Newest Episodes
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The Art of Mockery: How to Be a Sports Hater
Sports get packaged as sacred theater that unites nations and builds character. If words like touchdown and hat trick leave you cold, here is the art of mockery.
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The Puppeteers: Who Really Controls Sports Trades?
Sports trades are sold as clean, rational, competitive decisions. A look at the public version versus the private one, and who really controls how trades get made.
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How the NFL Alienated Its Core Fanbase
The NFL has spent decades on top of American sports culture, with sacred Sundays and an automatic Thanksgiving. How the league alienated the core fanbase that built it.
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NBA Defense Exposed: The Unsung Championship Script
Everybody loves the dunks, the logo threes and the buzzer beaters. Time to give defense the love it deserves, and why it is the unsung script behind championships.
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Jordan Inc: The Blueprint That Broke the NBA
Michael Jordan did not just enter the NBA in 1984, he disrupted the entire operating system. How the Jordan blueprint changed pro basketball and what it broke along the way.
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Break the Spell: How Sports Media Hacks Your Brain
The system may be broken, but you do not have to be broken by it. Think about the last time a sports take made you angry, and how sports media hacks your brain.
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Sports Media Lies: How They Manipulate Your Emotions
Sports media is not in the truth business, it is in the emotion business. The more a network can make you feel angry or invested, the better it does. How it works.
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5 Ways Traditional Sports Coverage Keeps You Misinformed
You sit down to watch your favorite sports talk show and within minutes two grown adults are screaming at each other. Five ways traditional coverage keeps you misinformed.
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The Sports Hater Holiday: Why the Media Ignores You
Sports fans get all the oxygen. That is the business model and the emotional economy everybody is expected to accept. Why the media ignores sports haters, and what is missing.