The Media Sport Podcast Series

Episode 44 – Robert McLeman: RinkWatch, Climate Change and the Power of Citizen Science

Robert McLeman [https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-science/faculty-profiles/robert-mcleman/index.html] from Wilfred Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/] in Canada speaks to the series about RinkWatch [https://www.rinkwatch.org/], a fascinating citizen science research initiative that traces the impacts of climate change on outdoor ice rinks and ponds in North America. We discuss the community and tech that makes RinkWatch possible, the media and public responses to its findings, and future scenarios for ice skating in a warming climate.

Episode 43 – Markus Stauff: Sport Television, Technology and History

This episode features Markus Stauff [https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/t/m.stauff/m.stauff.html?cb] from the University of Amsterdam. He outlines the complex relationship between television [https://apps.crossref.org/coaccess/coaccess.html?doi=10.1515%2F9789048525621], technology [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21674795221076882], mediation and sport across time. We discuss datafication [https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/2213-7653.2018.365], forensic fandom [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565211010481] and sports photography [https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/57671], before concluding with some reflections on the politics of open access publishing.

Episode 42 – Jim Cherrington and Jack Black: Sport and Nature in Catastrophic Times

Jim Cherrington [https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/james-cherrington] and Jack Black [https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/jack-black] from Sheffield Hallam University [https://www.shu.ac.uk/] in the UK join the Series to discuss their new edited collection, Sport and Physical Activity in Catastrophic Environments [https://www.routledge.com/Sport-and-Physical-Activity-in-Catastrophic-Environments/Cherrington-Black/p/book/9781032125411]. We discuss the role of sport around the world in rebuilding after catastrophe, the relationship between nature and technology, and mountain biking [https://peakdistrictmtb.org/]. The weird and eerie also feature.  (Note: This podcast uses sound from freesound: "Bike ride" by crooner (https://freesound.org/s/42539/ [https://freesound.org/s/42539/]) licensed under CC0 1.0 [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/].)

Episode 41 – Jessica Murfree: Extreme Weather, Climate Injustice and Intersectional Environmentalism

Episode 41 features a conversation with Jessica Murfree [https://directory.education.tamu.edu/view/jessicamurfree] from Texas A&M University [https://education.tamu.edu/] in the United States. Jessica shares her insights about climate injustice [https://theconversation.com/heat-risk-and-young-athletes-rising-temperatures-lead-to-lawsuits-and-environmental-injustice-185189], extreme weather [https://theconversation.com/heat-risk-and-young-athletes-rising-temperatures-lead-to-lawsuits-and-environmental-injustice-185189] and the benefits of adopting an intersectional perspective on the environment. We also discuss the attitudes of fans towards climate change and importance of research impact.

Episode 40 – Dan Henhawk: Indigenous Physical Cultures, Sustainability and Reconceptualising Sport and Leisure

We're joined for Episode 40 by Dan Henhawk [https://umanitoba.ca/kinesiology-recreation-management/faculty-staff/dan-henhawk-phd] from the University of Manitoba [https://umanitoba.ca/] in Winnipeg, Canada. Speaking as a proud Kanien’keha:ka and Haudenosaunee man, Dan shares his insights about the value of Critical Indigenous Studies and the need to rethink notions of sustainability grounded in colonialist norms and values [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351128629-11/indigenous-peoples-sport-sustainability-dan-henhawk-richard-norman]. We also discuss race, racism and the fascinating history of lacrosse.