{"podcast":{"title":"The Real News Podcast","slug":"the-real-news-podcast-1085016","podcast_index_feed_id":1085016,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2952221/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-real-news-audio-on-demand","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2811bd18a6fab58d3edbf143e96023cb.jpg","author":"The Real News Network","episode_count":4503,"summary":"Daily Reports, specials, and podcasts by The Real News Network (TRNN). TRNN makes media connecting you to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. TRNN is a nonprofit media organization. We do not accept advertising revenue or corporate sponsorship. Sign up for our newsletter at therealnews.com Text us at (410) 431-0868 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:18:20.085560+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016"},"episode":{"title":"Loving Sports in an Age of Authoritarians w/ Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff","slug":"loving-sports-in-an-age-of-authoritarians-w-dave-zirin-and-jules-boykoff","published_at":"2026-07-22T18:48:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/loving-sports-in-an-age-of-authoritarians-w-dave-zirin-and-jules-boykoff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016","url":"https://therealnews.com","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73112770/trnn_nyc_live_dave_zirin_jules_boykoff_for_review.mp3","summary":"For many around the US and around the world, the World Cup was a welcome distraction from the dismal state of the world and the daily overwhelm of relentless war, corruption, fascism, and disaster. But the games were also an uncomfortable reminder that, no matter how much we love sports and want them to be an escape from politics and the pain of living in a broken society, there is no way to truly escape those things, and the manufactured illusion that sports are an escape from political reality is just that: an illusion. At a live event hosted on July 16, 2026, at Chilo’s bar in New York City, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez spoke with legendary sports writers Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff about what it means to love sports in an age of authoritarians. Additional links/info: Chilo’s bar website and Instagram Jules Boykoff, OR Books, Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine Dave Zirin, Penguin Randomhouse, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn Credits: Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!","meta_description":"For many around the US and around the world, the World Cup was a welcome distraction from the dismal state of the world and the daily overwhelm of relentl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3215,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/episodes/loving-sports-in-an-age-of-authoritarians-w-dave-zirin-and-jules-boykoff/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/loving-sports-in-an-age-of-authoritarians-w-dave-zirin-and-jules-boykoff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}