The End of Sport Podcast

The End of Sport podcast consistently offers engaging, historically-grounded episodes that feature the thought-provoking, cutting-edge work of scholars, athletes, & practitioners. Each host brings their own specialties to the table, enriching every discussion. For the thinking sports fan, this show needs to be in your podcast rotation

This podcast has been the most important bummer that I didn’t realize how much I needed. And I say that in the best way possible. I’m a kinesiology professor and despite years of education, I have never been exposed to the ideas the hosts discuss. It has profoundly changed the way I see the unique struggles of my students who are athletes and the way I engage in watching sports. Keep up the great work - thank you so much!

this podcast has some good information, but it is ultimately politically inadequate for the moment. the nail in the coffin for me was episode 125, in which they discussed Palestine without centering Palestinian perspectives, struggle, and liberation. they talked about a ceasefire only, nothing about an end to the siege, an end to the occupation, the right to return, or a free Palestine. the vast, vast majority of people organizing in support of Palestine would not consider themselves “ceasefire activists.” beyond that they, or their guests, referred to Al-Aqsa Flood as “atrocities” and “horrors,” which is disgusting and chauvinist. it is unfathomable to me that anyone can sit at a desk and **condemn** resistance after seeing 4+ months and 76 years of this, truly mind blowing stuff, like we are not on the same planet. this isn’t the only example, but it does demonstrate how they waffle between genuine principle and liberal conclusion. so, ultimately, the show underdelivers on what it could have been or could be.

Update 3/2022: Does the Patreon platform still exist did EOSP? 🤷🏽‍♀️ (The following review was written & submitted in 2022) Hello! It was just too much! The latest episode where y'all talked of Ted Lasso. Finally! A complex and nuanced articulation of all that...thank you thank you thank you. I've been calling out into the high school athletics wilderness context here in America, asking folks to engage with me in talking critically about TL. I've been having to explain the word 'tropes'... I've been a subscriber for a while and when I found myself listening to this episode on my morning walk, shouting affirmations and stomping my feet in the sand of the beach, I realized it's time to become a patron. Thank you all again. ~Carolyn