Southpaw
539 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 101 ratingsHome of Southpaw, Fight Study, LMA Talk, SDS9, and Fighter's Brew.
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Preview: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
October 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.02 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time job at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
82 – If the World Hated Nazis, Why Did We Do Their Olympics? w/ Gabriel Kuhn
October 04, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBGabriel Kuhn is a historian, writer, philosopher, activist, and former professional athlete. He joins us to talk about the rise of fascism and antisemitism, sports history and the Left, the idealism of sports and socialism, David Graeber and third wave anarchism, post-modernism and its role in deconstructing reactionary biases, counterculture/DIY culture and antifascism, and the West's rewriting of history. This is one of those must-listen episodes that might completely change your understan...
Alt Commentary: Adesanya vs. Silva (Bonus)
October 02, 2020 00:48 - 1 minute - 1.24 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Unlocked: Bully
September 30, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.46 MBIt's easier to recognize how you've been bullied than to recognize how you've bullied others. This is how childhood trauma shapes our present. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twi...
Fight Study 76 – UFC 253
September 28, 2020 03:22 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBWe look at Adesanya vs. Costa and Reyes vs. Błachowicz. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twitter and Instagram: @St...
Preview: Adesanya vs. Costa and Reyes vs. Błachowicz
September 24, 2020 03:11 - 1 minute - 1.23 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
81 – Rebooting the Future w/ Simi
September 20, 2020 17:51 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBWe talk with journalist and activist Simi (bylines: Skanda Kadirgamar) about the side effects of capitalist realism, where we mistake capitalism for a law of physics. We also talk about Kashmir, Sri Lanka, xenophobia and racism after 9/11, the potentiality of Trans and Queer people, occupying space as a marginalized person and the interest in martial arts, and capitalist realism's effects on journalism. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. ...
Preview: Woodley vs. Covington
September 16, 2020 07:59 - 1 minute - 971 KBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Fight Study 76 – Hill vs. MMA Culture
September 13, 2020 22:18 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWe talk about Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill as well as the historical and political context of this fight, along with being a vocal Black woman in MMA. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com Check episode 21 – Projec...
Vet to Champ: Dustin Poirier (Bonus)
September 13, 2020 18:26 - 1 minute - 1.11 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Preview: Hill vs. Waterson
September 10, 2020 01:39 - 1 minute - 1.16 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
80 – Leftist Veterans, Martial Arts Cults, and Antifascism w/ Joe Kassabian
September 06, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 86.1 MBWe talk with Joe Kassabian about the US military, imperialism, Leftist veterans, Armenian genocide, and martial arts as the intersection for fascists, police, and the military. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com Find...
Alt Commentary: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson 1 (Bonus)
September 01, 2020 20:14 - 2 minutes - 1.67 MBHear the full episode and help us make this our full-time jobs at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Unlocked: The Stonecutter and the Tao of Rock-Paper-Scissors
August 26, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBHaving its origins in ancient China, rock-paper-scissors is a prime example of the cyclical thinking in Eastern philosophy. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram...
Fight Study 75 – Munhoz vs. Edgar
August 23, 2020 23:23 - 13 minutes - 9.37 MBWe analyze Frankie Edgar's first fight at bantamweight against Pedro Munhoz. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twi...
Vet to Champ: Fabricio Werdum (Bonus)
August 19, 2020 20:43 - 3 minutes - 2.25 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Fight Study 74 – UFC 252: Eye Pokes III
August 17, 2020 06:04 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBWe look at all the action of UFC: Miocic vs. Cormier 3. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twitter and Instagram: @...
Preview: Miocic vs. Cormier III
August 12, 2020 05:57 - 3 minutes - 2.19 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Fight Study 73 – Bendo and the Beast
August 09, 2020 19:59 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBWe look at Bellator and UFC, Chandler vs. Henderson 2 and Lewis vs. Oleinik. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twi...
FS 72 – MMA Through the Lens of Marxism and Gastronomy
August 07, 2020 18:49 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBMMA categories can only be understood via structures and food analogies. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twitter...
