Episode 2858: Robert Polito on Bob Dylan’s Knowing Innocence https://keenon.substack.com/p/thats-my-story-but-not-where-it-ends?utm_source=youtube
“That’s my story, but not where it ends.” — Bob Dylan, “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)” Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in the American story. But it is, of course, a narrative of second chances. And there’s no more of an American story than Bob Dylan, whose second act…
Episode 2857: Dimitri Elias Léger on the Haitian Scorer of the Greatest Goal in US History https://keenon.substack.com/p/does-god-love-haiti?utm_source=youtube
“When Haiti plays Brazil, Haitians will feel equal. Football gives even the weakest and the poorest a fighting chance. That is profound.” — Dimitri Elias Léger Yesterday, Simon Kuper defined the World Cup as a religious feast for all of humanity. Today, Dimitry Elias Léger asks whether God is watching.…
Episode 2856: Simon Kuper on Football Fever and Why the Beautiful Game Still Matters https://keenon.substack.com/p/one-life-in-nine-world-cups?utm_source=youtube
“The World Cup is a kind of religious feast. It’s like Easter, or Passover, or Eid, but it’s for all of humanity.” — A Church of England vicar, quoted by Simon Kuper Nick Hornby measured his (sad) life in Arsenal fixtures. The FT columnist Simon Kuper has measured his in…
Episode 2855: Margaret Rutherford on the Relentless Camouflage of a Perfect Life https://keenon.substack.com/p/what-if-its-a-bunch-of-shit?utm_source=youtube