Gotham Chopra is the GOAT whisperer - from Kobe to Brady to Steph, Serena, Simone, AROD, Conor McGregor and more. He’s filmed Aaron Rodgers going deep on Ayahuasca, ridden shot gun on all night gambling benders with Dana White, and played horse with Kobe Bryant. Varun Soni is the University Chaplain and Dean of Religion at USC - the most culturally and spiritually diverse school on the planet. Their respective experience and points of view meet where sports and spirituality collide because both of them are true, irrational, and diehard sports fans. If sports is a religion, then Sportuality is the personalized, experiential dimension of that faith. Each episode plunges into the subcultural safari of sports to mine and excavate the wisdom of that world and unlock practical tools for listeners.
What is Sports' Role in Politics? With Dr. Todd Boyd | Sportuality Episode 23
Today’s episode: Gotham Chopra and Varun Soni sit down with USC’s very own “Notorious Ph. D.” professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Dr. Todd Boyd!
Chapters
00:00 Is sports political?
6:45 History of teams visiting the White House
16:00 Welcome Dr. Todd Boyd!
18:00 Should the Knicks go to the White House?
22:00 NBA’s history with White House visits
31:55 Donald Trump’s political theater
35:45 Is sports a refuge?
42:50 Reflecting on conversation with Todd Boyd
27 Oct 2026
Is There Faith in Sports Gambling? | Sportuality Episode 22
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Today’s episode, Gotham Chopra and Varun Soni sit down and get to the bottom of sports gambling's connection to faith and God. Do young people find meaning in sports gambling? Next, they explain how gambling has appeared in stories for centuries and what a historic dice game implies. Is betting against your team a move for the faithful? Does it cost more to win than to lose? Is not gambling a gamble? Lastly, where does society go from here?
Chapters
00:00 Why do people gamble?
2:45 Young people and gambling
8:00 Mystical experience
11:15 What is real?
13:20 Is gambling a cover?
15:00 Gambling in religion and history
19:30 Implications of gambling through history
25:30 Where do we go from here?
20 Oct 2026
Lessons From The Greatest Athletes Of All Time | Sportuality Episode 21
Today’s episode, Gotham Chopra and Varun Soni take the show to USC and go live to discuss the lessons they have learned firsthand from the GOATs. Gotham breaks down what Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, Simone Biles, LeBron James, Conor McGregor, Serena Williams, and Stephen Curry do to excel and continue to be great. Next, they open the floor for a Q&A from the students in the area. How do obsession and legacy interact with sports? What is the throughline for athletes and their faith? What would Gotham and Varun’s lessons be?
Chapters
00:00 Live from the University of Southern California!
2:00 What Gotham learned from the GOATS?
3:15 Kobe Bryant: Balance is overrated
5:45 Tom Brady: The team the team the team
8:20 LeBron James: Block out the noise
12:00 Conor McGregor: Be fearless
13:50 Serena Williams: Show up, do the work
16:00 Stephen Curry: Have faith
18:20 Simone Biles: Write your own story
22:05 Q&A
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