We are joined by financial journalist (and soccer and cycling fan) Ben Walsh to learn about the great sport of road racing, the background of INEOS a…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Best Team in the PL in the Last Two Months, and Italy

Big matches in the Serie A title race get their due and then we talk about the team with the best underlying numbers in the Premier League recently, …

1 year, 6 months ago

A Wild Weekend in the Top 5 Race

Huge six-pointers all around and we take stock of the teams we covered last week (City, Forest, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bournemouth) and ask how much we …

1 year, 6 months ago

Premier League Top Five Race

There are probably right now five teams in a race for three spots. We take a close look at Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, City, Bournemouth and Newcastl…

1 year, 6 months ago

The Double Pivot Theory of the Business of Football

We wrote an article on financialization and soccer for Bloomberg, and it helped us crystallize our thinking on the state of the business of football.…

1 year, 6 months ago