About this episode

The episode discusses a documentary and a book that explore the intersection of football, comedy, and the human experience in elite sports.

Welcome to Friday’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. Elis brings in Kevin Bridges: In Search of the Beautiful Game , a documentary about football, comedy and the strange hold the game has on people. Steff has chosen Humans Not Robots: When Elite Sport and Real Life Collide by Michail Antonio, a book about the human reality behind elite sport — pressure, expectation, identity, vulnerability and what happens when real life crashes into professional performance. The Socially Distant Sports bar features Mike Bubbins from TV's Mammoth and Elis James from the "Elis & John" podcast. It's a funny podcast with sport at it's core. Subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts and you’ll get Wednesday and Friday episodes early and advert-free every Tuesday. AND you'll get a bonus episode every single week. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-socially-distant-sports-bar/id1503926981 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elis James, Mike Bubbins, Steff Garrero

Topics covered

• football
• comedy
• elite sport
• documentary
• human reality
• pressure
• identity

Keywords

• football
• comedy
• documentary
• elite sport
• human reality
• pressure
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Distant Pod Bonus Club, Acast

Books & works: In Search of the Beautiful Game, Humans Not Robots: When Elite Sport and Real Life Collide

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