Podcast appearances and mentions of andrew downie

Leaving school at age 16 for a technical apprenticeship, Andrew Downie (@adowniebrazil) would stumble into his first journalism job while traveling in Mexico. Within five years he'd be working for The New York Times in Haiti. After decades of covering Latin America, Andrew now lives in Spain where he is working on a biography of soccer legend Pelé. Countries featured: Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Scotland Publications featured: The Mexico City News, UPI, New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, Time magazine, Reuters   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Andrew's website - https://bit.ly/3rdleRx His biography of Socrates - https://bit.ly/44RTmA9 The Instagram dedicated to Socrates - https://bit.ly/3PxT9xO Tariq Panja on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EBn3Ln Always Take Notes podcast - https://bit.ly/3sJQ4Sl Unofficial Partner podcast - https://bit.ly/3LiNqt0 Tommy Tomlinson substack - https://bit.ly/45PWQof Wright Thompson on Longform - https://bit.ly/3Ew7hRS   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Único jogador de futebol com três títulos do Copa do Mundo, Pelé morreu neste 29 de dezembro aos 82 anos. Ele, que defendeu o Santos por quase 20 anos, foi o brasileiro mais famoso do século XX. Além dos números inalcançáveis, como os mais de 1200 gols marcados, foi garoto-propaganda e embaixador do esporte. Para refletir a importância da vida e da obra de Edson, Natuza Nery conversa com o jornalista Andrew Downie, autor do livro “México 70: A mais bela Copa do Mundo contada por seus protagonistas”. Neste episódio: Andrew recorda como o gramado, os uniformes, a bola e a violência tolerada em campo eram distintas na época que Pelé jogou, fatores necessários em qualquer comparação com os dias atuais O jornalista enfatiza como a infância pobre de Pelé moldou sua personalidade pública Analisa como Pelé "representa o Brasil" no imaginário de todo o mundo e que depois do tricampeonato da Copa, conquistado entre 1958 e 1970, o Brasil passa a ser "o país do futebol".

Max Rushden is joined by Philippe Auclair, Andrew Downie and Samindra Kunti for a special on the life of Pelé, possibly the greatest footballer ever. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

No final dos anos 80 o Santos contratou Sócrates, um dos maiores jogadores da história do futebol brasileiro. Já longe de seu auge físico e técnico, o Doutor teve rápida, porém marcante passagem pela Vila Belmiro. Contamos a trajetória do camisa 8 no Peixe com a ajuda de Andrew Downie, jornalista escocês e biógrafo do craque, do professor Guilherme Nascimento, um dos maiores pesquisadores sobre a história do Santos e de Cesar Marques, torcedor corintiano que acompanhou de perto a carreira do nosso personagem.

The desperate search for an Indigenous rights advocate and renowned journalist in a remote area of the Amazon in Brazil has apparently come to a grim conclusion. Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips disappeared 10 days ago, and now there are murder suspects in custody. Stephanie Sy reports, and speaks to journalist Andrew Downie to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The desperate search for an Indigenous rights advocate and renowned journalist in a remote area of the Amazon in Brazil has apparently come to a grim conclusion. Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips disappeared 10 days ago, and now there are murder suspects in custody. Stephanie Sy reports, and speaks to journalist Andrew Downie to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The desperate search for an Indigenous rights advocate and renowned journalist in a remote area of the Amazon in Brazil has apparently come to a grim conclusion. Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips disappeared 10 days ago, and now there are murder suspecgts in custody. Stephanie Sy reports, and speaks to journalist Andrew Downie to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Brazilian police say a suspect has confessed to burying the bodies of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who disappeared in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest on 5 June. Mr Phillips' wife said in a statement that 'today begins our quest for justice'. Andrew Downie remembers his friend. Britain's Civil Aviation Authority has warned that the service wheelchair users get at airports has worsened: one man was recently left on a plane for two hours after everyone else had got off, and ended up calling the police for help - stories which are horribly familiar to Tom Shakespeare. His work has required him to fly around the globe, and it has certainly not been easy. The reasons the Kremlin has given to justify Russia's attack on Ukraine are many, varied, and sometimes contradictory. What they all have in common is that few people outside the country believe them. Anastasia Koro says that lying has become so common in Russia, that even the most ordinary interactions now have the shadow of mendacity hanging over them. Crowds have now returned to sports stadiums in Japan, but Covid safety measures remain in place. This means that fans are required to keep their mouths shut, for fear that cheers and yelling might spread the coronavirus. So, it was a strange atmosphere that greeted Hannah Kilcoyne, as she turned up to see her first ever Japanese baseball game. James Joyce's epic novel, Ulysses, has not always been well received: a 'colossal muck heap' said one critic, while another described it as 'an unspeakable heap of printed filth.' It is now a hundred years since Ulysses was published, and today the novel is regarded as a masterpiece, albeit a tough read. Chris Page says that its increasing popularity in Ireland reflects the country's changing social attitudes.

