Houston's Field of Schemes

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week we speak to Neil deMause, co-author of the book Field of Schemes about the toll that publicly funded stadiums has taken on the infrastructure of Houston, & Hurricane Harvey's manifestation of the problem. De Mause is the preeminent scholar in the country on the politics of stadium construction. We also have choice words about the Michael Bennett police brutality situation in Las Vegas, a serious clap back at the new round of anonymous Kaepernick haters, and much more.Neil deMausehttps://www.amazon.com/Field-Schemes-Stadium-Swindle-Private/dp/1567511384Twitter:https://twitter.com/neildemauseZirin, Stand With Michael Bennett Even If It's Uncomfortablehttps://www.thenation.com/article/stand-with-michael-bennett-even-if-its-uncomfortable/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | https://www.instagram.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | Bodak Yellow - Cardi B | Slippery - Migos | Ghetto Symphony - A$AP Rocky | Renegade - Jay-Z Feat. Eminem | Club Mekon - The Mekons | Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A. | You Da Baddest - Future featuring Nicki Minaj | The Love Song - K-OS | One Dance - Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla | Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers | Monk's Habit - The Yellowjackets | The Wire Outro Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:31.8	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Zyron. This week we are going to speak about Seattle Seahawk Pro Bowler Michael Bennett and the police brutality incident that took place in Las Vegas after the Floyd Mayweather Connor McGregor
1:45.9	fight. We are also going to speak about Hurricane Harvey and the legacy of stadium construction
1:53.0	in Houston and how that added to the carnage. For that section of the show, we're going to speak
1:58.2	to Neil DeMoss, who is one of the foremost experts
2:01.1	on the issue of publicly funded stadiums, the author of the book, The Field of Schemes.
2:06.5	We also have Kaepernick Watch that just stand up and just sit your ass down awards and much
2:11.8	more. But first, this is very personal to me. Let's get to Michael Bennett and what happened
2:17.3	in Las Vegas.
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