Podcast / Edge of Sports / Sep 26, 2025

How Ireland Views the NFL & Mumia’s Lawyer Speaks

Noelle Hanrahan, Mumia Abu Jamal’s attorney, joins Edge of Sports.

Edge of Sports

Edge of Sports

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

This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we talk to Noelle Hanrahan, founder and director of Prison Radio, as well as attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who joins the show. We discuss several different topics, ranging from Philadelphia and Larry Krasner to recent developments regarding Mumia Abu Jamal and even local sports radio.

Zirin, The NFL Is Trump’s America—and It’s Invading Ireland

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-trump-dublin-ireland-steelers-vikings/

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Two dozen rallied to call on Philadelphia district Attorney Larry Krasner to not appeal a recent decision of PA Supreme Court Justice Tucker, at a rally in Center City, Philadelphia, PA, on December 12, 2018. — A rally for Mumia Abu Jamal in Center City, Philadelphia, PA, on December 12, 2018.
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This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we talk to Noelle Hanrahan, founder and director of Prison Radio, as well as attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who joins the sho. We discuss several different topics, ranging from Philadelphia and District Attorney Larry Krasner to recent developments regarding Abu-Jamal and even local sports radio.

Zirin’s latest: The NFL Is Trump’s America—and It’s Invading Ireland

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

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Zirin, Protesting the World Cup (and a Cinematic Easter Egg)

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/eos-04062026/

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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 also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.

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