Sorare just introduced a brand new Common card game mode — and it comes with card packs, new rewards, and a fresh way to play! 🎉 In this episode, Laird and Black break down how it works, what makes it different from previous Common competitions, and whether it could be the perfect entry point for new managers.We’ll (maybe) talk about:• How the new …

In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I’m joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book fr…

The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply “stick to the facts” and leave politics to the politicians when the world seems to be falling down around us? Drawing on his experience as both a research scientist and …

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies beca…

Figures of Freedom: Representations of Agency in a Time of Crisis takes on the idea and terminology of freedom, examining our understanding of this concept and our relationship to the word itself as well as what it means to society, culture, and politics. Randy Laist and Brian A. Dixon, two scholars who often explore popular culture to better under…

The starting point of this book is the 'civil war' of ideas that broke out during the early 2010s about the purpose and even the desirability of the European Union as a polity, with a number of right-wing populist formations openly advocating for exiting the Union. The sovereign debt crisis triggered a spiral of ideological decommunalization: natio…

🔥 Big summer competitions are coming to Sorare, and we're diving into everything you need to know! Join Laird as he breaks down all the action — including the brand new Club Global Cup, which features $100,000 in total prizes 💰We'll cover: ⚽ What the Club Global Cup is and how to compete🌍 Which players and teams will be involved📊 Strategy tips to m…

Hosts Nina dos Santos and Owen Bennett-Jones analyze the global fallout after Donald Trump plunged America and the world into a trade war with China. David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor and former Beijing and Washington D.C. bureau chief, joins the podcast to unpack how Xi Jinping is playing the long game and playing to win. In this ep…

Laird and ⁨@HarryTrades⁩ discuss how they would approach the platform if they were starting from scratch — including which competitions they’d play, how they’d build their galleries, and what strategies they’d use to win rewards. Whether you’re new to Sorare or thinking about a fresh start, this stream is packed with insights to help you get ahead.…

In The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis (Cambridge UP, 2023), political scientist Marcus Kreuzer synthesises the different strands and traditions of Comparative Historical Analysis to show how interpretive and positivist research designs might complement rather than compete with one another. Like the contents of the bo…

In this live stream, Laird dives into how Sorare distributes cash prizes across competitions, including which divisions get rewarded most — and which ones might be getting left behind.Whether you're a Sorare veteran or just getting started, understanding how the prize pool is allocated can help you optimize your lineups and maximize ROI.📊 Topics co…

After being sworn in as the 47th president, President Donald Trump quickly altered American government – and political discourse. He issued a slew of executive orders that affected how American government functions and he spoke about officers of the government, federal agencies, executive power, the press, the Constitution, and the rule of law in w…

Political Theorist Fernanda Gallo (Homerton College, University of Cambridge) has a fascinating new book, Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900 (Cambridge UP, 2024), about how Georg Hegel’s philosophical thought made its way to Italy and how it was integrated into the various schools of thought within Italy. This is …

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…

Opener Social Media Trolls Jars' Gogglebox Josh Rachele Home & Away Bernie Vince storms in again! When did your kids need to go? Calls Footy Preview See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Network

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…

In this mostly lighthearted episode, the SorareAndrews dive into the things that absolutely, positively drive them crazy about Sorare. Whether you're a Sorare veteran or just getting started, you'll probably relate to more than a few of these. Got your own Sorare pet peeves? Drop them in the comments!⚽ Join the Sorare with Laird community for more …

As the civil conflict in Myanmar passes its fourth anniversary, is this ethnically complex country any closer to a peaceful resolution of its internal conflict? Do opposition forces have a singular vision for what a post-conflict Myanmar might look like, or could the country simply break apart? Join Petra Alderman as she talks to Claire Smith about…

Live from the Frontline Club in London, Ctrl Alt Deceit is back for its second season. Hosts Nina dos Santos and Owen Bennett-Jones host a fascinating discussion on the myriad threats to democracy, particularly in light of Trump's re-election. Joined by Gabriel Gatehouse is an award-winning BBC journalist and broadcaster, formerly International Edi…

What changes should Sorare make for the 2025-26 European football season? Laird is joined by @HarryTrades to break down what they would do if they were in charge of Sorare. From gameplay tweaks to reward structures and everything in between, they dive deep into what could make Sorare even better for managers next season.🚀 Join the Sorare with Laird…

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 …

🧠 What if Sorare had substitutes?After a rough game week of DNPs, Laird shares his thoughts on why adding subs to Sorare could be the most effective way to improve the game. In this live stream, we dive into the pain of DNPs, how they impact competition results, and what a better solution might look like for fantasy football managers.💬 Whether you’…

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…

Democracy, argues David Wiles, is actually a form of theatre. In making his case, the author deftly investigates orators at the foundational moments of ancient and modern democracy, demonstrating how their performative skills were used to try to create a better world. People often complain about demagogues, or wish that politicians might be more si…

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Muriel Blaive to talk about her new book with CEU Press, Pandemic Power: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique. In the podcast we talked about the (failure of the) pandemic response, the necessity of critique, being shadowbanned on Facebook, censorship, an…

1. Opener 2. Gather Round Chat 3. Jars’ Week on Media Street 4. Ferg’s Boundary Debut 5. Crows v Cats Review 6. Jars’ Gogglebox – MAFS 7. Premier Peter Malinauskas 8. Erin Phillips / Footy Preview 9. Wrap See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Network

Laird discusses how he's trying to find the time to play Sorare football, SorareMLB, MFL and Footium, all while maintaining a regular content schedule that allows for flexibility and maximizes entertainment and value for viewers.#sorare #playMFL #footiumFor more content like this, please consider joining the community here 👉 https://patreon.com/and…

Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions—most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom, justice, and equality that, tragically, has seldom been realized in practice. While these contradictions have caused dissent and even violence, there was always an underlying and evolving solidarity drawn from the cultural reso…

The SorareAndrews discuss how, or whether, they're planning for the next European season now that the 2024/25 campaign is heading into the home stretch.#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlairdYou can also find me on Twitter too https:…

The origins and nature of nationhood and nationalism continue to be topics of heated scholarly debate. This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive account of ideas and practices of nationhood and nationalism from antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discont…

Liberal democracies don’t age gracefully. Established systems of governance like those of the UK and the US which once served as blueprints are today experiencing a profound crisis of legitimacy. In Britain, a landslide general election result was quickly followed by a catastrophic tumble in approval ratings. In the US presidential campaign, meanwh…

Laird and Harry Trades are back for another episode of "What Would You Do?" but this time there are two rules:1. every question needs to start with "What would you do..."2. nothing Sorare-related.#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlai…

Political rumors and misinformation pollute the political landscape. This is not a recent phenomenon; before the currently rampant and unfounded rumors about a stolen election and vote-rigging, there were other rumors that continued to spread even after they were thoroughly debunked, including doubts about 9/11 (an “inside job”) and the furor over …

Of all interstate conflicts across the last two centuries, two-thirds have ended through negotiated agreement. Wartime diplomacy is thus commonly seen as a costless and mechanical process solely designed to end fighting. But as Dr. Eric Min argues in Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict (Cornell University Press, 2025), that wartime nego…

Why do nations actively publicize previously overlooked disputes? And why does this domestic mobilization sometimes fail to result in aggressive policy measures? The Art of State Persuasion (Oxford UP, 2024) delves into China's strategic use of state propaganda during crucial crisis events, particularly focusing on border disputes. Frances Wang aim…

What explains the growing divide between elites and the broader public in democracies across Europe and the United States? In this episode of International Horizons, sociologist Wolfgang Streeck joins RBI director John Torpey to discuss the rise of populism, the limits of globalism, and the tensions between democracy and capitalism. Drawing from hi…

1. Opener 2. MCG Security Scare 3. Thomo’s Top Draw – Top Inserters into the SACA Shield Win 4. Hits & Misses 5. Dr Geoff Verral 6. Meeting with Rival Clubs 7. Footy Preview 8. Jars’ Gogglebox 9. Bernie Derails the Scoreboard! 10. Special Investigation 11. Wrap See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

After submitting more lineups than ever and still having tons of cards left over, Laird discusses his thoughts on whether he has good depth for how Sorare works now or if he just has too many cards. Maybe it's both?#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://pat…

The debate about the impact of colonialism on the prospects for democracy and development continues to rage. Was the legacy of colonialism equally destructive everywhere? Or were some forms of colonial rule more likely to give rise to stable and effective democracies? Join Nic Cheeseman as he talks to Alexander Lee and Jack Paine about their import…

The SorareAndrews revisit an ongoing debate to try and solve Sorare's biggest problem for users.#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlairdYou can also find me on Twitter too https://x.com/andrewmlairdI hope you enjoy the video, please n…

Why does occupation reliably predict political leanings? What is social capitalism, and how does it span income classes? If social capitalists are sincerely committed to equality and “wokeness,” why do they simultaneously benefit from—and perpetuate—the very inequalities they denounce? Join us as we dive into Musa al-Gharbi’s provocative new book, …

Laird breaks down why he thinks older users on the platform don't like the current gameplay even though it's probably a game they would have loved had it always been set up this way. #sorare #fantasysports #cardcollecting For more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlaird You can a…

A coalition of educators and allies has come together to push back against a variety of different kinds of attacks on higher education and students at colleges and universities, particularly in the United States. This group is driven by the belief that a democracy is only as strong as its commitments to academic freedom, intellectual integrity, hum…

Laird and Harry Trades are back to answer all of your gallery, collection, lineup questions and more!#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlairdYou can also find me on Twitter too https://x.com/andrewmlairdI hope you enjoy the video, ple…

Welcome to the Global Media & Communication podcast series, a multimodal project powered by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. At CARGC, we produce and promote critical, interdisciplinary, and multimodal research on global media and communicat…

Laird is joined by bachmanSUFC to discuss Footium, including what makes it a unique gaming experience for those who love football manager games.#footium #footballmanagerFor more Footium (and plenty of non-Footium) content, join the Patreon community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlairdYou can also find me on Twitter too https://x.com/andrewmlair…

Laird is joined by GatorGuy231 to discuss his recent ideas of what could save classic competitions on Sorare. Hint: it's not big cash prizes.#sorare #fantasysports #cardcollectingFor more Sorare (and non-Sorare) content, join the Sorare with Laird community here 👉 https://patreon.com/andrewmlairdYou can also find me on Twitter too https://x.com/and…

President Donald Trump has threatened the federal funding and jobs of institutions and individuals that document, archive, and analyze historical materials. On March 27, 2025, Trump signed “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” an executive order that directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate "divisive race-centered ideology" from Smi…

Although Indigenous peoples are often perceived as standing outside political modernity, Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State (University of Arizona Press, 2025) by Dr. Andrew Canessa & Dr. Manuela Lavinas Picq takes the provocative view that Indigenous people have been fundamental to how contemporary state sovereignty was imagine…

Homeland security is rarely just a matter of the homeland; it involves the circulation and multiplication of policing practices across borders. Though the term "homeland security" is closely associated with the United States, Israel is credited with first developing this all-encompassing approach to domestic surveillance and territorial control. To…