Sports in Society Podcast

About Sports in Society Podcast

Where we go beyond scores, statistics, and personalities to focus on issues and controversies in sports worlds. A companion to the textbook Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies, this podcast gives a behind the scenes look at the textbook with stories from our lives as scholars and athletes as well as providing analysis of ongoing issues and controversies in contemporary sport worlds. We will also have guests who are content experts on topics covered in the book. Students, professors, and anyone else interested in the sociology of sport will find our discussions engaging. We welcome hearing your thoughts and analysis so please engage with us through social media about the textbook or on any of the topics we cover in this podcast. Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/QDzzETYThv

Publisher

Jeffrey Montez de Oca and Jay Coakley

Category

science · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Mar 2024

Latest episode

27 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Aug 2026

   S3 EP 9 – Disability & Sports

   On this episode Andrea Bundon and Meredith Wing discuss disabilities and sports. They begin by helping listeners understand some of the key concepts in this area. They go to outline some the complexities of study disability sports and politics of it. This episode addresses Ch 10 on Age and Ability, Ch 2 on Knowledge Production through social research, and parts of Chapters 4 on Youth Sports and Ch 9 on Social Class that deal with social inclusion in sports. Join the conversation of the Sports in Society discord server: https://discord.gg/QDzzETYThv.

2. 

   5 Aug 2026

   S3 EP8 – Women’s Sports and Market Justice

   Women’s sports are currently experiencing tremendous excitement and rapid growth, much of which is driven by market forces. But what does that mean for social justice? Ajhanai Keaton (UConn) and Roc Rochon (Pacific Univ) join the podcast to discuss the potentials and limitations of using the market to advance social justice in women’s sports. This episode addresses chapters 7, 11, and 16 of Sports in Society. Join the conversation of the Sports in Society discord server: https://discord.gg/QDzzETYThv.

3. 

   27 Jul 2026

   S3 EP7 - Sports, Imperialism, Resistance

   Chen Chen (UConn) joins the podcast to discuss sports, imperialism, and anti-imperialist activism. This episode is relevant to chapters 6, 8, 11, and 13. In it, we trace the meaning of imperialism and how it manifests in sports. We use imperialism to talk through the current stage of globalized capitalism and what it means for people in both core and periphery nations. We conclude discussing Chen’s work with Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine (SSJP) and how students can make a difference.

Who has been a guest on Sports in Society Podcast

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• John Singer
• Ajhanai Keaton
• Letisha Brown
• Tomika Ferguson
• Jeffrey Scholes

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

637

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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