Managing Madrid: The Solari Era

My response to the first La Liga victory under Solari against Valladolid:

The Kids Are Alright: The Case for Trusting the Youngsters

My attempt to reckon with the unattainably high standards of Madridistas:

The Weight of Club Culture: The Blessings of Unlimited Capital and the Burden of Greatness

And my appearance on the Managing Madrid Podcast discussing the 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen (patron only unfortunately).

Managing Madrid Podcast: Viktoria Plzen Post Game

Stuff I Like: Dissect Podcast

I’ve never been able to listen to either audio books or podcasts. Reading physical copies of books has been a fundamental part of my life for so long that digesting them in a different way still seems wrong to me. On top of that, any time I have a chance to be listening to music and I’m not feels like a wasted opportunity. So while I love reading and taking in new information more generally, it’s hard for me to give up potential music time for anything else.

That all changed with Dissect. I had completely missed out on this podcast – and all others – until earlier this year, when it became affiliated with Spotify and started popping up on my recommendations. I had never bothered to even look into the world of podcasts available to me before, but the promise of detailed analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly proved to be too much of a temptation to pass up. Continue reading “Stuff I Like: Dissect Podcast”