By Ben Knight

 

Been a while since I wrote anything about “It’s Called Football,” the podcast soccer show I do every week with Ben Rycroft and Duane Rollins.

A lot has happened.

After a fine year of steady growth, we have moved on from ThatChannel.com, seeking a bit more independence and control over where this thing is going to go.

For now, it’s audio-only, but that is going to change in the none-too-distant future.  The show tapes three times a week now.  I sit in on Mondays, with Daniel Squizzato from Some Canadian Guys Writing About Soccer filling the third chair on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The whole shooting match is available for download on iTunes – and a new feature launched this week lets you download the interviews only, if you want to hear the latest from Bob Lenarduzzi, Jason DeVos and a whole array of relevant, compelling guests without waiting through all our diverse and brilliant banter.

You can also tap into a vast archive of old shows by going to the top of Onward! and clicking the “It’s Called Football” tab.

From my side of the table, I have watched with pride and delight as Duane and Ben R. have grown into two of the best breaking-news soccer guys in the country.  And Squizz’s dry wit and deadpan emotional agony are beginning to produce some subtle, clever and deeply funny work.

As a musician, this show feels like being in a really good band.  I wish any of the bands I’ve been in over the years had ever had this kind of team spirit and compatibility. 

I don’t mention this an awful lot, because Onward! was designed to be about words – which is why I haven’t filled it with endless links to yet another interesting episode. 

If you haven’t discovered the show yet, please dive in. 

And please feel free to join the conversation.  We’re all journalists now.  The thing I love most about being part of this show is how often it becomes the jumping-off point for some really good conversations – in the TFC fan bars, or right across the continent.

Much more to come!

Onward!