Edge of Sports

The Edge of Sports Podcast is where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin. With new episodes each Tuesday, we talk to the trailblazers and earth shakers at the intersection of sports and politics. Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud and via RSS. Have something to say to the Edge of Sports team? Just dial 401-426-EDGE.

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Grant Wahl on Soccer’s Place in a Coronavirus World

The preeminent soccer journalist in the United States talks sports during a pandemic.

Dave Zirin
March 31, 2020

E-Sports: The Only Game In Town

Erin Ashley Simon and Rod Breslau join the show to talk e-sports.

Dave Zirin
March 24, 2020

The Sports World Tackles the Coronavirus

The Brooklyn Nets’ Wilson Chandler joins the show to talk about the coronavirus and his career.

Dave Zirin
March 10, 2020

The Rise and Fall (and Possible Rise Again) of the Warriors Dynasty

Sportswriter Ethan Strauss joins the show to talk about his upcoming book on the Golden State Warriors dynasty

Dave Zirin
March 3, 2020

A Turning Point in Women’s Sports

Sportswriter Lindsay Gibbs and poet and writer Kevin Powell join the show to talk women’s sports and Kobe’s memorial.

Dave Zirin
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February 18, 2020

Former NBA Star David West on His Political Journey and Bernie Support

Former NBA all-star and champion David West joins the show to talk about the formation of his politics and his support for Bernie Sanders.

Dave Zirin
February 11, 2020

Howard Bryant on Race, Power, and Sports

ESPN’s Howard Bryant joins the show to talk about his new book, Full Dissidence: Notes From An Uneven Playing Field.

Dave Zirin
February 4, 2020

The Kansas City Chiefs Name: Racist or ‘Just Sports’?

Indian Country Today associate editor Vincent Shilling joins the show to talk about the Kansas City Chiefs and the mascotization of indigenous culture.

Dave Zirin
January 28, 2020

Racism Is Not Dead in Sports

Professor Kenneth Shropshire joins the show to talk about racism and resistance in sports.

Dave Zirin
January 24, 2020

NFL Player Justin Jackson: ‘40 Years of Neoliberalism Has Brought Our Country to the Brink’

Justin Jackson is creating space for himself this election year as an unapologetic “Berniecrat” with a progressive critique of what ails this country.

Dave Zirin

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Edge of Sports

Today 5:00 am

The preeminent soccer journalist in the United States talks sports during a pandemic.

March 31, 2020

Erin Ashley Simon and Rod Breslau join the show to talk e-sports.

March 24, 2020

The Brooklyn Nets’ Wilson Chandler joins the show to talk about the coronavirus and his career.

March 10, 2020

Sportswriter Ethan Strauss joins the show to talk about his upcoming book on the Golden State Warriors dynasty

March 3, 2020

Sportswriter Lindsay Gibbs and poet and writer Kevin Powell join the show to talk women’s sports and Kobe’s memorial.

The Nation is reader supported.

February 18, 2020

Former NBA all-star and champion David West joins the show to talk about the formation of his politics and his support for Bernie Sanders.

February 11, 2020

ESPN’s Howard Bryant joins the show to talk about his new book, Full Dissidence: Notes From An Uneven Playing Field.

February 4, 2020

Indian Country Today associate editor Vincent Shilling joins the show to talk about the Kansas City Chiefs and the mascotization of indigenous culture.

January 28, 2020

Professor Kenneth Shropshire joins the show to talk about racism and resistance in sports.

January 24, 2020

Justin Jackson is creating space for himself this election year as an unapologetic “Berniecrat” with a progressive critique of what ails this country.