Author Andrew Downie tells us all about Brazilian football, from its origins to the present day. We particularly discuss Mexico 1970 and Socrates, which have been the topics of Downies' books.

The 1970 World Cup changed football forever as a swashbuckling Brazil team won the Jules Rimet trophy in fine style, and it's all documented in a new book, "The Greatest Show On Earth" by Andrew Downie - but how do you write a book about an event over 50 years ago that some insist on being paid to speak about, if they are still alive at all? Andrew tells the story behind this great slice of footballing history.

Kate Adie presents reporters' despatches from Ethiopia, the Cop26 climate summit, Switzerland, Georgia and Brazil. The conflict in Ethiopia has left the country's northern Tigray region largely cut off, with millions facing starvation. Among the many combatants now on manoeuvres are the “Oromo Liberation Army” – the Oromo being a people who live mostly in the centre and south of the country. Catherine Byaruhanga was given a rare invitation to meet them. Ethiopia is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change - the subject of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Among those attending were the BBC's David Shukman, a veteran of ten previous Cops, and someone who has watched at close hand the long battle to see the dangers of climate change. The ski industry is already preparing for warmer temperatures, with predictions that the snow at many resorts will regularly melt, or never form in the first place. So what can these resorts do to stay in business? Simon Mills reports from Switzerland. After former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was smuggled back into the country, and then chucked in prison, he went on a hunger strike leading to protests in the street. What exactly is happening is still unclear, but then Rayhan Demytrie says that when it comes to Saakashvili, it has always been hard to separate myth from reality. The pandemic meant that Sao Paulo's bars and restaurants were forced to shut – and yet there was one kind of food outlet which was permitted to say open, deemed an essential part of Brazilian life. They are called lanchonetes, local eateries with a tradition going back more than a hundred years. Andrew Downie explains why he is a lanchonete fan.

Grant speaks to author Andrew Downie about his new oral history book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup. Downie explains why the 1970 tournament in Mexico was so special, provides insight into Pelé’s Brazilian champions (thought by many to be the greatest team of all time) and details how he put together the book’s interviews with players from participant nations, many of whom are now in their 70s and 80s.Music: Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

