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Worldview
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01 South Africa Prepares to Host World Cup
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02 World Cup Quiz
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03 Soccer in the Movies
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WBEZ
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WBEZ (Chicago, Illinois)
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cpb-aacip/50-0000002x
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We're ramping up for the 2010 World Cup which starts next Friday, June 11th. We'll talk with the author of the book Laduma! Soccer, Politics, and Society in South Africa, about what it means for South Africa to host the Cup. We also quiz our listeners on everything World Cup, so call 312-832-3124 to play. Plus, Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik gives us an overview of soccer in the movies.
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01 For almost three decades during the apartheid era, South Africa was effectively kicked out of FIFA, the international body that administers all things soccer. It was barred from soccer tournaments because of its refusal to condemn racial discrimination. Now the country is hosting the 2010 World Cup. Peter Alegi is a professor of history at Michigan State University, and author of several books on soccer and South Africa, including Laduma! Soccer, Politics, and Society in South Africa, and African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. He is currently a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa and he joins us now to talk about what hosting the cup means for South Africans
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02 Two of our World Cup Bloggers join Jerome to test listeners' World Cup knowledge. Euan Hague chairs the department of geography at DePaul University. Dan Shalin covers sports for the Pioneer Press papers. To start off, we'll go back in time to look at some noteworthy moments in World Cup history...
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03 Soccer isn't just played on the field. It's also played in the movies. Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik, director of Facets Multimedia, says Ken Loache's recent football film, Looking for Eric, will appeal to a broader audience than just fans of the sport
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Distributor: WBEZ
Producing Organization: WBEZ
Production Unit: Worldview
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Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM) and Vocalo.org
Identifier: 30563 (WBEZ)
Format: Data CD: CD-R
Generation: Master
Duration: 01:00:00
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Chicago: “Worldview; 01 South Africa Prepares to Host World Cup; 02 World Cup Quiz; 03 Soccer in the Movies,” WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 23, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-0000002x.
MLA: “Worldview; 01 South Africa Prepares to Host World Cup; 02 World Cup Quiz; 03 Soccer in the Movies.” WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 23, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-0000002x>.
APA: Worldview; 01 South Africa Prepares to Host World Cup; 02 World Cup Quiz; 03 Soccer in the Movies. Boston, MA: WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-0000002x