A Conversation With Jonathan Liew of The Independent

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jonathan Liew, the chief sportswriter for the UK-based independent, is one of the finest journalists and commentators working in English today. He joins Grant for a wide-ranging conversation on the craft of writing, the similarities and differences between American and British journalism, his columns on racism in sports, his love of cricket and his recent trip to Los Angeles to cover the baseball World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Hi I'm Grant Wall and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast where I go in depth
0:32.1	with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:35.6	In this episode, I'm joined by Jonathan Liu, the UK-based chief sports writer for the Independent,
0:41.1	who I think is one of the best sports writers working in English today.
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0:56.6	Our guest today is Jonathan Liu,
0:59.0	the chief sports writer for the Independent in the UK.
1:02.3	He is one of the world's premier sports
1:04.2	writers covering an array of sports especially soccer and cricket.
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