Grant speaks to author Andrew Downie about his new oral history book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup. Downie explains why the 1970 tournament in Mexico was so special, provides insight into Pelé's Brazilian champions (thought by many to be the greatest team of all time) and details how he put together the book's interviews with players from participant nations, many of whom are now in their 70s and 80s. Music: Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The French political scene has a new kid on the block, or one might say, a new veteran. Eric Zemmour is his name, not one familiar in the UK, but Zemmour has long been well known in his own country as a right-wing television presenter. His controversial pronouncements on race, religion and immigration have in the past got him into legal trouble, but now he appears to be flirting with the idea of standing to be president. Until now, the French far-right scene has been dominated by one political party – indeed you might say, by one family. The Front National was founded nearly fifty years ago by Jean-Marie Le Pen. His daughter Marine then took over its leadership, though she changed the party's name to “National Rally.” Ms Le Pen had been seen as a serious challenger for the French presidency, in elections to be held next year. Yet some think she's now being eclipsed by Mr Zemmour. Lucy Williamson went to see him in action: It looks like Joseph Biden will not be allowed to forget the way US troops departed from Afghanistan, leaving the country to fall quickly into Taliban hands again. Rightly or wrongly, it's likely to be a millstone round the president's neck, should Mr Biden seek re-election in three years' time. That is a very different state of affairs to the way Afghanistan is talked about in Russia these days, or rather not talked about. Military parades there tend to focus on the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two, while some politicians like to boast about more a more recent conflict, Russia's invasion and occupation of Crimea in 2014. Far less is said about how Soviet tanks rolled into Afghanistan in 1979, only for troops to pull out a decade later, defeated and demoralised. And this silence has proved hard for those Russians who served in Afghanistan, or who lost friends and family there. Now, a new exhibition is allowing veterans of the conflict to express through art the trauma they suffered. Francis Scarr went along to see it: As a health correspondent for the BBC, Tulip Mazumdar has reported on medical problems around the world, and one she has seen plenty of is women suffering miscarriages. It is a loss whose seriousness is often not recognised, with many women suffering a form of grief every bit as serious as when a living person dies. And it's a common problem too; in the UK, it has been estimated that a quarter of pregnancies are lost. However, knowing all this, and having reported on it for many years, could not have prepared Tulip for the many miscarriages she herself went on to suffer, and which she frankly admits, she is still struggling to come to terms with. People do sometimes hold funerals for babies who are miscarried or still-born. But whether for a child or an adult, funerals serve many purposes: they allow people to express publicly their grief, in the company of friends and families who are there to support them. They may be an opportunity to look back on the life of the person who died, and to recall what they meant to those who knew them. What you do not expect is for funerals to provide the chance for a quick buck to be made, and yet that's exactly what happens in parts of eastern Nigeria. And it's not just funerals, weddings too may be targeted by extortionists, unwilling to allow the proceedings to go ahead, unless they are paid off. It is something Olivia Ndubuisi has seen for herself: We all need a break now and then, and that might involve a holiday. But is that something you would grant to prisoners? That is exactly what happens in parts of Brazil, where occupants of the country's jails are given occasional home leave. You might think this sounds absurdly indulgent, the sign of a country that has gone soft on those who break the law. In fact, Brazil's prisons are notoriously harsh, with assault and murder common. The actual purpose of giving prisoners a break from their sentence is to encourage them not to end up back there, after they're released, as Andrew Downie discovered. For details of organisations which offer advice and support with pregnancy related issues, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Socrates is one of the icons of Brazilian football. His effortless grace on the pitch, and his political activism off it, made him an unmistakable symbol for a generation of Brazilians.  Lesser known is the 17 minutes he spent playing for the Corinthian-Casuals. Having just scored for the opposition, he swapped his number 8 shirt and took his place alongside his Spartan League teammates.  This is the story of this iconic moment in 1988, when the Corinthians travelled to Brazil for the first time in 75 years for a showpiece friendly against their brothers in football, Corinthians Paulista.  To help tell the tale, Jarek and Dominic are joined by the club's Community Liaison Officer, John Forrest. We also hear from biographer of Socrates, Andrew Downie; dedicated Corinthians Paulista fan, Dilva Bandeira; and the Casuals goalkeeper who was on the receiving end of some Socrates magic, John Metcalfe.   --- Written, produced and presented by Jarek Zaba and Dominic Bliss.  Editing: Jarek Zaba; Audio engineering: Brent Davies; Title music: John Forrest; Artwork: Matt Alabaster; Website: Chris Kelly

This week we feature ‘The Republic', a renowned political and literary title from Nigeria. Plus: the new restaurant issue of ‘Bon Appétit', and football correspondent Andrew Downie tells us about his book, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup'.

