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Grandstand Podcast

Grandstand Podcast

For the sports fanatic, the passive spectator, the sport haters and the curious. Hosted by Mario Garcia, the pedantic pontificator on a soapbox, Grandstand Podcast discusses the spectating of the spectacle and why sports matter.

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01:44:08

Episode 48: The Fans are Back

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2021/05/09

The 2021 Grandstand New Year has arrived! The mountain man, Rafaga De Palmer, and pride and joy of Grossmont High, Lil Mo, joined us to usher in the most wonderful time of the sporting season. Celebrating the first Saturday of May we reflect on the pandemic sporting year without the most valuable player in the game - the fans - and discuss everything from horse racing to quilts, Padres baseball, digital fandom and much more!

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01:59:11

Episode 47: Unwritten Rules

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2020/08/24

Fernando Tatis Jr., a prophet brought to San Diego by the baseball gods, recently sparked controversy when hitting a grand slam in a manner that violated one of the many “unwritten rules” of America’s national pastime. While the remaining purists continue to insist the unwritten rules provide important guidelines for how to play the game the “right way”, the majority of grandstanders in the sports world have made it loud and clear they find these codes irrational and antiquated.On this episode of

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02:28:52

Episode 46: Center Field (Corona Light)

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2020/08/18

Earlier this week on a humid summer day on Broadway Street in New York City two drivers had a near collision, then got out of their vehicles and screamed at each other over who retrospectively would have been at fault. Meanwhile, as they fought in the middle of the street everyone else sharing the street wanted them to move on and clear up the mass traffic they were inconveniently causing. After all, they both were partially at fault. They finally decided to swallow their pride get back in their

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01:26:44

Bonus Episode: Corona DELUXE

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2020/04/13

Back at it from the safety of our homes with more from the ushers! On this episode of Grandstand we’re joined by our political correspondent, Dan One Time Tex, coming down from space and dropping in on us live from Geneva, Switzerland; and from Chiraq, Illinois, Grandstand’s very own artist, lover and preservationist of the human experience, Skitch Bourbon comes in with sirens blazing. We discuss the current pandemic’s implications on interaction, surveillance, and our willingness to reimagine what

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01:40:22

Bonus Episode: Corona EXTRA

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2020/03/22

Not even being quarantined can ever stop the grandstanders from chirping away! Thanks to the beauty of skype and technology, Grandstand’s very own ushers, Rafaga De Palmer and Lil Tio Moy report to duty to discuss the Covid-19. The gang talks about their local experiences in the past couple of weeks, predict what implications this pandemic will have on this year’s world of sports, fear how dirty America's butt will become when all the toilet paper runs out and much much more!

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01:28:37

Episode 43: Breathing First, Winning Next

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2020/02/28

Grandstand is back and this time we’re going for the win…by any means necessary! On this episode the Pontificator and Professor discuss what has been the spiciest talk of the town in the sports world - The 2017 cheating, albeit winning, Houston Astros. How much does the cheating scandal in baseball reflect the larger ethos driving our everyday lives beyond the game? What can modest fishermen, Pac Man, Max Weber and Vince McMahon teach Major League Baseball and society about the problem our game

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Episode 42: The Perils of Fairness

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2019/05/13

Grandstand is back to kick off the beginning of the grandstanding sporting season, the first weekend of May. After the controversial ending of the Kentucky Derby in which the official winner was not determined by the horse who actually crossed the finish line first, but rather by a review of the replay video, this sparks a discussion on the effort of sports to establish absolute fairness. While a noble pursuit, can the progressive effort toward perfecting fairness come at the sacrifice of certain

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01:16:38

Episode 41: Amor de Lejos

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2019/01/06

And just like that we are back! For this grand return we get knee deep into talk of long distance love affairs, forgiveness and return. Is it really possible to keep love alive at a distance as is the case for the Charger fans left behind in San Diego? We attempt to make amends with the enigmatic faithfulness of grandstanders who have zero qualms or bitterness towards the Chargers despite the classless manner in which they handled their move to L.A. We dig into the complications of forgiveness and

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01:47:19

Bonus Episode - "Cosas Chingonas": The Post Mortem

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2018/07/13

On this episode of Grandstand the Pontificator and Professor are re-joined by the ushers to have a war of perspectives and philosophize over "what is?" and "why?". Calling in from Geneva, Switzerland, Dan-1x-Tex relentlessly bombards the conversation from a place of tribally detached objective reason, while Rafaga De Palmer comes in barefoot, pantless and angry from a WiFi accessible mountain in Big Sur, CA to defend the validity of emotion within the sporting discourse. For almost two hours the

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01:11:32

Episode 39: The World Cup is Here!!!

