Grant Wahl recalls his first international trip, a research project that took him to Buenos Aires to study sports culture in Argentina. He’ll never forget the friendship he formed with a certain “professional hooligan” who went by Quique the Butcher, and traveling with Quique and his horde to watch Boca Juniors play in Rosario.

Episode 5: The Ballad of Quique the Butcher

In this episode of Howler Radio, Alan Black of the San Francisco Chronicle delivers an epic poem in loving memory of what is quite possibly the most miserable place ever devised for suffering through a soccer match: Clyde FC's Shawfield Stadium.

Episode 4: Shite Fitba

n this episode of Howler Radio, stories about people who schedule their lives around soccer games, who choose their teams over potential love interests, and just generally decide that soccer is the one thing in life they absolutely can't do without. You know who you are.

Episode 3: Obsessed

If you've ever wondered what it's like to take in a US-Mexico game at Estadio Azteca, this episode is for you. Howler contributor Robert Andrew Powell takes us behind the fencing and riot police to witness the USMNT's historic win in August 2012.

Episode 1: An American at Azteca

If you've been to a Major League Soccer game, you've probably heard this chant—we'll call it YSA for short. In this episode of Howler Radio, we talk to a fan group about how it started. We hear from pro goalkeeper Jon Busch about what it's like to be called an asshole in public. We ask a sports psychologist whether the chant is even, you know, effective. And we have a pretty interesting interview with a league official about how far MLS is willing to go in order to eradicate "You suck, asshole!" from its stadiums.

Episode 2: You Suck, Asshole!

The first five seconds of our new podcast, which will be available right after Thanksgiving.

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