This week we feature ‘The Republic', a renowned political and literary title from Nigeria. Plus: the new restaurant issue of ‘Bon Appétit', and football correspondent Andrew Downie tells us about his book, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is only one power Jair Bolsonaro thinks can remove him from power, and that is God - at least that's what Brazil's President, told his audience at a rally on Tuesday. He had called on people to come out and support him at events across the country - and come out they did, though not perhaps the million he had hoped would attend. Mr Bolsonaro clearly wanted to demonstrate that he still has voter pulling power, what with his poll ratings tumbling ahead of elections next year. Many blame him for the huge toll from Covid, a disease the President famously once dismissed as "the sniffles." Now, there are more than half a million Brazilians dead from coronavirus, yet he remains unapologetic. Tuesday's rally saw the President on full throttle, railing against the Supreme Court, which is currently investigating him in response to various allegations - the judges, he said, were communists. Watching all this in Sao Paolo was Andrew Downie. When you hear that a country has declared a state of emergency, you might wonder what kind of calamity has befallen it – a natural disaster perhaps, or invasion by a foreign army. Poland declared a state of emergency this week, but not for any of these reasons. Rather it was a fear that thousands of refugees and illegal immigrants are about to come pouring across the country's border from next door Belarus. Hundreds have arrived already - most it seems originally from Afghanistan and Iraq. Belarus's President Aleksander Lukashenko, stands accused of encouraging these people to cross from his country into Poland – as a way of provoking the Polish government. Meanwhile, caught in the middle, are the new arrivals themselves, many trapped in no-man's land on the Belarus-Polish border, as Adam Easton explains. It was “farewell Mutti” from German MPs this week – “Mutti” being the German word for “mum,” and the nickname given to the country's chancellor, Angela Merkel. She made her final speech to the country's Parliament, two weeks before Germany holds national elections. The result of that contest is still very hard to predict, with polls showing the different political parties yoyo-ing up and down in popularity. However, there is one outcome which is certain: Chancellor Merkel will no longer be Chancellor – she will stand down at the end of the process, after nearly sixteen years in power. She was famously Germany's first female leader , and also the first from the formerly communist East Germany … and yet, not all these labels are quite as straightforward as they seem, according to Damien McGuiness. The attacks of September 11th twenty years ago marked the beginning of what was called the “Global War on Terror.” This was conducted in many countries and in different ways – western countries fearing they may be targeted, just as New York's Twin Towers and the Pentagon had been. And it was fought against countries accused of harbouring terrorists, most notably Afghanistan. With US troops pulling out of Afghanistan last month, there's no sign of that “War on Terror” abating. One place that it continues to be fought with particular ferocity is in Africa – from Tunisia in the north, which has seen horrific bomb and gun attacks on civilians, to Mozambique in the continent's southeast, where a relatively new Islamist insurgency has cost many lives. Catherine Byaruhanga has been to many of these hot-spots, and reflects on how Africa has fared since 9-11.

Socrates FC'nin 68. bölümünde iki kişiyiz. İnan Özdemir ve İlhan Özgen, bu hafta Netflix'te gösterime giren İngiliz yapımı yeni Pele belgeseli ve İthaki Yayınları'ndan çıkan Andrew Downie imzalı Socrates biyografisi “Doktor Socrates: Futbolcu, Filozof, Efsane” vesilesiyle Brezilya futbol kültürü üzerine tematik bir bölüm kaydediyorlar. Ve sonunda kendilerini Marcelo Machado'nun üçlüğünde buluyorlar…

Socrates FC’nin 68. bölümünde iki kişiyiz. İnan Özdemir ve İlhan Özgen, bu hafta Netflix’te gösterime giren İngiliz yapımı yeni Pele belgeseli ve İthaki Yayınları’ndan çıkan Andrew Downie imzalı Socrates biyografisi “Doktor Socrates: Futbolcu, Filozof, Efsane” vesilesiyle Brezilya futbol kültürü üzerine tematik bir bölüm kaydediyorlar. Ve sonunda kendilerini Marcelo Machado’nun üçlüğünde buluyorlar…

Socrates FC'nin 68. bölümünde iki kişiyiz. İnan Özdemir ve İlhan Özgen, bu hafta Netflix'te gösterime giren İngiliz yapımı yeni Pele belgeseli ve İthaki Yayınları'ndan çıkan Andrew Downie imzalı Socrates biyografisi “Doktor Socrates: Futbolcu, Filozof, Efsane” vesilesiyle Brezilya futbol kültürü üzerine tematik bir bölüm kaydediyorlar. Ve sonunda kendilerini Marcelo Machado'nun üçlüğünde buluyorlar…

