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Race to the Bottom Podcast

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Brought to you by Joe Harman, Race to the Bottom is the football podcast that discusses the crucial, wider issues affecting football, bridging the gap between the game we love and the world we live in. Each month the podcast will focus on topics of race, politics, governance, finance, gender, arts and ethics, in the hope of raising awareness of the social responsibilities of the game.

Disinformation in football: A talk with Marc Owen Jones on; social media, astro-turfing and sock puppets.

April 30, 2020

This weeks interview features Marc Owen Jones, Assistant Professor for Middle Eastern Studies at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. Mark's spe...

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Miguel Delaney talks Saudi Arabia, Newcastle and end-games.

April 25, 2020

The take over of Newcastle Utd by the state wealth fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia is imminent. It casts a tremendous shadow over the morality of football....

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Facial Recognition Tech. An interview with Amanda Jacks of Football Supporters’ Trust on privacy and policing.

November 11, 2019

This week I spoke with Amanda Jacks of @FSA_Faircop . We discuss the recent report that facial recognition technology was used in conjunction with tra...

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An interview with WSJ’s Senior Sports Writer, Rachel Bachman.

October 1, 2019

In this week's episode, I talk with Rachel Bachman, Senior Sports Writer for the Wall Street Journal, about her recent findings concerning the profit ...

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Politics in the MLS – An interview with Jules Boykoff.

September 8, 2019

A stand off has arisen in the MLS over a ruling that Portland Timbers fans, mainly those of the Timbers Army, along with all who attend MLS matches, c...

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Bury FC in Exile…an interview with football writer Peter Taylor.

August 22, 2019

Friday, August the 23rd will for most of us be regular day. If you support Bury FC, it will not be a regular day. It will be the day when perhaps one ...

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An interview with football artist, Dan Leydon.

August 12, 2019

Dan Leydon is a man who's work you will have seen. If you love football that is. Nike, ESPN, BTSport, Liverpool to name a few. Dan's unique style of a...

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Man City, Mansour and sportswashing. An interview with Nic McGeehan.

July 29, 2019

This week's episode focusses on the work of Human Rights researcher and reporter, Nic McGeehan. His wealth of knowledge on the Man City take-over in S...

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The USWNT, Rapinoe and Solo are leading the challenge in addressing football’s pay-gap.

July 18, 2019

The pay-gap between men's and women's football has risen to the top of the sport's agenda. Players from the USWNT are demanding equal pay for their sp...

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Afghan Women’s Football Team seek justice in light of sexual abuse case.

March 21, 2019

As the growth of the women’s game continues, I look at the sexual abuse case affecting the Afghanistan Women’s National Team. Brought to the media’s a...

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