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Edge of Sports

“Should College Football Die?”

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Body: This week, we come from the famed Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, where I interview Derek Silva on the new book he co-authored, The End of College Football. His co-author, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, was denied entry to the U.S. from Canada, which we discussed. Thank you, Politics & Prose for permission to use the audio!


Zirin, Why Did the US Block a Canadian Professor From His Own Book Event?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nathan-kalman-lamb-end-college-football-barred-entry/


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Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast brought to you by the Nation magazine.

0:44.9

I'm Dave Ziron.

0:46.3

We've got a very special show this week.

0:49.1

I'm very excited for you to hear it and for you to tell other people about it because I really do think

0:55.6

it's a canary in the coal mine of things to come. First and foremost, the show is me interviewing

1:02.0

Derek Silva, who co-authored a book called The End of College Football. And we did this

1:09.6

interview together in front of a crowd at the great politics and pros

1:14.8

bookstore in Washington, D.C. And I definitely want to thank them for this audio, which allows me to

1:20.5

bring this crucial discussion to you. But there's another aspect of this meeting that you're

1:26.2

going to quickly find out.

1:28.3

And that is that Derek Silva's co-author of the end of college football, Nathan Coleman's

1:35.3

Lamb, is somebody who was denied entry into the United States during inauguration weekend.

1:47.9

And that in and of itself, I think, says a great deal.

1:53.1

So please listen to the interview, Derek Silva and the college football. You're going to learn a ton about the way we understand this incredibly popular American fascination.

2:04.5

Tonight, we are welcoming Derek Silva to politics and pros,

2:09.0

where he will be discussing his new book, The End of College Football,

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