Unlocked: Being like Water Means Having an Open Mind
August 04, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBHow we miss the foundational message of Bruce Lee's philosophy. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod Books mentioned: Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: The Original 1958-1973 Correspondence – http://...
FS 71 – Brunson v. Shahbazyan (How a Fight Serves as a Metaphor)
August 02, 2020 15:43 - 13 minutes - 9.3 MBWhether you watched this event or not—whether you're interested in MMA or not, if you're involved in activism—if you're a marginalized person, listen to this. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com You can find Southpa...
Fight Study 70 – Whittaker vs. Till
July 27, 2020 04:45 - 14 minutes - 9.99 MBWe cover the feint fest which was Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod You can also find Sam on Twitter...
Preview: Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till
July 22, 2020 21:57 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Unlocked: Loneliness and The Little Prince
July 20, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBThis is an unlocked bonus episode for the loneliness of these times. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and our swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com Books mentioned: The Little Prince - http://amzn.to/2iUAD06 The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays - https...
Bonus Study: Kattar vs. Ige
July 16, 2020 17:16 - 1 minute - 1.28 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
Bonus Preview: Kattar vs. Ige
July 16, 2020 17:16 - 1 minute - 1.28 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
79 – Why You Should Have Hobbies w/ Eyepatch Wolf
July 15, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBToday on Southpaw we have YouTuber Super Eyepatch Wolf otherwise known as John Walsh. We cover the gamut from anime, pro wrestling, martial arts, racism, Vegeta, and the YouTube rabbit hole. Hobbies create communities, they're also a lot of fun. That's an important takeaway when the goal is solidarity. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce th...
Fight Study 69 – UFC 251
July 12, 2020 21:42 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBWe cover Usman vs. Masvidal, Volkanovski vs. Holloway, Yan vs. Aldo, and Andrade vs. Namajunas. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @Southpaw...
Preview: UFC 251
July 08, 2020 21:42 - 3 minutes - 2.4 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
FS 68 – Vet to Champ: Michael Bisping
July 05, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBWhen we started this series on fighters with late career surges, the first person we thought of was Michael Bisping; because he proved, a little improvement and one hell of a year can take you from gatekeeper to champion. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team S...
78 – Baseball Negro League, Unions, and Dead Hall of Famers w/ Ralph Carhart
July 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBWe speak with baseball historian and author of "The Hall Ball" Ralph Carhart about his project to find all the MLB Hall of Famers, unionizing baseball, and the history of Negro League Baseball. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://...
Fight Study 67 – Poirier vs. Hooker
June 28, 2020 23:45 - 17 minutes - 12 MBPoirier vs. Hooker is why we love MMA. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod As well as on the Southpaw Facebook group: https://...
Preview: Poirier vs. Hooker
June 25, 2020 01:26 - 1 minute - 1.34 MBHear the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod
77 – The Lost History of Worker Sports and the American Left w/ Dr. James Robinson
June 24, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBWe are joined by historian Dr. James Robinson to discuss the parallel histories of the worker sports movement and socialism. At one time, there were millions of socialists across Europe and the US. Worker/People Olympics were bigger than the actual Olympics. The generation before the Baby Boomers are portrayed as simple country folk rather than as they were, politically aware immigrants who helped start most of our unions. Rather than boycotting the 1936 Olympics in Berlin (or disallowing Na...
FS 66 – Emmett vs. Burgos and the Hegemonic Masculine Culture of the UFC
June 21, 2020 22:57 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBAnalyzing Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos as well as analyzing the hegemonic and incentivized masculine culture of the UFC. Related to this topic: 56 – The Invisible Hand of MMA Face Punching 52 – The Hidden Ethics of Combat Sports The Mitchell Paradox or For the Love and Hate of Fighting We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show bu...
76 – Why You Should Listen to the Interviews AND the Fight Studies
June 19, 2020 22:51 - 4 minutes - 3.23 MBThis is our Leftist/antiracist case for listening to both shows, especially if you have never trained in martial arts. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, a...
