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Apr 2019
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Mini-cast: Suicide Squeeze (w/ Nate Kalm...

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We chat with with author and scholar Nate Kalman-Lamb about his extensive work on the labor politics of professional sports, and about his and Dirk Hayhurst's recent Jacobin piece on the exploitation of professional baseball players.

 

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Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

  • Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
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