“We have made Italy; now we have to make Italians,” Massimo d’Azeglio famously stated. Has football made Italians? And how do the country’s anxieties play out on the pitch? Goldblatt talks with historian John Foot about Italian football and its relationship to politics — from Mussolini’s use of the sport as a tool of fascism, to Silvio Berlusconi bringing Italy to the top of the football world, to current anxieties about immigration and national identity — and the failure to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years.

1-7: Italy: Football, Fascism, and the World Cup — with John Foot

Carvell and Antique Naked Soul went to SXSW to perform the show live on stage, and talk about their music, its role in the public sphere, and why musicians and podcasters should always work together.

8: Closer and Antique Naked Soul LIVE at SXSW

Carvell went to Seattle to record a live episode of the show with visual artist Sondra Perry. They looked at images from her exhibit, "Eclogue for [in]HABITABILITY," and talked about race, displacement, survival, and overcoming the limits of our imagination. Thank you to the Seattle Art Museum for inviting us!

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