During these episodes we will take a look back at examples of mental ill health in football from yesteryear.  Today we're looking back at one of Brazil's all time greats, the man they called 'The joy of the people' and 'the angel with crooked legs', Garrincha.  A winger with a toxic mix of balletic skill and powerful running that bamboozled defenders at the 1958, and 1962 World Cups, as Garrincha, alongside Pele led Brazil to their first two World Cup victories.  But off the pitch, his life was so different. Garrincha was raised in the desolately poor suburbs of Rio De Janeiro by his alcoholic Father, following his Mother's death when he was a child. He would take that turbulent childhood into his adult life, his world a cocktail of alcoholism and failed relationships.  Eventually he succumbed to his addictions aged just 39.  To discuss Garrincha, we were joined by Andrew Downie, author of Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend Andrew translated the Garrincha biography into English, written by Ruy Castro. We were also joined by Roger Kittleson, author of The Country of Football.  

Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero meet up in the bar to chat about RoboQB, Sonny Pike, hype men and Mike tries really hard not to swear...If you want your free beer, then click herewww.beer52.com/distant You can get in touch with the team on social media https://twitter.com/distantpod https://facebook.com/distantpod https://instagram.com/distantpod You can find the clips from the Episode on our playlist https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbarDocumentary, Mike's Choice: The Marinovich Project. ESPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtNS9ivmZbsBook, Steff's Choice Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie https://amzn.to/2FZC2Uk ClipsMike: The Glasgow Diamonds. Best song ever. https://youtu.be/utsHE5xWgesElis: The Strange Case of Sonny Pikehttps://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10281855/what-happened-to-sonny-pikeSteff: George Weah solo goal for AC Milan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOLi3J4Y78 Elis: Marcelo Bielsa ordering his Leeds players to let Villa score against themhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4X6dVVZ58Mike: Northwestern fitness coach https://twitter.com/i/status/1290792638048808961Steff: Jossy's Giants Theme tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PEveJc8k8E

Our guest this week is Scottish journalist and author Andrew Downie, who has written on sport and politics from Mexico, Haiti and Brazil across nearly 30 years in Latin America. Andrew's work has appeared in the Economist, the New York Times, the Financial Times and the Guardian, and he is the author of the critically-acclaimed 'Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher and Legend.' His next book, 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' is an oral history of the iconic Mexico World Cup in 1970 and will be out in September. In this episode, recorded 50 years after the final took place in Mexico City, Andrew shares his experiences covering football across the region – as well as the inevitable crossover between sport and politics. Buy 'Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher and Legend' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Socrates-Footballer-Philosopher-Legend/dp/1471154076 Pre-order 'The Greatest Show on Earth' here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-greatest-show-on-earth/ You can follow Andrew on Twitter @adowniebrazil Follow us on social media: @MiradasPod Email us: info@miradaspodcast.com Visit our website: www.miradaspodcast.com

Sunday will be the 50th anniversary of the World Cup final of 1970 when Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in Mexico City's Azteca stadium to win their third World Cup in 12 years. But this wasn't any old World Cup-winning team. It's a team that's become encircled by an almost mystical aura, and carries the seemingly eternal tag of the greatest team in the history of football. We'll hear memories from Pele and the late Carlos Alberto, and find out how that team influenced a man who, many years later, would coach a Brazil team to another World title. To discuss why Brazil 1970 is so revered, Mani Djazmi, Pat Nevin and Alicia Ferguson are joined by two experts - Ricardo Setyon, who’s been to nine World Cups, often working with the Brazil teams; and Andrew Downie, who’s a veteran foreign correspondent including nearly 30 years in Latin America, much of them in Brazil, and is the author of a soon-to-be-published book about the 1970 World Cup called ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’. Pat also goes behind the scenes at the Etihad Stadium to tell us what it’s really like to commentate on a Premier League game behind closed doors during the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Pele celebrates Brazil's victory in the 1970 World Cup final. (Getty Images)

Larry and Andrew get into it with soccer expert and author Andrew Downie and discuss his upcoming book Mexico 70 about the greatest world cup of all time. They also discuss the MLB draft, "fight island", and Michael Jordan's 442lb catch.

