Best Amy Barker Podcasts (2025)

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Remontadarsenal (Featured Futsal Matilda: Amy Barker) 46:11

23d ago46:11

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We were quite keen to talk about the Dub Elimination Finals, and lots more! Ally covers Adelaide v Western United, Dale laments the result of CCM v Canberra, Emma shows unbridled joy at Arsenal's UEFA Champions League semi-final comeback, and Eric praises his fellow commentators for showing professionalism in terrible weather.…

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Andrew Ofstehage, "Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado" (Cornell UP, 2025) 46:19

2d ago46:19

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Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Andrew Ofstehage investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. Seeking adventure and profit, the transplanted f…

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M. Myrta Leslie Santana, Transformismo: Performing Trans/Queer Cuba" (U Michigan Press, 2025) 58:47

2d ago58:47

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In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo su…

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#513 - Brandon Lancaster of Lanco on Coming Back After Losing Record Deal and Management + Fishing Competitions with Morgan Wallen + Writing ‘Greatest Love Story’ 1:02:56

2d ago1:02:56

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Brandon Lancaster of Lanco stopped and opened up about how the band went from having their first No.1 and selling out shows to having the rug pulled out from under them as a result of the pandemic. Brandon shared what life was like after losing their record deal and management but how now they are back with new music and a new perspective. Brandon …

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Husband Of The Year (Featured Futsal Matilda: Nikkita Fazzari) 34:57

3d ago34:57

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Ally, Emma, Dale & Eric have nothing but praise for Central Coast Mariners after their historic Grand Final triumph! They also discuss the latest Matildas squad (why were the Arsenal players selected?), Melbourne City's upcoming Asian Champions League adventure, and the Asian Cup qualifiers.

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Kai Shmushko, "Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics" (Leiden UP, 2024) 1:04:04

3d ago1:04:04

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In the past decades, various forms of Buddhism have emerged in-between, above, and beyond conventional conceptions of religious and spiritual life in China. Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics (Leiden UP, 2024) is a qualitative study exploring manifestations of the massive revival …

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#512 - HOW HISTORY MISLED US! + Bobby has AI tell him his Strengths and Weaknesses 1:16:43

7d ago1:16:43

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Bobby and Eddie talk about things that we were possibly misled on and not told the entire truth about. They are stories that all feel like facts but we may not know the whole story including Betsy Ross sewing the first American Flag, Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb and the Wright Brothers being the first to fly. Bobby also had A.I. tell him h…

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Lauren Akins: Motherhood, Mustang Mishaps & Her Dog Cash’s Brush with Death 49:30

8d ago49:30

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This week on In The Vet’s Office, Dr. Josie Horchak steps out of the clinic and into the home of Lauren Akins—author, philanthropist, and wife of country star Thomas Rhett—for a heartwarming conversation about life with kids and animals. Lauren opens up about juggling motherhood with four little ones, two dogs (Kona and Cash), barn cats, and a spir…

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Alt-F4 Field (Featured Futsal Matilda: Sarah Easthope) 54:06

9d ago54:06

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Ally, Emma, and Eric discuss the typically chaotic Dub semi-finals, as well as the announcement of four Matildas games to be played in Western Australia. They also lament plans for a 48 team Women's World Cup, and question the WSL's rebrand.

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#511 - Jessica Andrews on the Success of Her Song “Who I Am” + Signing Her First Record Deal at 13 Years Old + Having Her Life Ruined by an Imposter + Her Connection to Taylor Swift’s Career 55:21

9d ago55:21

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby sits down with singer/songwriter, Jessica Andrews. Jessica is most known for her song "Who I Am", so she discusses the success of that song and how Martina McBride wanted to cut it before she ever put it out. Plus, Jessica told Bobby about signing her first record deal at 13 years old, how an imposter ruined …

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Maron E. Greenleaf, "Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon" (Duke UP, 2024) 49:46

12d ago49:46

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Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explor…

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Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe 1:14:22

14d ago1:14:22

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What is the growing appeal of fascist idealism for young people? Why is radical nationalism on the rise in Europe and throughout the world? In Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe (Princeton UP, 2024), Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka provides an in-depth account of the ideas and practices that are driving the varied forms of far-rig…

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Deana Jovanović, "Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town" (Cornell UP, 2025) 1:23:24

16d ago1:23:24

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Built on the shifting grounds of post-Yugoslav transformation, Staging the Promises examines how the residents of Bor — a Serbian copper-mining town marked by both socialist prosperity and post-socialist decline — became spectators to the staged enactments of promised futures. Deana Jovanović traces how local authorities and the copper-processing c…

