How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football

As if Teddy Roosevelt couldn't get any cooler, now I find out he saved football? Listen to this interview on The Art of Manliness with John Miller, author of "The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football."

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/21/11.

Thanksgiving

The history podcast "Backstory With the American History Guys" did a great segment on Thanksgiving last week. They discuss how and why it became a national holiday, when and where the first Thanksgiving took place, and even where NFL Football factors into it all (including an interview Roger Staubach, who played on Thanksgiving 11 times).

Listen now, or download this episode from itunes. The itunes release date was 11/16/10.

World Cup

Here's two short but interesting podcasts about the world cup, each is less than 10 minutes.

The first is from The Economist, and discusses how France's football woes are somewhat of a microcosm for the rest of the issues they are currently faced with. You can listen now, or download it from itunes. The itunes release date was 6/23/10.

The second is from Freakonomics Radio, and gives some statistical analysis about penalty shots and home field advantage. Listen now, or download it from itunes. The itunes release date of this episode was 6/10/10.