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Here for the Long Ball
by Adele Jackson-Gibson
I’m a storyteller who wants to talk about the more interesting lessons, conflicts, and questions soccer has allowed me to explore — topics that intertwine with race, sexuality, culture, gender, beauty, nationalism, and my love for this sport. Find more interviews, essays, and more on hereforthelongball.com
Episodes
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What It Takes to Be a FIFA Referee with Kate Jacewicz
On our final audio episode of Here for the Long Ball I share the conversation I had with trailblazing FIFA referee Kate Jacewicz. She was the first woman to ref in the A-League, which is the highest-level of pro men's soccer in Australia. We met at the 2015 World Cup as soccer fans and I was…
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Telling the Stories of the Women Warriors Behind the Beautiful Game
On this episode, I hang out with Brazilian activist and documentary producer Kely Nascimento-Deluca and American award-winning author of Raised a Warrior, Susie Petruccelli, who both shared with me what it was like to travel the world and see behind the scenes of the lives of female soccer stars...
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Understanding the Open Stadiums Movement with Iranian Activist Sara
In this episode, I share a conversation I had with someone I was bunking with in France in 2019: Sara, an Iranian activist who had been advocating tirelessly to allow women to watch soccer games in her home country. Thanks to her and many women who have sacrificed their safety and risked being...
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Dismantling Barriers and Boarders through Soccer and Friendship
On this episode, was hanging out at the Festival of Football in Lyon, France when I met the amazing Supriya Kumari and Abhia Haider. Kumari is from India and Haider is from Pakistan, two countries that historically have not had the best political relations, and yet there they were laughing…
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Erin Blankenship on Breaking World Records for Social Change
For the Here for the Long Ball (#H4TLB) Audio Edition, I spoke with the amazing Erin Blankenship who is a conflict and security specialist as well as one of the founders of Equal Playing Field, a non-profit that uses soccer as a tool to end gender inequality in marginalized communities across the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I’m a storyteller who wants to talk about the more interesting lessons, conflicts, and questions soccer has allowed me to explore — topics that intertwine with race, sexuality, culture, gender, beauty, nationalism, and my love for this sport. Find more interviews, essays, and more on hereforthelongball.com
HOSTED BY
Adele Jackson-Gibson
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I’m a storyteller who wants to talk about the more interesting lessons, conflicts, and questions soccer has allowed me to explore — topics that intertwine with race, sexuality, culture, gender, beauty, nationalism, and my love for this sport. Find more interviews, essays, and more on...
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Here for the Long Ball is created and hosted by Adele Jackson-Gibson.
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