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The Bordello with Sam Adamo
by Sam Adamo
Sam Adamo hosts the universe's most enlightened podcast on Italian culture, football, & beyond. Sam is a young stand-up comic from Montreal who talks too much.Subscribe to the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes: https://YouTube.com/@SamAdamoFollow Sam on all platforms @imSamAdamo
Episodes
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324 - An Appeal to Tresoldi
Nicolò Tresoldi has scored a hat trick at San Siro and still wants to play for Germany's U21. But Sam has a plan to lure him to come home for Italy and play for gli Azzurri. Fiorentina's new president may be special needs. Pete Hegseth wants to shoot someone on live television. Sam cosplayed as a...
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323 - New York Mob Guy
Sam welcomes Cris Italia back with his balls out to discuss the lies of American cities and Pio Esposito's role for gli Azzurri on this episode of "The Calcio Podcast," a covert subsidiary of The Bordello. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Check out The Hammer Times everywhere...
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322 - A Peaceful Hostile Takeover
Sam welcomes Cris Italia back to discuss taking over the Montreal Italian Consulate and Mancini's Italy drawing France last weekend in the Nations League, and more on this episode of "The Calcio Podcast," a covert subsidiary of The Bordello. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Check out The Hammer Times...
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321 - Bello di Nonno
Sam and Cris Italia kind of sort of revive "The Calcio Podcast" as gli Azzurri begin "afresh" under Roberto Mancini in the Nations League and Sam attempts to orchestrate a hostile takeover of an Italian Consulate. They also provide a check in on Lazio's Mussolini Jr. and when we may see him play...
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320 - Paolo's Poopy Butt
Paolo Maldini has gone scorched earth on the FIGC and on Giovanni Malagò. But first -- some musings on the dictator GOAT debate, the correct ways to travel, returning to the homeland, Don Cherry's cultural guidance, and more. Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamo
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319 - The FIFA Czar (ft. Cris Italia)
Cris Italia returns (recorded 24/07/2026, before Pirlo was sabotaged and Maldini resigned) Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Follow Cris @criscitalia Cris writes about his beloved West Ham United here: https://greenstreethammers.com/author/citalia/
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318 - FIGC STATE OF THE UNION
The FIGC has a new president, a new crisis, and a new Paolo Maldini dramatic exit. God help us all. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo
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317 - HANG THEM BY THEIR FEET
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316 - A Balkan Potato Patch
Sam is back for a wartime broadcast on the eve of Italy's playoff final in Bosnia as Gennaro Gattuso's Azzurri look towards achieving their painstaking return to the World Cup. We examine how to honeypot FIFA executives into banning Iran from the tournament (just in case), the Northern Ireland...
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315 - Pirelli Tires
Mateo Retegui is headed to Saudi Arabia for a boatload of money while the Italian peninsula is re-inheriting three ageing EURO champions who will fight for the vacant spot with gli Azzurri, Federico Chiesa may have just been given a surprising opportunity thru some dark Ndragheta arts, Gianluigi...
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314 - American Football
A two-parter this week as the Club World Cup has been met with empty stadiums and lukewarm, diluted American fanfare -- but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from welcoming Juventus to the White House to watch him threaten Iran over their nuclear program to kick off the tournament. Italy's...
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313 - Wartime Consigliere
Gennaro Gattuso is somehow the new coach of the Italian National Team (credit/blame Gigi Buffon) and Gabriele Gravina is putting Gli Azzurri at risk. Israel go to war with Iran before going to war with Italian football later this year and some people can't complete their work. The Montreal Mafia...
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312 - Burn The Ballots, Burn Gravina
Gli Azzurri sensationally risk missing another World Cup just as soon as qualifiers get underway, Luciano Spalletti is finally deposed in the worst way possible by old man Gabriele Gravina, who will now select a replacement CT that will almost certainly not be as good an option as Carlo…
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311 - German Machines & Italian Men
Sam rants about gli Azzurri falling to Germany on aggregate in the UEFA Nations League quarterfinal following a mentally draining 3-3 draw in Dortmund. We’re comparing Spalletti and Nagelsmann's looks, discussing the defensive disaster, the squad's character, our boys' attention-hungry WAGs, the...
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Hot Shit in Tulum
Sam rants about how to look like hot shit in Tulum and how to take hot shits in Tulum, being forbidden from feeding a hungry Mayan toddler on the beach, getting in trouble with Mexican customs at the airport and much more Follow Sam @inSamAdamo
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309 - Venetian Ducks
Sam yells at DiLo about the Neapolitan traveling circus that invaded Roccaraso, Donald Trump Jr. hunting an endangered duck in the Venice Lagoon, Atalanta’s injuries and the head of Nazi science, toilet stalls in Mexico and much more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Please toss a 5 star rating on…
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308 - Flour From Campobasso
Gizmo joins Sam to discuss Nainggolan’s arrest for cocaine trafficking, €1 homes on the Mediterranean, Suburra, a creative issue to the homeless epidemic and more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo
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307 - Becoming A Jew (ft. Roey Rozen)
Sam welcomes comic Roey Rozen to the show after they were made to wait 4 hours to record this pod because we were waiting for Cris Italia to let us into the studio on a Sunday. Despite the logistical and technological obstacles that threatened to derail the episode, the boys managed to pull an...
