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Part 2: The Struggle For Equality In Global Women's Soccer Apr 26, 2018

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Grant leads a panel discussion at Duke University on The Struggle for Equality in Global Women's Soccer. Panelists include Jean Williams of the University of Wolverhampton, Shireen Ahmed of the Burn It All Down podcast and Gwendolyn Oxenham, the author of "Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer."
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Part 1: The Struggle For Equality In Global Women's Soccer Apr 24, 2018

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Raphael Honigstein on His Jürgen Klopp Biography Apr 19, 2018

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Raphael Honigstein, the leading journalist on German soccer, joins Grant to talk about his book Bring The Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story. Honigstein discusses how the charismatic Klopp has taken Liverpool to the Champions League semifinals, and he goes deep into the history of the most significant influences on Klopp’s career.
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Gigi Buffon's Next Country Song: "Trashcan For A Heart." Apr 17, 2018

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Grant and Brian discuss a busy week in soccer, including the wild UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Toronto's chance for CCL history, more FIFA World Cup expansion talk and the electric Atlanta-NYCFC game.
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Merritt Paulson Is The Most Vocal Owner In American Soccer Apr 12, 2018

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Merritt Paulson, the owner of the Portland Timbers and Thorns, joins Grant for a candid discussion—is there any other type with Paulson?—about why he wanted to become a soccer owner; the influence of his father, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson; whether he considers himself a soccer expert, his controversial Twitter personal—we recorded this just before his Twitter outburst during Orlando-Portland—and his contention that there aren't any MLS owners who would be open to promotion and relegation.
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Has Manchester City Lost Its Mystique In A Week? Apr 10, 2018

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Grant and Brian ask whether Man City's two losses in a week have altered its incredible season, and they also discuss Toronto and New York in the Concacaf Champions League semifinals, MLS expansion, Zlatan Week 2 and the move by the governments of St. Lucia and Dominica (two Concacaf countries) to support the World Cup '26 bid of ... Morocco.
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Duke Professor Laurent Dubois On "The Language of the Game" Apr 05, 2018

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Duke professor Laurent Dubois joins Grant to talk about his new book "The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer." Dubois, who teaches a popular class at Duke called Soccer Politics, explains how he approached organizing, researching and writing his new book, which draws from a wide variety of cultural sources around the world, including both the men's and women's games, to explore the language and meaning of the world's most popular sport.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic And The Greatest Holy S--- Moment In MLS History Apr 03, 2018

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Grant and Brian discuss Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his insane debut for LA Galaxy, Christian Pulisic and Dortmund’s 6-0 loss to Bayern Munich, their favorite two-week period of UEFA Champions League starting this week and the Concacaf Champions League semifinals involving some of the biggest cities in North America.
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Zlatan is here. Will we see the Real Zlatan? Mar 29, 2018

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Fresh off his cross-country travels to see Mexico and the USMNT, Brian Straus joins Grant to talk about USA 1, Paraguay 0; the guys' visits with the Mexican and Icelandic national teams and the signing by LA Galaxy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic ahead of the first LA-LAFC showdown this weekend.
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Bob Bradley On LAFC, His Exile From U.S. Soccer and The Early Days of Mohamed Salah Mar 27, 2018

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LAFC coach Bob Bradley discusses his team's fast start, this week's LA derby, his thoughts on Zlatan Ibrahimovic arriving in LA, what needs to happen in U.S. Soccer and his memories of working with an emerging Egyptian talent named Mohamed Salah.
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