Edge of Sports
Hosted by Dave Zirin · Dave Zirin / The Nation
4.8from 637 ratings
- 450
- Episodes
- 67
- Transcribed
- 637
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
- Publisher
- Dave Zirin / The Nation
- Category
- history · news · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Aug 2014
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
67 of 450 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Unpacking Macklemore and the Iron Sheik
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How the Green Bay Packers Became the Only USA Team Owned by the Fans
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The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There has been an increase in racism and an increase in targeting on the island of Ireland. And just this last week in the north of Ireland on Garvahie Road, there's been, you know, I guess a threat to going to go back to the past where there's the Orange Order threatening to walk down a road, which for 28, nearly 30 years has not happened. And that is a sectarian, divisive, incredibly bigoted group that has threatened them to bring us back decades and that's not where we want to be. So again, we've seen huge mobilisation, huge solidarity from people across the island who do not want this to happen and will not let it happen and especially politicians are getting around it as well and you know, that's just really inspiring. […]
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- Tamryn Spruill
- Rebecca O’Keeffe
- Arya Shirazi
- Tom Nelson
- Sam Husseini
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 611 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 26 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 76
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Dave Zirin host the show. Published by Dave Zirin / The Nation.
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