The Media Sport Podcast Series Podcast
1) Episode 44 – Robert McLeman: RinkWatch, Climate Change and the Power of Citizen Science
Robert McLeman from Wilfred Laurier University in Canada speaks to the series about RinkWatch, a fascinating citizen science research initiative that traces the impacts of climate change on outdoor ic...Show More
2) Episode 43 – Markus Stauff: Sport Television, Technology and History
This episode features Markus Stauff from the University of Amsterdam. He outlines the complex relationship between television, technology, mediation and sport across time. We discuss datafication, for...Show More
3) Episode 42 – Jim Cherrington and Jack Black: Sport and Nature in Catastrophic Times
Jim Cherrington and Jack Black from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK join the Series to discuss their new edited collection, Sport and Physical Activity in Catastrophic Environments. We discuss t...Show More
Episode 42 – Jim Cherrington and Jack Black: Sport and Nature in Catastrophic Times
35:30 | Apr 28th, 2023
4) Episode 41 – Jessica Murfree: Extreme Weather, Climate Injustice and Intersectional Environmentalism
Episode 41 features a conversation with Jessica Murfree from Texas A&M University in the United States. Jessica shares her insights about climate injustice, extreme weather and the benefits of adoptin...Show More
5) Episode 40 – Dan Henhawk: Indigenous Physical Cultures, Sustainability and Reconceptualising Sport and Leisure
We're joined for Episode 40 by Dan Henhawk from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Speaking as a proud Kanien’keha:ka and Haudenosaunee man, Dan shares his insights about the value of Cri...Show More
6) Episode 39 – Madeleine Orr: Sport, Climate Change and COP26
Sport and climate change leader Madeleine Orr speaks about slippery slopes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the role of sport at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, and the origins of the Sport Ec...Show More
7) Episode 38 – Jules Boykoff: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, COVID-19 and Greenwashing the Games
A Tokyo 2020 (2021) Olympics and Paralympics special episode. I'm joined by scholar-activist and leading Olympics expert, Jules Boykoff, to review recent events in Tokyo. We discuss the staging of the...Show More
8) Episode 37 – Holly Thorpe: Changing Toxic Elite Sport Cultures and the Passing of Olympic Cyclist Olivia Podmore
This episode covers the serious issue of suicide in elite sport. We're joined by Holly Thorpe to discuss her recent article in The Conversation, 'The price of gold — what high-performance sport in NZ ...Show More
9) Episode 36 – Melanie Sartore-Baldwin: Human-Animal Relations, Sustainability and Sport
Recorded in lockdown via Zoom, Episode 36 examines human-animal relations, sport and physical activity. Melanie Sartore-Baldwin explains why our social relationships with animals matter and the intric...Show More
10) Episode 35 – Rebecca Olive and Belinda Wheaton: Blue Spaces, Sport and the Sea
We’re back! This episode features Rebecca Olive and Belinda Wheaton discussing their new special issue(s) of the Journal of Sport and Social Issues – ‘Understanding Blue Spaces: Sports, Bodies, Wellbe...Show More
Episode 35 – Rebecca Olive and Belinda Wheaton: Blue Spaces, Sport and the Sea
40:03 | Apr 8th, 2021