75 – Rooftop Koreans
June 17, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.72 MBSam recently received a message from Brittany Wong, a senior reporter at Huffpost asking him to give his thoughts on the “roof Korean” memes showing armed Koreans on rooftops. The message of the meme was to say every race has the right to arm themselves and use force against supposed “Black” invaders. Essentially becoming avatars for white supremacy. This is Sam's response in its entirety. Here is the article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roof-koreans-meme-know-real-story_n_5ee110a1c5b6d...
74 – Invisible Blackness and Three-Fifths w/ John Vercher
June 14, 2020 15:12 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWe are joined by author and martial artist John Vercher to discuss his book Three-Fifths, what it means to pass in a racial context, the history of the One-Drop and Three-Fifths rules, the often overlooked spectrum of white supremacy, and then we talk about John's new book which is centered around the world of MMA. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you he...
FS 66 – Queer Self-Defense and UFC 250 w/ Jacky
June 08, 2020 03:40 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBWe talk with martial arts trainer Jacky about their queer self-defense project that offers free self-defense and MMA classes to the queer and trans community. We also discuss how Brazilian jiu-jitsu is similar to but also different from such activities as parkour and skateboarding. We also dive into the challenges and benefits of starting your own training collective as a novice. Lastly, we discuss the main card of UFC 250. The queer perspective on MMA is one that is nonexistent in the dis...
73 – Zillenial MMA Analysis w/ Ed Gallo
June 04, 2020 21:56 - 2 hours - 86.6 MBWe talk to MMA analyst Ed Gallo from Bloody Elbow and The Fight Site to discuss breaking into MMA media, learning to analyze fights, MMA as a path to Left politics, and international wresting. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://w...
Preview: UFC 250 Bantamweight Grand Prix
June 02, 2020 16:32 - 1 minute - 906 KBHear the full episode at http://patreon.com/SouthpawPod
72 – AmeriKKKan Rebellion
June 01, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBSome impromptu thoughts on the rebellion. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod As well as on the Southpaw Facebook group: https...
FS 65 – Woodley vs. Burns
May 31, 2020 21:06 - 13 minutes - 9.65 MBThis was Tyron Woodley's first fight back since his lopsided title loss to Kamaru Usman. A surging Gilbert Burns showed the defeat to Usman wasn't a fluke but more about a winning formula against Woodley. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreo...
Preview: Woodley vs. Burns
May 27, 2020 20:10 - 1 minute - 1.19 MBHear the full episode at http://patreon.com/SouthpawPod
71 – Internet Storytelling w/ Sapphire Sandalo
May 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBAs a nice break from the pandemic, storyteller and creator Sapphire Sandalo is on the show to tell us some of her favorite spooky stories, about how collecting scary stories from the Philippines made her more aware of colonization and its lasting effects on the psyche, being a YouTuber and creator, and what she's doing differently for her new show "Stories With Sapphire." We also explore the feedback loop creators can fall into, and how not to be #basic. We can't continue to produce import...
70 – The Politics of Empathy, Knowledge, and Responsibility w/ Jeff Monson
May 20, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 108 MBIn this dense episode, we speak with MMA pioneer, grappling legend, and political radical Jeff 'The Snowman' Monson. Unlike what you might expect, Jeff's politics didn't come from reading theory but rather as a direct result from his accomplishments in wrestling and combat sports, as well as his years in social work. He was like many Americans, in a bubble. Through his work and especially through his travels as a competitor, he saw the suffering of marginalized people that he was previously ...
FS 64 – Instant Classic: Claudia Gadelha vs. Angela Hill
May 17, 2020 20:35 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBStrawweight is a division that has no counterpart in men's MMA. This is why this has become the most competitive and iconic division in all of women's MMA. Today we discuss the instant classic that was Claudia Gadelha vs. Angela Hill and how this fight helped both of their careers. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also g...
Preview: The Attempted Murder of Anthony Smith
May 14, 2020 22:47 - 58 seconds - 744 KBHear the full episode at http://patreon.com/SouthpawPod
Fight Study 63 – UFC Florona
May 11, 2020 05:23 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBWe discuss the weirdness that was UFC 249 and how the UFC is a microcosm of the weirdness that is America. America is MMA, which makes this podcast now more poignant than ever. We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without you and your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Join Team Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/s...