Heroes & Humans of Football
Hosted by Mehreen and Simon · Immaterial
4.9from 75 ratings
- 55
- Episodes
- 75
- Ratings
- 2024
- First episode
- 389K
- YouTube views
About Heroes & Humans of Football
Listen to the stories behind football's biggest names, hosted by Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan. "Hosts Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan know their stuff." – The Guardian "The most interesting football podcast of the moment." – NRC, a leading Dutch daily Heroes & Humans moves beyond the traditional boundaries of sports commentary to explore the lives of football's most interesting figures. Whether episodes are about Messi, Abramovich, Cruyff, Şükür or Haaland, this is the go-to podcast for football audio-biographies. Released once weekly on Thursdays. Simon Kuper, acclaimed by Time Magazine as "one of the world's leading writers on soccer," and an awarded Financial Times columnist, brings a three-decade career of interviewing and understanding the personalities that define the world’s greatest sport. Having attended the last nine World Cups and boasting Europe's largest football library, Simon's insights are rooted in a profound depth of knowledge and passion for football. Mehreen Khan, whose day job is as the Economics Editor at The Times, believes football is a "brilliant shortcut in how to understand societies, economies, and politics". She is a football obsessive and die-hard Chelsea fan. With her ability to intertwine socio-political narratives with pop culture savvy, Mehreen stands out in the football podcasting landscape. Her presence as one of the few female voices adds a valuable dimension, broadening the conversation for listeners. Mehreen was previously the FT’s Brussels correspondent, before moving to The Times in 2022. She started her career in sports journalism at the Daily Telegraph in 2014, and wrote a football blog that touched on themes including Russia’s breakaway Muslim separatism, German multiculturalism, and the earth-shattering magnificence of Andrea Pirlo. Follow @heroesandhumans everywhere. Instagram TikTok Facebook X Visit our website for news and updates: heroesandhumans.com
- Publisher
- Immaterial
- Category
- society & culture · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Mar 2024
- Latest episode
- 16 Jan 2025
Latest episodes
55 episodes in the feed.
16 Jan 2025
Geoff Hurst: The Last Boy of '66 - Living with Glory's Shadow
9 Jan 2025
The Super Agents: How Mino Raiola Changed Football's Transfer Market Forever
19 Dec 2024
Football and the trenches: The 1914 Christmas truce
Who has been a guest on Heroes & Humans of Football
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Geoff Hurst
- Rafaela Pimenta
- Roddy Doyle
- Raquel Vaz Pinto
- Eric Cantona
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 388,527
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 75 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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