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The Sexy Beautiful Game?

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All over the world Soccer is known as The Beautiful Game. It’s also known as Football. In the USA, the moniker Football has long been claimed by what the rest of the world see as a gladiatorial spectacle, where the players clad in armor play a distant cousin of venerable Rugby, driven by the time demands of TV commercials. The World Cup 2014 has created an excitement unparalleled previously for Soccer in North American media. The fact that team USA remain a contender doesn’t hurt either. But, is there another reason why Soccer is rapidly gaining America’s attention? Could it be the appeal some of the soccer players have? Is The Beautiful Game sexy? To help us investigate this phenomenon, we invited back to Life Elsewhere, Caitlin O’Connell  senior writer at World Soccer Talk and Robert Priest founder and editor-in-chief of the new soccer magazine Eight By Eight. We’ll also ask our two Soccer experts for their up to the minute take on World Cup action so far.

Plus, Dr. Binoy Kampmark will join Life Elsewhere to answer the question, “Who Created The Turmoil In Iraq?”. Norman B will offer a tribute to the influential R & B pioneer, Bobby Womack, who sadly passed away this weekend.

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The Experts Predict?

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Screen Shot 2014-06-09 at 1.49.52 PMThe beautiful poster above for World Cup Brazil 2014 is courtesy of the brilliant new soccer magazine Eight By Eight. Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Robert Priest joined the latest edition of Life Elsewhere to talk about his magazine and his passion for the beautiful game. In the interview Robert explains his approach to putting together a publication devoted to a sport that is rapidly gaining wide acceptance in the United States. He also talks about The World Cup and offers thoughtful insights about his favorite sport and finally makes his prediction for the winning team. Time restraints did not allow us to air Norman B‘s full interview with Robert Priest. The unedited version is available below.

Another ardent soccer fan is Michael Dennis of FanChants who explains what Fan Chants means. Michael talks about the history of soccer fans singing the praises of their favorite team at the top of their lungs. Go to the Life Elsewhere Podcasts to hear samples of FanChants.

Plus, our dream-team of experts on the beautiful game, Caitlin O’Connell  senior writer at World Soccer Talk and Phil Schoen, lead play-by-play announcer at beIN Sports answer Norman B’s questions about World Cup Brazil 2014, including the reports of corruption, the games not to miss and are sexy players unique to soccer? Caitlin and Phil end the program by predicting who they believe will be the winning team.

Find out if you agree with the experts, listen to the Life Elsewhere Podcast