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To date there has not been genre-defining scholarship that explores the newer podcasting medium. Some scholars have explored the disruption of the new medium, the demographics of the audience, community bonds and creativit. Because there has been little research published on sports podcasts, this book may set the agenda for future sports podcast research. To address this gap in sports podcasting research, we are seeking chapter proposals for an edited volume about sports podcasts.

The Leisure Society is the Podcast of a group of leisure-related journals: Annals of Leisure Research, Leisure Studies, Leisure Sciences, Leisure/Loisir, Journal of Leisure Research, World Leisure Journal, International Journal of Sociology of Leisure. Each episode is one hour long, on average (45–75 minutes).

In November 16, 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its “Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations.” Often referenced simply as the Framework, the document updated the IOC’s 2015 guidance for transgender and non-binary athletes to compete in international sport. The IOC’s new Framework came in the wake of several high-profile decisions by International Federations (IFs) and rulings by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that specifically focused on the role of testosterone, fairness, and safety for women athletes.

In the episode, we talk with Dr. Kenneth Cohen, Associate Professor of History and Director of Museum Studies and Public History at the University of Delaware. Dr. Cohen discusses the history of sporting political discourse during the antebellum period, a history he covers in his 2017 book They Will Have Their Game: Sporting Culture and the Early American Republic (Cornell University Press).

I den här podden, som startade hösten 2019, publicerar vi regelbundet korta avsnitt för att uppdatera hur projektet ”Super-extra-mega-ultralopp: Deltagande i extrema motionslopp som kulturellt fenomen” framskrider, var i processen vi befinner oss, pröva tolkningar, osv. Tanken är att den både ska fungera som ett sätt att sprida resultat och hålla kontakt med ”fältet”, men också som ett pedagogiskt sätt att visa och berätta hur ett kvalitativt, kulturvetenskapligt forskningsprojekt av det här slaget kan gå till. 

The 50th episode of the New Books in Sports podcast is now online.  The episode features an interview with Laurent Dubois on his book Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (University of California Press, 2011). New Books in Sports is aimed at fans who are looking for a sports talk program that won't give them a headache. Online since spring...