June 28, 2016
As the UEFA Euro 2016 football championships take place, Tom Evens (@EvensTom) from Ghent University in Belgium outlines the economic power of television and the effects of market liberalisation across Europe. He also shares his insights about the weakening of the public service television sector, informal media economies, and the unique features of Belgian media.
May 13, 2016
Canadian researcher, activist and athlete Danielle Peers speaks via Skype about the Paralympics, disability sport, critical disability studies, and crip and queer theory. In a discussion that ranges far and wide, we speak about ableism, art, and the politics of Paralympic disability classification systems.
April 1, 2016
Colin Agur (@colinagur) from Yale University speaks via Skype about the relationship between mobile phones, second order networks, gambling and cricket in India. We also discuss the unanticipated outcomes of mobile network development, The Great Indian Phone Book, and the Delhi rape case.
February 4, 2016
Ana Vimieiro (anavimieiro.com/) discusses far-reaching transformations in Brazilian professional football and fan media practices. Issues covered include the 2014 FIFA World Cup, politics, television coverage, female fandom, and the excitement of Inferno Alvinegro!
October 1, 2015
Steve Redhead from Charles Sturt University joins me to discuss his latest book, Football and Accelerated Culture: This Modern Sporting Life. In a wide-ranging chat, we speak about his career, the politics of popular culture, the post-GFC cultural condition, football hooliganism, and the rise of physical cultural studies.
July 15, 2015
In this episode we hear from another new voice in media sport research. PhD researcher and professional sports journalist, Norman Li, speaks about the state of sports media, journalism and social media in China. We also cover the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Chinese newspaper market, nationalism, and the Asian Games.
