TEASER: Soccer and Cities with Tesho Akindele
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Major League Soccer player Tesho Akindele, a star forward who most recently played for the Orlando City Soccer Club, is also an outspoken urbanist who has used his social media presence to promote walkability, bikeability, density and affordable housing to sports fans in Florida, across the country and around the world. In this ad-free bonus episode just for Patreon supporters, Tesho talks about his journey to the soccer field, his first exposure to War-on-Cars-adjacent issues and his favorite neighborhoods in Orlando and the US. He also offers some thoughts on why cars are such potent status symbols among his fellow pro athletes.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the war on cars. I'm Doug Gordon. |
| 0:14.0 | What you're about to hear is a preview of a special ad-free |
| 0:18.0 | Patreon-only bonus episode. |
| 0:20.0 | It's my interview with Major League Soccer Player, |
| 0:23.6 | Tesho Akindelli, about his career, |
| 0:25.9 | most recently with the Orlando City Soccer Club, |
| 0:28.7 | and his interest in walkability, bikeability, |
| 0:32.3 | density, affordable housing, and all things urbanism. |
| 0:36.0 | Tesho is a fantastic guy and he had lots to say about what makes cities dynamic and livable. |
| 0:42.0 | We also talked about cars as status symbols among his fellow |
| 0:44.9 | professional athletes and what it might take to change that. You won't want to miss |
| 0:49.3 | this one. If you're new to the War on Cars all of our ad-free bonus episodes are available to our |
| 0:56.1 | Patreon supporters. |
| 0:57.9 | To sign up head on over to the War on Cars.org and click support us. |
| 1:03.2 | You can enlist starting at just $3 per month, |
| 1:06.1 | and as thanks we'll send you free stickers |
| 1:08.5 | and a handwritten note. |
| 1:10.0 | You'll also get special discounts on merch, advance notice about live events, and lots more. |
| 1:16.0 | On behalf of my co-host, Sarah Goodyear and Aaron NapaStacks, |
| 1:20.2 | thanks for supporting the War on Cars. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm looking at a Google Earth image of Exploria Stadium, |
| 1:30.0 | the home of the Orlando City Soccer Club. |
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