Talking High School American Football & Pride

Understanding the sheer scale of how big American Football is can be fairly complex and in this episode we are going to look at one of the important layers of this structure, which is high school football - we will be speaking with an assistant coach who is part of the Mission Viejo set-up, Tarquin Stephenson, all the way in Laguna Beach, California. T, as he is known by his family and friends, touches on why he chose Mission and why the the High School scene is so important.

Bandofla is covering some serious miles in this episode as as from Laguna Beach we have a double-guest slot for our discussion on Pride as we connect with Dr Elly Barnes MBE who is in Gran Canaria and a certain Deniz Huseyin in Cyprus. Pride is so important to the LGBT+ community and their allies and here at Bandofla we love flying the rainbow flag.

We are also going to be having 'POD' shout moment where we give a mention to other podcasts that listeners should definitely check out. On our list this week is Soul Boost, which takes a holistic look at wellbeing - Union Dues, which is one of the most respected podcasts covering trade union issues and one podscast I totally love is Andrew and James' Arseblog Arsecast - so a little mention for these guys n girls.

We close the episode with what we hope listeners will agree is a fitting tribute to those who lost their lives and homes in the Grenfell Tower fire. Four year on and still there is no justice. The Housing Minister even has the front to wear a green heart on his lapel. The barefaced cheek of this lot is just unreal.

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