More Than A Game (Formerly Why Sports Matter)
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More Than A Game (Formerly Why Sports Matter)
Many of us experience sports much like religion: they give us a shared identity, a sense of community, and a common purpose. So what wisdom can we draw from the sports world to help us navigate the chaos and confusion -- and also the awakening and transformation -- happening today? Join host Varun S...
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14 episodi
Introducing: Roughhousing
In Religion of Sports' latest podcast series, Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high...
Play, with Salman Ahmad
In difficult times, setting aside time to play feels almost frivolous. But is actually even more vital because it provides us with balance, joy and co...
Resilience, with Victoria Garrick
Volleyball player and mental health advocate Victoria Garrick is a mentor to many student athletes and others who have been inspired by her public jou...
Hope, with Reza Aslan
Host Varun Soni and his guest, author and TV host Reza Aslan, are both die-hard, long suffering, eternally optimistic fans of two of the worst franchi...
Justice, with Jody Armour
The most recognizable symbol of solidarity with today's movement against racism and police brutality has been to take a knee, an act of protest popula...
Introducing: More Than A Game
Many of us experience sports much like religion: they give us a shared identity, a sense of community, and a common purpose. So what wisdom can we dra...
Jeff "Cannonball" Guerriero (Authenticity)
"We are what we pretend to be, so you gotta be careful what you pretend to be."
Jeff Guerriero works a desk job duri...
Journey's End (Belonging)
"You can see me, right?"
We follow a newly-formed soccer team of young refugees who’ve all, somehow, found their way...
Sadie In The Woods (Resilience)
"How do I get to a place like that"
The episode explores resilience through two young leaders in the Native American commu...
San Quentin (Rehabilitation)
"90 percent are coming back"
San Quentin State Prison inmates have an organized baseball team that competes against local Bay Area rec te...
Humboldt Broncos (Healing)
"The Cure for Pain is in the Pain"
In April of 2018, a deadly bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team that killed...
Fight for the Soul (Tribalism)
We explore the soul of sports through the prism of the current political moment and the stories of Jemele Hill, Johnny Joey Jones, Nate Boyer, and Dav...
Myth of the Lifetime Warranty (Mortality)
Conrad Anker is one of the most accomplished mountain climbers alive and has spent his whole life confronting death by choice. During a 2016 climb, An...
Introduction to Why Sports Matter
Gotham Chopra, Tom Brady, and Michael Strahan bring you “Why Sports Matter”, the first 8-episode audio documentary series from Religion of Sports. Eac...