Folks, we are in full-swing of the no soccer season. But that doesn't mean that soccer isn't on our brains, it is just taking a slight backseat to the surviving the global pandemic. Mack and Chuck check on each other's local covid-19 condition, and have the pleasure of talking with Andrew Downie about his book, Doctor Socrates. In a time where medical staff and soccer are in short supply, Andrew and the guys talk about the legend who was a professional in both fields

In this week's episode of Iconic: Players of the Beautiful Game, Adam and Andrew are joined by none other than the author of Doctor Socrates, Andrew Downie.

O telefonema da vez é para o jornalista Andrew Downie. Ele é escocês, tem quase vinte anos de Brasil e é o autor da biografia "Doctor Socrates". Sócrates, no caso, é o craque do Corinthians. Embora o livro não tem saído no Brasil, o texto ganhou elogios de caras como Juca Kfouri, Trajano, entre outros, e é o tema central do nosso papo. BG: Anderson Chames (Instagram: @andersonchames) O podcast também está no: YouTube - http://bit.ly/2DkUSTM iTunes - https://apple.co/2K2rbth Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2KecoYm E me segue lá no Twitter: https://twitter.com/ViniciusFeIix Entre em contato também pelo endereço telefonemaspodcast@gmail.com

You don't have to be Scottish to go to Brazil and tell them the story of one of their greatest football icons, but it helps... Andrew Downie is a journalist and author based in Sao Paolo who has written a brilliant biography about Socrates, the doctor-philosopher-footballer who shaped an era in one of the most-loved teams of all time. He also has extensive experience of reporting in conflict zones and works for the Committee to Protect Journalists - I asked him if being a Hibernian fan prepared him for such a challenging life in the field...

He was a footballer with a drink problem and various inner demons. And yet he was a genius; one of the greats. He was also a doctor and political activist - an icon for the working-classes of Brazil. There'll surely never be another Sócrates. Author of Doctor Sócrates, Andrew Downie, joined us to discuss the Corinthians legend and the book he authored on the man.