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#510 - Eric Church on Getting a Call from Michael Jordan to Become an NBA Owner + Going into Business with Morgan Wallen + Almost Getting Dropped For a Hit That Almost Never Got Recorded 53:30

16d ago53:30

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On this week's episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby sits down with country music superstar, Eric Church. Eric talks about being a part owner of the Charlotte Hornets after getting a call from Michael Jordan, why he always changes up his live shows, and how he and Morgan Wallen got into business together. Plus, Bobby asks Eric which hit he almost never r…

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Perfect Hat Trick (Featured Futsal Matilda: Trudy Camilleri) 28:39

17d ago28:39

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Ally, Emma, Dale, and Eric join forces for a rapid fire pod. They discuss the eventful 1st Legs of both Dub semi-finals, lament some questionable scheduling on Mothers' Day, wonder about the approach for the Matildas' two game series against Argentina, and more!

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Ipek A. Celik Rappas, "Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location" (Cornell UP, 2025) 44:59

18d ago44:59

44:59

Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location (Cornell University Press, 2025) explores the effort behind creating screen production locations. Dr. Ipek A. Celik Rappas accounts the rising demand for original and affordable locations for screen projects due to the growth of streaming platforms. As a result, screen professionals are repeatedly t…

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Diana Graizbord, "Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2024) 52:44

19d ago52:44

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The spread of democracy across the Global South has taken many different forms, but certain features are consistent: implementing a system of elections and an overarching mission of serving the will and well-being of a country's citizens. But how do we hold politicians accountable for such a mission? How are we to understand the efficacy of the pol…

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Lian Sinclair, "Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations" (Manchester UP, 2024) 36:47

20d ago36:47

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Why do multinational mining corporations use participation to undermine resistance? Do the struggles of local communities, activists and NGOs matter on a global scale? Why are there so many different global standards in mining? Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations (Manchester UP, 2024) develop…

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Tim Grady, "Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars" (Yale UP, 2025) 54:30

21d ago54:30

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In Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars (Yale University Press, 2025), Tim Grady recounts here a detailed history of the fate of combatants who died on enemy soil in England and Germany in World Wars I and II. The books draws on a rich archive of personal family experiences, and describes the often touching…

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Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 36:32

22d ago36:32

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Factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutants have inexorably shaped South Baltimore into one of the most polluted places in the country. In Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore (U Chicago Press, 2024), anthropologist Chloe Ahmann explores the rise and fall of industrial lifeways on this edge of the city a…

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Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) 1:06:18

23d ago1:06:18

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In this episode, Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak talk about their new co-authored book Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). This volume is part of the Diverse Economies and Livable Worlds series. Solidarity economies, characterized by di…

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#509 - Dan Wilson of Semisonic on The Real Story of "Closing Time" + Writing with Adele + Splitting the Money Evenly in the Band + Bobby and Mike D Talk Famous Artists Who Wrote Songs for Other Artists ... 58:16

23d ago58:16

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby sits down to talk with the lead singer from Semisonic and one of the best songwriters of this generation, Dan Wilson. Dan tells Bobby the real story behind "Closing Time", what it is like to write with Adele and splitting money evenly with his bandmates. Plus, Bobby and Mike D dive into famous artists who wro…

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Amy Zhang, "Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China" (Stanford UP, 2024) 1:07:52

24d ago1:07:52

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After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as…

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Lorna Gibb, "Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages" (Princeton UP, 2025) 39:47

25d ago39:47

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An enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting unique perspectives and ways of life. Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages (Princeton University Press, 2025) tells the stories of the w…

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Eleanor Paynter, "Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present" (U California Press, 2024) 54:38

26d ago54:38

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Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Eleanor Paynter responds to the crisis framings that dominate migration debates in the global north. This capacious, interdisciplinary open-access study reformulates Europe's so-called "migrant crisis" from a sudden disaster to a site of…

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The Doctor (Featured Futsal Matilda: Jessica Au) 47:59

29d ago47:59

47:59

Emma, Ally & Eric discuss the Easter weekend Dub action and preview the Elimination Finals. There are also *thoughts* about both the rumoured new Wellington Phoenix head coach, and Melbourne City's Premier's Plate celebration plans.

