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I know virtually nothing about soccer but I watch and review while I watch.   I speak about the human condition, psychology of sports fans as well as what sports means for a community and country.   Finished recording on 2/15/21 Show notes: -I never heard of Maradona until he died -Reviewing it in real time And now the documentary -80s soundtrack -Pele, the movie Victory, and the bicycle kick -Maradona and transcendance  -Knee to the head -Enduring quality about sports and art  -Sports, art, and identity -Napoli and rock star treatment -Pressure -Napoli is 0-4 -Soccer is brutal -My grandfather, soccer, and passionate soccer fans -Maradona’s style -Psychology of sports fans -Maradona persona -Where Maradona is from and the Hero’s Journey -The pressure on a 15 year old -How soccer served him -Mean soccer chants -Racist soccer fans -Reaction to Maradona -Camorra -Envious of people who speak multiple languages -Striving for the World Cup -Rise and fall -The handball during Argentina vs. England -Falklands War and symbolic revenge -A clenched fist -The sportscaster  -The goal -Argentina vs. West Germany (I don’t know who won this game) -How does the crowd affect the player? -Physical exhaustion -Argentina takes the lead -Argentina wins -How sports affected me, then and now -Back to projection plus a geopolitical narrative -Muhammad Ali, sports, and politics -Back to the effects of sports on people -Sports compared to policy -How sports can inspire -Pancake? -Admired to death -Sports as a representation of ourselves -Sports as a vehicle for Maradona -Argentina's savior -Gossip and attention -Repercussions of attention -"I want to play football in peace." -The rise of Napoli in 1987 -His baby daughter -League championship of 1987 -Back to teams, tribes, and identity  -I don't know who's playing -Still on the rise of Maradona in 1987 -Bittersweet Napoli victory? -Proving the doubters wrong -Like The Beatles -Celebration for two months? -Back to my grandfather -Social redemption -Not being left alone -More than God and the pressure that comes with it -Trappings of fame -Celebrities, masks, and the pandemic -Paparazzi and a vicious cycle -Boundaries -Substance abuse, fame, and the mafia -Changing and the importance of environment -Record player and blank VHS tapes -Soccer balls must hurt -Brain damage -UEFA Cup of 1989 -"We are the best. We are on top of the world" -We versus They -"Sell Maradona" - Maradona as a commodity -"He's the boss" (sarcasm) -More partying -"Cleanse" to play on Sunday -Direction of the documentary -Drug and alcohol spiral -Diego Maradona Jr. -Not showing weakness, toxic masculinity, and pressure -Drug testing -Money -Needles in his back -Sciatic, low back pain, and emotional causes -Taking advantage -His children -Back to the mafia -This documentary as a story -Why this is well made -Documentaries versus informercials -Was he a target on the playing field? -Napoli wins in 1990! -A bunch of grown men dancing -World Cup I, the Cup of the World -I wish I was fluent in Italian -Late 80s/early 90s styles -Backlash -Tension between northern and southern Italy -I'm totally wrong - Maradona is playing for Argentina against Italy -My limited understanding of penalty kicks -Screaming hell -Breaking his bond with Italians? -I think I have the World Cup figured out -Argentina wins and Italy is devastated -Maradona's peak? -What did Italians want Maradona to do? -Equating a soccer loss to trauma -It's more than a game, apparently -Conspiracies -No win situation -Maradona is now the devil? -Italian press -I still think it's just a game but understand the anger -How sports is intertwined with countries and people -Maybe if people were better cared for... -Wiretapping? -Why don't they translate "ciao"? -Prostitution -1991 -His last ten years? -Arrest -Stigma -Criticism regardless of image -Another side of fame -Camorra association -Trial -Mental pressure -Napoli vs. Bari -Anti-doping -More possible criticism -Disqualification -The fall  -Soccer and identity -How does he cope? -2004 flash forward -Walking with a limp -Psychiatric hospital -Substance abuse, stigma, shame -Difference between guilt and shame -Transcendant star -His life -His two sides -"Rebel, cheat, hero, and god" -"All that survived was the myth" -Gigantic mural -Coaching -Waddling -After 2004 -Post-credits -Acknowledging Diego Maradona Jr. -2016 -Encyclopedia Brittanica -Top player of the 20th century -Post 2008 -Coaching career -My review and wish -Human condition -A different way to podcast -Links! -We're in a pandemic -How I spend my time -Vaccines are here -Wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands -Get information from credible sources (BBC, NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, etc.). 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