If you're a fan of football biographies, chances are you'll have read Ruy Castro's 2004 biography of Garrincha. It is an astonishing, idiosyncratic tale of a man who overcomes physical disability to win the World Cup and become one of the most iconic Brazilian footballers of all time. It is a bonkers story of a man who lost his virginity to a goat and fathered enough children to fill a football team and a subs bench. Brazil-based journalist Andrew Downie translated Castro's book into English for its UK publication in 2004. This is his insight into one of the craziest football books ever written See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’re a fan of football biographies, chances are you’ll have read Ruy Castro’s 2004 biography of Garrincha. It is an astonishing, idiosyncratic tale of a man who overcomes physical disability to win the World Cup and become one of the most iconic Brazilian footballers of all time. It is a bonkers story of a man who lost his virginity to a goat and fathered enough children to fill a football team and a subs bench. Brazil-based journalist Andrew Downie translated Castro’s book into English for its UK publication in 2004. This is his insight into one of the craziest football books ever written See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Socrates was one of the most iconic footballers of the 20th century. tall and thin, with a thick black beard and talent to burn, he lit up Brazil at the 1982 and 86 World Cups. But the football was only part of the story - Socrates was also a qualified doctor and political activist who campaigned endlessly for social justice in Brazil. His was a remarkable story and Dr Socrates, Andrew Downie's biography, is a remarkable book. Here's his conversation with Martin about it. Enjoy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Socrates was one of the most iconic footballers of the 20th century. tall and thin, with a thick black beard and talent to burn, he lit up Brazil at the 1982 and 86 World Cups. But the football was only part of the story - Socrates was also a qualified doctor and political activist who campaigned endlessly for social justice in Brazil. His was a remarkable story and Dr Socrates, Andrew Downie’s biography, is a remarkable book. Here's his conversation with Martin about it. Enjoy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, it's The Game Podcast Book Club! Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated joins us to discuss his new book Football 2.0: How The World's Best Play The Modern Game. And Brazil-based journalist Andrew Downie tells us about Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend, which is out now in paper back.Gab Marcotti also reflects on England's victory in Holland with Henry Winter and Stewart Robson, including debate on Southgate's back 3 and some regrettable scenes in Amsterdam. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew Downie is back to discuss his new book, Doctor Socrates, in more depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iceland has been one of the best stories in world soccer over the last few years—a tiny nation that is riding a golden generation to its first ever European Championship and then World Cup in the span of just two years. (We published a big feature on Icelandic soccer by Davis Harper that came out in the first half of 2016—so we were either ahead of the hipsters or super duper hipsters, depending on your point of view.) For this episode, George traveled to Iceland to speak with the technical director and president of the Icelandic FA—plus the president and first lady of the country itself. Next week, Andrew Downie will return to discuss his book Doctor Socrates. Pick up a copy here (Howler gets a small cut when you purchase with this link). And then drop any questions or comments you’d like Andrew to address into this form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Downie’s new book Doctor Socrates tells the story of one of the most interesting players in soccer history. Socrates trained as a physician but chose to become a professional footballer, and he was captain of the wonderful Brazil side that was expected to win the 1982 World Cup but fell to Italy, the eventual champion. He was a heavy drinker, smoker, and philanderer who was nonetheless beloved by fans of Botafogo and then Corinthians because of his incomparable abilities as a playmaker and finisher. He also led a movement called Corinthians Democracy that brought a social and political consciousness into the locker room, putting him at odds with the way business was done in Brazilian soccer and eventually with the dictatorship that ran the country. Doctor Socrates is the latest Howler Book Club selection—pick up a copy here (Howler gets a small cut when you purchase with this link). Andrew will be back in about a month for a more expansive conversation about the life of Socrates. Dummy relies on listener support. If you’d like to support the show with as little as $3 per month, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1965, the football writer Brian Glanville wrote an article about the state of British sports journalism. At the outset of the piece, he distinguished between two forms of sports journalism within the British context: the ‘more sensitive popular writer’ who ‘knows that almost every piece he writes is a self-betrayal, a selling out to the cruel machine which has produced him’ and ‘the quality writer’ who is ‘writing for an informed minority when, given the wide reference of his subject, he should be speaking to the generality’. ‘What is wholly lacking’, he writes, ‘is an idiom which will throw a bridge across the two cultures, avoiding, on the one hand, bathos, which is the nemesis of ‘good’ sports writing, and on the other stylised vulgarity, the nemesis of the popular school.’ Fifty years later and that bridge remains for the most part undiscovered: the British sports writer still finds themselves looking for an idiom. In the course of this podcast series, we are going to join in this search for an idiom. Bringing together specialists from around the world, we will take on the topics that are often ignored about the way the game is thought about, spoken about and played. Be it the epistemology of scouting, the creation and preservation of narrative, or the shadow world of capital that underpins the global game, each episode will seek to bring to light some aspect of the beautiful game and raise it to the level of scrutiny. In this episode, we’re talking about the future of football biographies. Joining us on the show is Andrew Downie, author of Doctor Socrates, a biography about the footballer Socrates who went on to captain the famous Brazil side in 1982. Andrew was born in Scotland but has spent most of his life as a foreign correspondent in Mexico, Haiti and Brazil. He now writes about sport for Reuters news agency. We are also joined by Alex Stewart, a creative consultant for uMAXit football who produces tactics and stats pieces for them. He also writes regularly about Football Manager with Iain Macintosh, and has been published in The Guardian, The Blizzard, and on the BBC.

No Podcast Rio Bravo desta semana, conversamos com Andrew Downie, jornalista e autor da recém-lançada biografia “Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend”. Na entrevista, Downie fala de seu interesse pelo tema, que tem a ver com a admiração pela Seleção Brasileira de 1982, e de seu objetivo ao escrever o livro: mostrar quem foi Sócrates, jogador do Corinthians e da Seleção Brasileira, além das quatro linhas. Com isso, ao resgatar a trajetória do jogador, Downie relata que foi com o decorrer do tempo que Sócrates passou a se engajar com as questões políticas de sua época, como as Diretas Já e a Democracia Corintiana, dois temas com os quais o jogador se tornaria para sempre identificado. Afora isso, o jornalista compara a posição de Sócrates com os jogadores atuais. “Hoje em dia, não existem jogadores de futebol que se posicionam sobre as questões relevantes de sua geração como ele fazia. Para Sócrates, jogar futebol era um ato político”. Entrevista gravada em 03 de maio de 2017.