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2018/06/14

We’re back in the Grandstand, and there’s no better time to kick off season 4 than alongside the opening game of the grandest of all spectating spectacles - the Fifa World Cup!!! Considering the history and potential future of nation state divisions, we discuss the relevance of the World Cup in a corporate saturated, neoliberal, globalized time. Beyond being a tournament that determines which group of guys play the best futbol, is the World Cup simply just an experience in nationalist expression? In

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01:03:50

Bonus Episode: The Outsider

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2017/09/18

On this special episode of Grandstand Podcast we talk to Roberto José Andrade Franco, a freelance writer and History PhD candidate at Southern Methodist University. Roberto wrote a beautiful piece about the enigmatic and polarizing figure that is Saúl “El Canelo” Álvarez. At the conclusion of this weekend's much anticipated and potentially career defining fight with Gennady Golovikin, questions about Canelo's legacy remain. We go inside and out of the ring with Roberto to explain why Canelo triggers

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01:19:02

Episode 37: Sore Winners: The Bastard Children of the...

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2017/08/05

Grandstand political correspondent ;One-Time in Texas Porras and usher extraordinaire Ráfaga- I told you I wasn't lying-Palmer; join us for the glorious finale of this season of grandstanding. The ushers divulge and discuss personal stories, the virtues and damnations of competition, heckling, crying, winning ugly, losing pretty, Tom and Jerry, drinking games and a whole lot more. When you finish listening to this grand episode we guarantee that you will want to go out and win at something. P.S. A

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01:14:33

Episode 36: Ehhh...

Grandstand Podcast ·

2017/07/07

One of the great distractions from the corruption and human rights abuses supported by FIFA in recent years have been the grandstanders of the Mexican National Soccer Team. On this episode, the Pontificator and Professor discuss the controversial “Puto” chant at Mexican soccer games - both a joyful cry of unity, yet also a cringe inducing reminder of prejudice and marginalization. Is it indeed a homophobic chant and is censorship the best solution? Late in the episode, the one and only Lil Mo joins

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01:06:15

Episode 35: The Raconteur: Searching for V.H. Morales

Grandstand Podcast ·

2017/06/13

As spectators we get to witness the play on the field and form mini narratives that we superimpose on the larger story. But helping us along the way are all of the interlocutors that are contextualizing every facet of the spectacle. On this episode we are joined by Grandstand's resident political scientist, legal adviser to outer space, and Tweeter extraordinaire - Dan 1x Tex - to discuss one our favorite players on the sporting periphery - the broadcasters. It's these narrators who help turn

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01:15:58

Episode 34: Booze, Boxing and Broncos

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2017/05/11

Similar to Thanksgiving day in America, the First Saturday of May is a holiday that can be seen as a tale of two sporting cultures: in their genteel slacks, hats and dresses, the Anglos like to gather early in the day to sip on bourbon and bet on the broncos. Elsewhere, the Spanish don't come together until nightfall when they indulge on beer and bet on the boxers. But at Grandstand we’ve learned that we are what the professional booze marketers describe as “Born Bold”. We are both Aqui y Alla, and

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01:11:20

Episode 33: Keep it Clean

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2017/04/18

Have you ever asked yourself who is the most anomalous devotee of the spectating spectacle? What’s the deal with these seemingly invisible arbitrating personages who giveth humanity and order to our games? Guest Tim Tipton, seasoned veteran of the public school teaching spectacle, joins us for a conversation about the parallels between teachers and referees. What gives for these discreet protagonists of the games we play on and off the field?

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01:11:32

Episode 32: The Bootstrap Baseball Classic

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2017/03/27

The USA has finally won the World Baseball Classic, but did anyone in America even notice? In other parts of the baseball spectating world the WBC is a big deal and some grandstanders and national team ballplayers have gone out of their way to make sure everyone knows it (much to the chagrin of Ian Kinsler). How will the nose to the grindstone good ol’ boys club survive the theatre of international competition with its drama of subtle sleights, restrained oversimplifications, cultural typecasting,

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01:15:00

Episode 31: Bimbo Bread and Basketball

Grandstand Podcast ·

2017/03/06

As a young, Bimbo bread eating school boy, the Pontificator spent every recess zealously shooting hoops with his fellow mini scholars; but as he grew older, beard aging longer and grayer, his once young appreciation for America’s homegrown cosmopolitan sport faded away. He now wonders why. The Real BR (formerly from Brooklyn), joins the Grandstand this episode to discuss his love for the sport of slam dunks and alley-oops. We talk granny shots, individualism, ads on jerseys and more - as the

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01:21:47

Episode 30: Still Healing

Grandstand Podcast ·

2017/02/12

Times are changing that’s already been established, and thus now is a perfect time for grandstanders to reexamine their roles in shaping that change as well as asking what goes into forming lasting and well regarded institutions. For this dilatory episode of Grandstand Podcast the Professor and Pontificator talk about what MLS in San Diego supporters can learn from Charger defectors to the Raider Nation brand. A grandstandy discussion about the perils and polemics of putting the cart before the

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01:08:29

Episode 29: The San Diego Heal

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2017/01/23

They’re gone, but Grandstand is still chattering on, how could we not? The Professor and Pontificator spin a tight web of conclusions about the Chargers’ departure, conclusions that have very little to do with the politicking, the back stabbing and the extortion narrative. Have a listen to a romance tinted conversation about departures, arrivals, revelations and a healer saint named Saint Didacus.

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