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Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation
Edge of Sports
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    Emergency Pod: IOC Ruling on Trans Athletes

    03/30/2026 | 14 mins.
    Body: We speak to Harrison Browne, the first transgender professional hockey player and co-author of the book Let Us Play, about the International Olympic Committee’s total ban on non- gender conforming athletes  
    Zirin, 2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGA
    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-israel-rulings-complicity-world-cup/

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    The WNBA Union Scores a Win and Iftar with Mayor Mamdani

    03/24/2026 | 27 mins.
    Maya Goldberg-Safir joins the show to talk about the new WNBA deal, and we talk about spending Iftar in NYC with Mayor Mamdani and Mohamed Diawara.

    Body: This week, we speak to Maya Goldberg-Safir, who runs the blog Rough Notes about the WNBA labor deal. Also, we have Choice Words about spending Iftar with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Mohamad Diawara of the Knicks.

    Zirin, Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor
    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/iftar-mayor-mamdani-knick-mo-diawara/


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    In Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho

    03/14/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class and what comprises resistance in a certain time and place. I’m joined by film savant Arya Shirazi in breaking down these two films 

    Zirin, The Bombing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script
    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/us-hockey-olympics-gold-trump/


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    n Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho. 

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    How Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports & a Winter Olympics Round-up

    02/25/2026 | 58 mins.
    This week, we speak with author Bijan Bayne about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's relationship with the sports world. We also speak to sports journalist Frankie de la Cretaz about the off-field dramas surrounding the 2026 Winter Olympics
    Zirin, The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-owners-casey-wasserman-epstein-files/


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    The Sports Owners In Epstein's Inbox and the NBA At The All-Star Break

    02/17/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
    This week, I have some choice words about the athletic oligarchs who knew Epstein way too well. I am also joined by the hoops savant, Arya Shirazi, about the NBA at the All-Star Break and what to do about tanking.

    Zirin, The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-owners-casey-wasserman-epstein-files/


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