No Podcast Rio Bravo desta semana, conversamos com Andrew Downie, jornalista e autor da recém-lançada biografia “Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend”. Na entrevista, Downie fala de seu interesse pelo tema, que tem a ver com a admiração pela Seleção Brasileira de 1982, e de seu objetivo ao escrever o livro: mostrar quem foi Sócrates, jogador do Corinthians e da Seleção Brasileira, além das quatro linhas. Com isso, ao resgatar a trajetória do jogador, Downie relata que foi com o decorrer do tempo que Sócrates passou a se engajar com as questões políticas de sua época, como as Diretas Já e a Democracia Corintiana, dois temas com os quais o jogador se tornaria para sempre identificado. Afora isso, o jornalista compara a posição de Sócrates com os jogadores atuais. “Hoje em dia, não existem jogadores de futebol que se posicionam sobre as questões relevantes de sua geração como ele fazia. Para Sócrates, jogar futebol era um ato político”. Entrevista gravada em 03 de maio de 2017.

O jornalista escocês Andrew Downie, autor de "Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend", conversa com o podcast do Nexo sobre o que fazia o craque ser um jogador único no futebol.

Hosts Rob Daly and Chris Parrott discuss the internationals: - Danny Blind is sacked by the Netherlands - France hand Mbappe his debut - Germany/Spain/England enjoy comfortable wins - Buffon reaches 1000 games - Ronaldo scores his 70th international goal Could Eden Hazard join Real Madrid? Plus, Andrew Downie joins us to talk about his new book Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend. Enter our competition to win a copy on our twitter page @FIEpodcast.

Rory Briggs is joined by the Brazilian football correspondent for Reuters, Andrew Downie, to discuss his new book 'Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend'. Andrew brings to light Socrates' influence on Brazilian football, his radical political activism, bizarre stories and legacy. Andrew has lived in Brazil country for 15 years. He has written on football for GQ, the Economist, the New York Times and the Guardian among others. He lives in Sao Paulo.

Etchegaray Nguluwe has represented Namibia in Paralympic sport at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. But, born with a club foot, he struggled to keep up in a category where many of the men he raced against had one leg amputated below the knee and used a prosthetic blade. In March of 2016, Etchegaray took the decision to have his foot removed. He has now been fitted with his own blade - a huge financial investment by Namibia's Paralympic Committee. Why do they think he is worth it? Do the Formula 1 drivers of today realise how much they owe to the pioneers of 1950? Amongst those lining up for the very first F1 race at Silverstone 67 years ago was a member of Thailand's royal family. Prince Bira was the driver, and he was managed by his cousin Prince Chula. Narisa Chakrabongse is Prince Chula's daughter. She tells Caroline about her family's involvement in the birth of Formula 1, how the pair would write their pit-lane boards in Thai so no-one else could work out their tactics and how the films her mother shot of the races helped her really get to know the father who died when she was just seven. Socrates captained one of the greatest Brazil teams of all time, yet spent more time thinking about politics than tactics. He was passionate, charming and hedonistic, but above all he was a thinker. Andrew Downie has written the first full biography of a man who introduced democracy to the football club where he made his name, even as the rest of Brazil was in the grip of a military dictatorship in the early 1980s. The council fields of Manchester are the new front line in the battle for supremacy between the city's two Premier League football clubs, United and City. Local boys have always made that journey from their local pitches to the biggest stage of all, but it is how both Manchester clubs are now pursuing children aged eight and younger that has brought comparisons with The Cold War, and an arms race. Knock-Out Sister is a bespoke boxing gym for Muslim women. The facility in Newcastle protects its members' privacy but allowed the BBC's Anna Foster in to see first-hand how the sport is helping women of all ages build their confidence and learn self-defence. A new study of water quality in public swimming pools has found that in 100% of cases, there was urine present. The survey, which was carried out in Canada, does not make for pleasant reading. So are public pools safe, and why don't people just leave the pool when they need to go for a wee? We hear from scientist, Fran Scott, and the Olympic Swimming medallist, Steve Parry (Photo: Etchegaray Nguluwe Credit: Michael Hamukwaya)