The geography of sports movies (with Chuck Klosterman and Michael Weinreb)
Topics discussed
Introduction and episode overview
Analyzing the geography of Friday Night Lights
Fictional settings in TV: Perfect Strangers and Seinfeld
The cultural weight of small-town Texas football
Hoosiers, Rudy, and the myth of Indiana basketball
Placeless sports teams and regional identity
Sports movies for rural and isolated places
Downtown Owl and the challenge of filming blizzards
Oakland, Portland, and the stigma of working-class cities
Cleveland sports culture and the Ohio backdrop
Generic American backdrops and baseball geography
Indianapolis as a placeless city
The Super Bowl experience and media saturation
Hypotheticals: Winning vs. the thrill of uncertainty
Closing remarks and show credits
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