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306 - Knights of San Marino (ft. Andy Haynes)
Sam welcomes fellow stand-up Andy Haynes back to the pod to chat about dry pastries, toddlers defecating, national football team groupthink, 23&Me, Italians voting for Trump, Canada being the newest state to join the union and more! Andy’s new pod “Beautiful Boys” with comic Mike Canon drops soon...
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305 - Weak-Hearted (ft. Cris Italia)
Sam rants with Cris Italia about Daniel Maldini, Vito the pug, Edoardo Bovè’s heart and the possible corrupt cardiologists in Serie A. That and more, enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & toss the pod a 5 star rating Follow Cris @criscitalia
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304 - The Elder Abuse of Claudio Ranieri
Sam rants about Alessandro Del Piero running for FIGC President, Roma desperately appointing Claudio Ranieri as manager, the Atalanta ACL recovery lab, and a French youth international switching allegiance to Italy. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it!
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303 - The Melodi Phenomenon
Sam rants about the Giorgia Meloni/Narendra Modi fascination, The optics of Fratelli d’Italia, being a serious Head of State, Trump meeting Biden at the White House, the Christopher Moltisanti jawline and more Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it!
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302 - The Curse of San Siro
Sam rants about Italy’s 3-1 defeat to France in the Nations League, appreciating your goalkeeper, the Paris immigrant football Church, the U21 Azzurrini and much more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and give the pod a five star rating to boost the show!!
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301 - I Saw Giovinco at Milos
In the aftermath of Italy's 1-0 win over Belgium in the Nations League, Sam rants about being on Kill Tony, the city of Toronto, seeing Sebastian Giovinco at Milos, the Belgian national team, Spalletti's army of men named Nicolò, where Federico Chiesa went and much more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo &...
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300 - Mixing Sports & Politics
Sam rants about Italy's 4-1 victory over Israel in the Nations League, people claiming the Israeli National Team should be banned from football and that the FIGC should have boycotted the match, where gli Azzurri should play going forward, Daniel Maldini and others' debuts, the privilege of dying...
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299 - The End of Lorenzo Pellegrini
Sam rants about the correct way to pronounce AZZURRI, the new Spalletti midfield following Italy's 2-2 draw to Belgium, what to do with Lorenzo Pellegrini after his red card, the looming Daniel Maldini debut and the need to throw young players into the line of fire, and compares the POS vibe of...
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298 - WOPs in the Apple Orchard
Sam rants about Macintosh apples, Fall activities with WOPs, why Italians in Canada are huge immigrants, footballers on cameo, American footballers’s weird vibe, the dynamics of Love Island and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod 5 stars to give it a boost!!
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297 - WHO Fired Daniele De Rossi?!
Sam rants about the Italy vs. Israel match, Lisa Ann growing up Italian, Fedez beefing Tony Effe, Daniele De Rossi being fired by Roma and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod to help boost it
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296 - The March on Paris
Sam is all dolled up to react to Italy's huge 3-1 victory over France in Paris at Parc des Princes, discuss Luciano Spalletti continueing to play Giovanni Di Lorenzo while some new faces make a positive impact, and go over how gli Azzurri's results against France and Israel this international…
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295 - Ronaldo's YouTube Channel (ft. Uncle Farhad)
Uncle Farhad of Turin Giants is back for a hang with Sam to dive into gentrification of the Caucasus, the time George Bush visited Albania, Cristiano Ronaldo’s new YouTube channel and how he can't act like a human, local instagram cringe vloggers and much more. Enjoy! Check out Farhad's sweet...
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294 - Drake Saves Venezia
Sam rants about Drake "saving" Venezia FC from bankruptcy, Italian hedonism and having the Azzurri be repped only by guys who hunt mushrooms. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod to boost it
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BONUS ARCHIVE - GIRO D'ITALIA (THE CALCIO PODCAST ep. 187)
In this BONUS TAPE FROM THE ARCHIVES (re-upload of episode 187 of The Calcio Podcast from September 6th, 2022), Sam chronicles a nearly three week-long trip to Italy. From a rooftop in Naples to a toilet in Rome, this is a pod for the ages. 4 cities. 4 rants. 1 totalled Vespa. Enjoy this very...
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293 - Strictly For Gentlemen
Sam rants about a Neapolitan tailor making him feel inadequate, Angela Carini and the Olympic boxing soap opera with Imane Khelif, Jewish funeral customs and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to help boost it
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292 - The Last Supper (ft. Nick Gentiletti)
Sam welcomes an old friend back to chat about the 2024 Paris Olympics drag wueeb Last Supper opening ceremony decision, the Olympics so far, Davide Ballardini's chrome dome, the legend of Jack Warner and other corrupt sporting officials, looking homeless, Ponzi schemes and much more Follow Sam...
