University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies

Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, discusses her recent book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (WW Norton and Company, 2025). In conversation with Catalina Caputo, Guadalupe Gonzalez Orozco, Marcus Goodbody, Yunue Moore, and Mary Jose Ortega Ortiz--students from the spring 2026 Latin American Studies Senior--Riofrancos offers insights into lithium mining and the landscape for environmental justice in Latin America. Recorded on May 19, 2026.

The Global Sport Lab welcomes three pre-eminent historians of global football in the francophone world to the podcast: Paul Dietschy, professor of contemporary history at the University of Marie and Louis Pasteur and editor of the French journal Football(s): History, Culture, Economy, Society; Stéphane Mourlane, lecturer in modern history and deputy director of the Mediterranean Institute of Social and Human Sciences at Aix-Marseille University; and Yvan Gastaut, lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Côte d’Azur. They join the director of the Global Sport Lab, Ron Krabill, to discuss why the World Cup has always been political, and how those politics have played out across nearly a century of men’s world cups. The Global Sport Lab, based in the UW's Henry M. Jackson School, is supported by over a dozen UW departments and schools and was founded in 2024. The Lab uses the lens of sport to explore the big challenges of our global world, such as inequity, politics, injustice, human rights, popular culture, democracy and the economy. Music credit: “Merci Kylian” by Laurent Dubois. Full song "Merci Kylian": music.apple.com/us/album/merci-ky…0482?i=1734841106 Music label: www.wotiproduction.com/music-1

Farnoush Djavaheripour is one of the only women who teaches the ancient Persian sport and practice of Zoorkhaneh (also known as Pahlavāni). Restricted to men within Iran, Djavaheripour is extending the practice to both diasporic and women and gender expansive communities alongside the University of Washington graduate student Sara Modjib Shirazi, who has founded a new non-profit called “We are Zoorkhaneh.” They share both their vision and the obstacles they face in conversation with Ron Krabill, Director of the Global Sport Lab. The Global Sport Lab, based in the UW's Henry M. Jackson School, is supported by over a dozen UW departments and schools and was founded in 2024. The Lab uses the lens of sport to explore the big challenges of our global world, such as inequity, politics, injustice, human rights, popular culture, democracy and the economy. Music credit: “Merci Kylian” by Laurent Dubois. Full song "Merci Kylian": music.apple.com/us/album/merci-ky…0482?i=1734841106 Music label: www.wotiproduction.com/music-1

Having led the US Women’s National Team to one of sport’s iconic victories in the final of the 1999 Women’s World Cup, along with two Olympic gold medals, Briana Scurry shares highs and lows of a remarkable career. One of the first openly gay African American professional athletes in the United States, Scurry’s was ended by a severe concussion. She sits down with Caley Cook, former professional goalkeeper and Teaching Professor in Communication at the University of Washington, along with Director of the Global Sport Lab Ron Krabill, to discuss her trailblazing early years and her efforts to strengthen diversity and player safety across US soccer. The Global Sport Lab, based in the UW's Henry M. Jackson School, is supported by over a dozen UW departments and schools and was founded in 2024. The Lab uses the lens of sport to explore the big challenges of our global world, such as inequity, politics, injustice, human rights, popular culture, democracy and the economy. Music credit: “Merci Kylian” by Laurent Dubois. Full song "Merci Kylian": music.apple.com/us/album/merci-ky…0482?i=1734841106 Music label: www.wotiproduction.com/music-1

Dr. Courtney M. Cox is the author of “Double Crossover: Gender, Media and Politics in Global Basketball” (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2025) and Associate Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. She talks about her book, the rapid growth and change – particularly in the experiences of the players – in the WNBA, and the intersections of race, gender, and nation with Dr. M. Aziz, Assistant Professor of Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington and Dr. Ron Krabill, Director of UW’s Global Sport Lab. The Global Sport Lab, based in the UW's Henry M. Jackson School, is supported by over a dozen UW departments and schools and was founded in 2024. The Lab uses the lens of sport to explore the big challenges of our global world, such as inequity, politics, injustice, human rights, popular culture, democracy and the economy. Music credit: “Merci Kylian” by Laurent Dubois. Full song "Merci Kylian": music.apple.com/us/album/merci-ky…0482?i=1734841106 Music label: www.wotiproduction.com/music-1

Lisa Uperesa is the author of the award-winning Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game (Duke, 2022) and an associate professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA. She sat down with Ron Krabill, Director of the Global Sport Lab, and Ronalei Gasetoto, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at UW, to discuss the book, the relationship between the modern diaspora of Polynesians and global sport, and Pacific Islanders in the academy. The Global Sport Lab, based in the UW's Henry M. Jackson School, is supported by over a dozen UW departments and schools and was founded in 2024. The Lab uses the lens of sport to explore the big challenges of our global world, such as inequity, politics, injustice, human rights, popular culture, democracy and the economy. Music credit: “Merci Kylian” by Laurent Dubois. Full song "Merci Kylian": music.apple.com/us/album/merci-ky…0482?i=1734841106 Music label: www.wotiproduction.com/music-1