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#508 - Troy Cartwright on Questioning Himself After Getting Dropped + Looking Like Jesus & Being the JV Ryan Hurd + Why Songwriting is Like Golfing 1:02:40

1M ago1:02:40

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, singer/songwriter Troy Cartwright sits down with Bobby. Troy talked about getting dropped from his record deal and how that led him to start questioning himself and everything he has done up to that point. Troy also talked about looking like Jesus, being the JV Ryan Hurd and why songwriting is just like playing gol…

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Katie Rose Hejtmanek, "The Cult of CrossFit: Christianity and the American Exercise Phenomenon" (NYU Press, 2025) 1:08:28

1M ago1:08:28

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CrossFit in the United States has become increasingly popular, around which a fascinating culture has developed which shapes everyday life for the people devoted to it. CrossFit claims to be many things: a business, a brand, a tremendously difficult fitness regimen, a community, a way to gain salvation, and a method to survive the apocalypse. In Th…

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Christof Lammer, "Performing State Boundaries: Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China" (Berghahn, 2024) 1:42:23

1M ago1:42:23

1:42:23

On the podcast today I am joined by Christof Lammer, a social anthropologist based at the University of Klagenfurt and inherit fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin. Christof is joining me to talk about his new book, Performing State Boundaries: Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China published in Open Access by Berghahn Books in 2024. Th…

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Political Mythmaking in Nepal 33:12

1M ago33:12

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How and why do local political processes in rural Nepal become an arena for political mythmaking? And, how do political myths obscure their own historical construction, thereby making hierarchical power structures appear inevitable? In this episode we discuss these questions with Ankita Shrestha whose ethnographic explorations into these issues for…

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Agnieszka Pasieka, "Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe" (Princeton UP, 2024) 46:29

1M ago46:29

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Radical nationalism is on the rise in Europe and throughout the world. Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe (Princeton University Press, 2024) provides an in-depth account of the ideas and practices that are driving the varied forms of far-right activism by young people from all walks of life, revealing how these social mo…

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Sarah Saddler, "Performing Corporate Bodies: Multinational Theatre in Global India" (Routledge, 2025) 1:10:32

1M ago1:10:32

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How do corporations use theater to reconcile the crises of late capitalism? In our latest interview on Ethnographic Marginalia, we speak with Dr. Sarah Saddler about her new book Performing Corporate Bodies (Routledge, 2024), where she describes how corporations have borrowed techniques from activist theater to manage their workers in India and bey…

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Jason Tartick: Adopting Teddy & His Insane Backstory 44:33

1M ago44:33

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In this episode of In The Vet's Office, Dr. Josie is joined by 2x best-selling author, Trading Secrets podcast host and Bachelor Nation star Jason Tartick. Jason opens up about the void he’s had in his heart recently for dogs, which led him to adopting his pup Teddy from Wags & Walks Nashville. Jason dives into Teddy’s crazy backstory, including wh…

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Drinking Water (Featured Futsal Matilda: Daisy Arrowsmith) 55:45

1M ago55:45

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There's a fab five for this one! Ally, Emma, Maj, Dale & Eric discuss a typically chaotic Dub round, one which confirmed the top six for this season. We discuss Holly McNamara's ongoing excellence, good times in the capital, a scholarship with a great name, and more!

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Mingwei Huang, "Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:05:34

1M ago1:05:34

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In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century (Duke UP, 2024), Mingwei Huang traces the development of new forms of racial capitalism in the twenty-first century. Through fieldwork in one of the “China malls” that has emerged along Johannesburg’s former mining belt, Huang identifies everyday relations of power and differen…

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#507 - Chris Tomlin Returns! On Releasing a Song That’s 1,800 Years Old + Bobby Gets His Thoughts on Judas + How He Reacts When People Curse Around Him + Writing His Favorite Lyric Ever 1:02:56

1M ago1:02:56

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Cristian artist Chris Tomlin returns! Chris talks about the release of his new song "The First Hymn" which is actually 1,800 years old. Plus, Bobby gets his thoughts on Judas, asks him how he reacts when people curse around him, how he recently wrote his favorite lyric ever, and much more! Follow on Instagram: @The…

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Dána-Ain Davis and Christa Craven, "Feminist Ethnography: Thinking Through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) 56:21

1M ago56:21

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How do we acquire knowledge about societies? Does how we acquire social knowledge shape what we know? How conscious must we be of our own experiences as we do our research? What does feminism add to our methods and modes of research? Now in its second edition, Feminist Ethnography: Thinking through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities (Rowm…

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Engage and Evade in 2025: Asad L. Asad on Latino Immigrants in America 51:48

1M ago51:48

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Today I’m speaking with Asad L. Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. He is the author of Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life (Princeton UP, 2023). A highly relevant book, Engage and Evade documents the interactions between undocumented people and the agents and institutions …

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#506 - Maybe We Got it Wrong with Bobby, Reid & Eddie: Misunderstood Villains of Our Society 37:04

1M ago37:04

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby, Reid and Eddie discuss some villains throughout time society may have gotten wrong. This all stemmed from Bobby's love for Thanos and feeling like he is misunderstood. The guys also discussed Yoko Ono, Tom from Tom and Jerry, and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch …