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291 - Calafiori’s Girlfriend
Sam rants about craving cannoli, Ricardo Calafiori’s suspicious girlfriend, the path for Pafundi and Camarda to save Italian football, Greenwood signing for Marseille, escorts at the condo and more. Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamo and please write the pod five stars to help boost it
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290 - Mark Violets
Sam about England losing the EURO final, Marco Violi being framed for the Trump assassination attempt, Chiara Nasti & Mattia Zaccagni’s home invasion, Como’s Indonesian PR team and more. Enjoy! Rate the pod five stars to boost it and follow Sam @imSamAdamo
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289 - Luciano Spalletti Keeps His Job
Sam reacts to the news that Luciano Spalletti will stay on as Azzurri manager after Italy’s failure at EURO 2024, what changes we can expect now and whether this will solve anything. That and more. Enjoy the catharsis. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it
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288 - The Worst Italy Game I’ve Ever Watched
Sam reacts to Italy crashing out of EURO 2024 after losing 2-0 to Switzerland. Trying to make sense of the game, the tournament as a whole, who did and didn't show up, Spalletti's coaching, the FIGC's management, and where to go from here Please rate the pod 5 stars to boost the show Follow Sam...
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287 - CHIARA NASTI'S HUSBAND
Sam tries to dial it in after Mattia Zaccagni's all-time last-second equalizer at the death sends gli Azzurri thru to the knockout round at EURO2024 following a triumphant 1-1 draw with Croatia. We deliberate over whether Italy are even any good, panic over our failing fullbacks, praise the hands...
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286 - Spalletti Humbled (ft. Mike Luci)
Sam makes sense of gli Azzurri's performance in their 1-0 defeat to Spain at EURO2024 with Mike Luci. Chatting Spalletti's moves, our brutal midfield showing, Scamacca's isolation, Calafiori's game, some of the substitutions and more. Shot live on location at Melrose Resto in Little Italy…
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285 - Albanian Crisis Averted
Sam reviews gli Azzurri's EURO 2024 opener vs. Albania, provides got a little post-match analysis, breaks down the alleged Playstation ban, and flips out over the decision to let a nerd songwriter into the sacred Nazionale changing room. That and more. Enjoy! Support our sponsor...
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284 - Re-Conquering Albania
EURO 2024 is upon us and Sam is going to extreme lengths to galvanize his fellow Italians ahead of gli Azzurri's opener against Albania. On the pod this week: a deep dive into Italy's colonial past in Albania, discussing the vibes around Spalletti's side going into the tournament, tales from a...
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283 - Gasperini Betrays The Republic
Sam has a meltdown after gli Azzurri's EURO 2024 squad suffers two major injury blows and welcomes Venezia back to Serie A. That and much more, enjoy!! WAR!!!!!! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & please toss a rating on the pod to help boost it
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282 - Road To Germany
Sam goes over Luciano Spalletti's Azzurri provisional squad for EURO 2024 and fails to successfully dunk on Albanian men. That and much more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod 5 stars to help bump it
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281 - How Serie A Should Look
Sam rants about Allegri's majestic last stand, furniture shopping, Italy's forecasted EURO 2024 provisional squad, and the face of every Serie A club in an ideal world according to us. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and please rate the pod 5 stars to boost it
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280 - When Messi Cometh
Sam rants about Messi's visit to Montreal, Como returning to Serie A, the ideal cocktail of Italian clubs in the league, the 6AM club next to the Laval Tesla dealership, golf faux-pas and much more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & please rate the pod 5 stars
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279 - My Alma Mater
Sam goes off about visiting a university pro-Palestine encampment at McGill, Toronto FC coming to play his old coach's Montreal-based semi-pro team in the Canadian Championship, Salernitana fans deserving to travel to Cosenza in Serie B next season, and loads more. Enjoy the catharsis. Rate the…
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278 - Gay Day
Sam rants about a planned mass coming-out party in world football, the new Scampia housing project, young women and their babies, being humped by puppies and more Rate the pod 5 stars and follow Sam @imSamAdamo
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277 - Here We Go (ft. Nima Tavallaey Roodsari)
Sam has his Persian-Swedish-interista-lawyer-journalist uncle Nima Tavallaey Roodsari back on the pod for a long chat about the mind of Aurelio De Laurentiis, the behaviour of Fabrizio Romano, the Inter Serie A title win, Calciopoli Christmas bribes and much more. Great hang, enjoy!!! Subscribe…
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276 - Gamble Like A Man
Sam rants about dad strength, gambling sites, Greek restaurants and attending soccer tryouts on a stomach full of scones. That and much more. If you're in Montreal come to Sal Valentinetti's performance on May 19th https://linktree.com/insiememontreal Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Rate the pod 5 stars…
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Sam Adamo hosts the universe's most enlightened podcast on Italian culture, football, & beyond. Sam is a young stand-up comic from Montreal who talks too much.Subscribe to the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes: https://YouTube.com/@SamAdamoFollow Sam on all platforms @imSamAdamo
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