Podcast / Edge of Sports / Sep 10, 2025

Live From Occupied DC

On Edge of Sports: a special report from the nation’s capital.

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

Live from Occupied DC
byDave Zirin / The Nation

Body: This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we have a special episode from occupied Washington, DC, a town currently rife with armed National Guard and ICE agents, and yet a city bursting with resistance and revolutionary spirit. We speak with citizen journalist extraordinaire Chuck Modiano, a staple at DC protests, about everything from activist night patrols (of which Chuck and I took part in) and Mayor Muriel Bowser to the defiant determination emanating from the city. You don’t want to miss this episode.

Zirin, The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/night-patrol-washington-dc-occupation/

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Win without War Mobile Billboard drives near the US Capitol on September 09, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A Win without War mobile billboard drives near the US Capitol on September 9, 2025.

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This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we have a special episode from occupied Washington, DC, a town currently rife with armed National Guard and ICE agents, and yet a city bursting with resistance and revolutionary spirit. We speak with citizen journalist extraordinaire Chuck Modiano, a staple at DC protests, about everything from activist night patrols (which Chuck and I took part in) and Mayor Muriel Bowser to the defiant determination emanating from the city. You don’t want to miss this episode.

Read: “The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation”

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Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

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Zirin, Jalen Hurts Deserved Better. We All Do

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jalen-hurts-eagles-blood-clot/

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Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.

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