Podcast / Edge of Sports / Feb 24, 2025

Former NFL Player Chris Kluwe on His Arrest for Protesting MAGA

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Chris Kluwe joins the show to talk about his act of civil disobedience.

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntingdon Beach city council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.

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Retired Football Player and Author Chris Kluwe speaks at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books at USC on April 12, 2014.
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This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.

We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.

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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/

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