{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/7bac3882-50a4-430e-badb-684da55c8891?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Football's place in public discourse","description":"<p>The announcement that 12 European football clubs intend to form a 'super league' occupied the top of the news agenda for most of the day on Monday.</p><p><br></p><p>Why does football - a game designed for entertainment, predominantly followed by men - occupy such a significant place in Britain's public discourse?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the place of football in news, politics, and political reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on why Britain seems unable to attract a high calibre of mayoral candidate compared to other countries.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribing</strong>&nbsp;to the New Statesman helps us keep producing this podcast. You can now subscribe for 12 weeks for just £12. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/subscribe12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/subscribe12</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We'd love to hear from you.</strong></p><p>Send us your You Ask Us questions via email: <strong>podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</strong></p><p><br></p><p>You can follow Stephen Bush on twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/stephenkb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@stephenkb</a>. Anoosh Chakelian is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/Anoosh_C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Anoosh_C</a>&nbsp;and Ailbhe Rea is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/PronouncedAlva\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@PronouncedAlva</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>More audio</strong>&nbsp;from the New Statesman: listen to our weekly global affairs show&nbsp;<a href=\"https://play.acast.com/s/world-review/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>World Review</em></a></p><p>If you are a&nbsp;New Statesman&nbsp;digital subscriber you can get ad-free access to this podcast by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubscribers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/nssubscribers</a>.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}