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Sports As A Weapon Podcast

Miguel Garcia
Venezuela
United States
College Sports
WNBA
World Cup 2026
Palestine
CBA Negotiations
Cricket
Naji Ali
Swimming
Swimming Discrimination
Racism In Sports
MLS
NFL
Community Ownership
Chavismo
Neoliberalism
Anticonquista
Iran
Dodgers

A Xicano sports podcast on the entanglement of sports, radical politics, & working-class sports fan culture. We just talk sports too!

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Miguel is joined by Alexander Aviña — associate professor of Latin American and Mexican history at Arizona State University and author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside — for a deep conversation where f... more

Miguel is joined by Dana DuBari (national co-coordinator, Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network) and returning guest Robert Wilson (author of The Football Manifesto and Club Handbook) about the Anti-Fascist Football Coalition and its boycott ca... more

Miguel is joined by returning guest Adnan Husain, professor of Medieval Studies and Chair of Religious Studies at Queens College and host of The Adnan Husain Show and co-host of Guerilla History, to discuss the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. Miguel... more

Miguel is joined by sports journalist Zachary Draves about WNBA activism and labor struggles. Zachary covers the WNBA for SB Nation's Swish Appeal, and you can follow Zachary on X/Twitter @DravesZachary.  Zachary discuss his article on player respons... more

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Dana DuBari
National Co-Coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network
Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network
Episode: 55 | No 2026 World Cup for Ge****de
Robert Wilson
Author of The Football Manifesto and Club Handbook
Author/Scholar
Episode: 55 | No 2026 World Cup for Ge****de
Dave Zirin
Sports journalist and commentator
Episode: 55 | No 2026 World Cup for Ge****de
Adnan Husain
Professor of Medieval History and Chair of Religious Studies Department at Queens College; host of The Adnan Husain Show and co-host of Guerilla History Podcast
Queens College (CUNY)
Episode: 54 | Iran and World Cup
Zachary Draves
Beat writer for the Chicago Sky and Iowa Women's Basketball; SB Nation Swish Appeal contributor
SB Nation / Swish Appeal; also writes for Sports Illustrated and The Source
Episode: 53 | WNBA's Labor Fight and Activism
Eri Lee
PhD, grad student, researcher focused on sports studies and imperialism; former Team USA synchronized skating athlete
University of Minnesota
Episode: 51 | Liberating Skating
Rus Bradburd
Author, writer, professor, and former college basketball coach
Author of Big Time; Professor
Episode: 50 | 'Big Time' and College Sports
Pablo Navarrete
British-Chilean journalist and documentary filmmaker
Alborada Films (founder); journalist focusing on Latin America
Episode: 49 | Hands Off Venezuela Yanquis!
Nathan Kalman-Lamb
Co-author of The End of College Football, Associate Professor of Sociology
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Episode: 48 | The End of College Football

Host

Miguel Garcia
Host of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast; engages with geopolitics, labor, and grassroots campaigns around sports.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 23 ratings
  • Keep doin’ what ya doin’!

    Sports as a Weapon is a podcast that everyone who loves sports, and feels that it can be a vehicle for social change, should listen to. I stand with Miguel that sports can be a weapon of real societal change for the better. Keep doin’ what ya doin’ brother✊🏾

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    United States5 years ago

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Guests are diverse, including scholars and activists, which broadens perspectives.
The program is described as thoughtful and unapologetically politically engaged.
Listeners appreciate the clear linkage between sports and social change.

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Apple Podcasts
#180
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Apple Podcasts
#26
Mexico/News/Sports News
Apple Podcasts
#150
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Apple Podcasts
#188
New Zealand/News/Sports News

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54 | Iran and World Cup
Q: What is your current assessment of the Iran‑US‑Israel conflict, two to three weeks into the escalation?
The conflict has moved beyond quick, decapitation-style strikes; Iran is showing it can defend itself, and the war risks widening as regional actors respond, with long-term consequences for energy, global politics, and regional stability.
48 | The End of College Football
Q: What role do coaches play in maintaining this system?
Coaches are described as overseeing figures who control players' futures via playing time, transfers, medical access, and even moral coercion, using status coercion to secure labor and suppress dissent.
48 | The End of College Football
Q: How are campus athletic workers exploited beyond the field?
The guests explain that exploitation extends to academics through missed classes due to travel and practice, academic clustering, restricted majors, and limited access to legitimate education as compensation, all while the labor generates billions for institutions.
50 | 'Big Time' and College Sports
Q: What inspired the core premise of your book about a university rebranding around sports?
The idea arose from his experiences with the monetary emphasis in college athletics, the disparity in salaries, and the way universities increasingly prioritize athletics over academics, which he magnified into a satirical narrative.
46 | Robert E. Wilson and the Football Manifesto
Q: Could you talk about football as resistance, some whatever you want to say like Palestine, anything with football?
Football has historically been a sport of the masses and carries a cultural significance, especially in resisting oppressive regimes around the world, and the model we want to create will support communities seeking empowerment.

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3. Dave Zirin
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5. Zachary Draves
6. Eri Lee
7. Rus Bradburd
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