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Where Have All Our Coaches Gone? (Cap 236: Laini Freier) 46:06

1M ago46:06

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Ally joins our podcast for the first time! She joins Emma, Maj & Eric to discuss the two Matildas v South Korea games and our dislike of Friday 4:50pm kickoffs. We also talk A-League Women, Mel Andreatta's new gig in Scotland, the change to the Olympic tournament, and ... did we mention that we don't like Friday 4:50pm kickoffs?…

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#505 – Mark Hoppus of blink-182 on How He Met Tom Delonge & Travis Barker + His Musical Hero Kissing Him on the Mouth & The Coolest Thing About Fame + Bands Who Changed Lead Singers with Bobby & Eddie 58:20

1M ago58:20

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Mark Hoppus of blink-182 told Bobby the stories behind meeting his bandmates Tom Delonge and Travis Barker. Plus, Mark discussed his musical hero kissing him on the mouth, and why the night of a movie premiere was the coolest thing about fame! Bobby and Eddie also discuss some of the most famous bands to change the…

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Chiara Calzana and Valentina Gamberi, "Haunting Ruins: Ethnographies of Ruination and Decay" (Berghahn Books, 2025) 47:19

1M ago47:19

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In the contemporary world, ruins, rubble, and decaying material have become increasingly iconic landscapes. They can foster a more layered theory of time, change and memory. The seven ethnographic case studies in Haunting Ruins (Berghahn Books, 2025) trace human engagements with the temporal forces of ruins, which can trace the past and transform t…

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Anna Maria Busse Berger and Henry Spiller, "Missionaries, Anthropologists, and Music in the Indonesian Archipelago" (U California Press, 2025) 1:09:04

2M ago1:09:04

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Although the history of Indonesian music has received much attention from ethnomusicologists and Western composers alike, almost nothing has been written on the interaction of missionaries with local culture. Missionaries, Anthropologists, and Music in the Indonesian Archipelago (U California Press, 2025) represents the first attempt to concentrate…

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Tuomas Tammisto, "Hard Work: Producing Places, Relations and Value on a Papua New Guinea Resource Frontier" (Helsinki UP, 2024) 2:05:32

2M ago2:05:32

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On the podcast today I am joined by socio-cultural anthropologist, Tuomas Tammisto, who is an academy research fellow in Social Anthropology at Tampere University. Tuomas is joining me to talk about his recently published book, Hard Work: Producing Places, Relations and Value on a Papua New Guinea Resource Frontier (Helsinki UP, 2024) Hard Work exa…

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Becky Yang Hsu, "The Extraordinary in the Mundane: Family and Forms of Community in China" (Columbia UP, 2024) 49:00

2M ago49:00

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How do individuals address serious challenges in a context where organized gatherings are subject to strict government control? This new edited volume brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the many ways people in China self-organize and create varied forms of coordination to solve important problems. Through compelling, detail-rich…

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Martha S. Jones, "The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir" (Basic Books, 2025) 54:14

2M ago54:14

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Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you think you are?” Now a prizew…

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#504 - Amanda Knox on Surviving Prison + Her Injustice + When She Knew Police Decided They Were Targeting Her + Being Conned by a Man She Was Intimate With 31:26

2M ago31:26

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#504 - Amanda Knox on Surviving Prison + Her Injustice + When She Knew Police Decided They Were Targeting Her + Being Conned by a Man She Was Intimate With On this episode of the BobbyCast, Amanda Knox joins Bobby to talk about her experience after being wrongfully accused of murder almost 20 years ago. Amanda talked about having to survive prison,…

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President Murph (Cap 235: Alana Murphy) 59:41

2M ago59:41

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Kieran Yap is our special guest! He joins Emma Burke, Dale Roots, and Eric Subijano to rave about Alana Murphy's talents. There's also discussion about the Dub finals race, the cheat code that is Holly McNamara, and the Asian Cup qualifiers. We also (unfortunately) have some scathing words for the fan experience at Victory v Adelaide. On a more pos…

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#503 - Dylan Scott on Manifesting His Career at 10 Years Old + Not Getting to Play or Present at Award Shows + How He Met His Wife When They Were Kids + Growing up Next to Lainey Wilson 1:09:40

2M ago1:09:40

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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby sits down with country artist Dylan Scott. Dylan tells Bobby how he manifested his career at just 10 years old, and the frustration of never being able to play or present at awards shows. Plus, Dylan tells Bobby how he met his wife when they were just kids, growing up next to Lainey Wilson, and so much more! …

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Hemangini Gupta, "Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India" (U California Press, 2024) 41:59

2M ago41:59

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Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who sh…

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