Pro Revolution Soccer

Epizodes

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  Premier League season preview/can Infantino survive? 14.08.2026 1h 4min

  Friend of the show Morgan Ofori returns to discuss whether Johnny Baby is knackered, why UEFA are not the good guys and why, as an Arsenal fan, he’s “scared of everyone”. All Morgan's excellent Guardian stuff is here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/morgan-ofori
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  Infantino's days of infamy and EFL season preview 07.08.2026 59min

  Juliet joins Tom to discuss two weeks in which it seemed two decades happened with regard to Gianni Infantino and FIFA and try to apply a materialist analysis to it all. There's also a quick preview of the new Football League season.
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  Every Move You Make- wrapping up the 2026 World Cup 20.07.2026 55min

  After 103 matches played by 48 teams in 16 different cities, over 40 days, Juliet joins Tom at the end of Pro Revolution Soccer World Cup project to discuss the action, the mix and sometimes clash of footballing cultures, and, of course, the politics of the tournament (Tom is now going for a long lie-down).
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  Every Move You Make- World Cup final preview 19.07.2026 23min

  Tom previews the football and the politics of the biggest game in global sport.
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  Every Move You Make- England post-mortem with David Wearing 18.07.2026 1h 5min

  David is back to talk to Tom about Thomas Tuchel, the enduring, unearthly brilliance of Messi, and why the Dunkirk spirit that England prize so highly may be what’s holding them back.
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  Every Move You Make- Argentina’s melanin deficiency 15.07.2026 1h 2min

  Tom and Juliet try to make sense of Argentina’s peculiar society, problematic history and unique football culture, delving into Peronism, Black erasure and space Trotskyism. References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/12/08/why-doesnt-argentina-have-more-black-players-world-cup/ Enduring Passions-n Football, Peronism and the politics of national identity in Argentina by Jim O’brien in Football, Politics and Identity (Routlidge 2021)
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  Every Move You Make 13th July: Emmanuel Macron’s Mbappe weirdness 14.07.2026 41min

  ‘Jupiterian’ Thatcherite Emmanuel Macron’s parasitic relationship with Kyllian Mbappe has been a feature of every World Cup from 2018 onwards. Juliet joins Tom to discuss their dynamic and why Macron is so dislikable.
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  Every Move You Make- Spain under and after Franco and Norway resisting the Nazis 11.07.2026 53min

  Juliet is back to talk about Spain, Norway, tonight's England game and Argentina-Switzerland.
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  Every Move You Make- the history and politics of Spanish football 10.07.2026 41min

  Tom takes an off the cuff solo trip through the politically charged history of football in Spain.
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  Every Move You Make- the climate World Cup with Mark Doidge 09.07.2026 1h 6min

  Academic, author and great lad Mark Doidge joins Tom for a conversation that starts with climate then sprawls gloriously to cover everything from FIFA and globalisation to food banks and plastic fans.
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  Every Move You Make- Narcoball 07.07.2026 49min

  Narcoball author David Arrowsmith joins to talk about football’s role in Colombia’s cartel wars and why Pablo Escobar wore football boots on the school run.
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  Every Move You Make- Balogun’s red card versus treatment of Iran 07.07.2026 24min

  Tom contrasts the Balogun affair with what was effectively a sporting penalty for Iran, plus Mexico-England thoughts.
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  Every Move You Make- Congolese-born Jude Wanga talks about the dilemmas of the diasporas, plus nostalgia for Sepp Blatter’s old-school corruption 05.07.2026 1h 6min

  Writer and human rights campaigner Jude Wanga joins Tom to discuss being born in Congo and her experience of returning there to make a documentary, divided loyalties and footballing reparations.
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  Every Move You Make- pundits 04.07.2026 1h 18min

  Tom is joined for a profoundly silly episode by childhood friend and comedy genius Tom James. The story of the Dassler beef, Olivier Giroud’s inner loneliness, ridiculous PMC shoes, what Mark Pougatch might think of Malcolm X, and the need to embrace the glorious silliness of the beautiful game.
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  Every Move You Make- Ball in the USA 03.07.2026 24min

  Tom gives you the TLDR of US football history, offers a bit of political analysis of it, then tells the to-be-continued story of football in Egypt.
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  Every Move You Make- Juliet and Tom talk Austria and Belgium, plus England-Congo thoughts 02.07.2026 1h 20min

  Juliet and Tom discuss the history and politics of Austrian and Belgian football and react to yesterday's tense England win over DR Congo.
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  Every move You Make- Football in DR Congo and Lumumba the hero 01.07.2026 20min

  A solo potted history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its relationship to football.
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  Every Move You Make- the politics of heroic Paraguay plus Mexico-Ecuador relations 30.06.2026 32min

  Latin American history expert and all-round top lad Bill Booth joins again to talk about the history and politics of Germany’s World Cup conquerors Paraguay and explain the delicate political situation involving Mexico and their opponents, Ecuador.
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  Every Move You Make- Jeremy Corbyn on the World Cup money-fest 29.06.2026 42min

  Jeremy Corbyn joins Juliet and Tom to discuss FIFA, reclaiming Englishness, the cultural importance of football, plus 18th century French literature.
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  Every Move You Make- the story so far 28.06.2026 30min

  Juliet and Tom catch up to discuss their impressions of the World Cup so far: VAR, hydration breaks, the Consent Manufacturer Christina Unkel, Trump, England and more more.