Bad at Sports

Bad at Sports Episode 527: Hou Redux

06 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bad at Sports finishes our 5 episode look back with a return to the cultural impact of Hou Hanru. He casts a shadow that has only grown longer in the...

Bad at Sports Episode 526 AA Redux

29 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week we look back at our interview with AA Bronson founding member of General Idea and Printed Matter.

Bad at Sports Episode 525: Polly Apfelbaum

22 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The return of the Amanda Browder Show!!! She brings back her favorite memory from episodes past... Polly Apfelbaum!!!

Bad at Sports Episode 524 - Luc Redux

15 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

As we look back on ten years we pull a second episode back into the light... Luc Tuymans! We also reflect a little on how next week is EXPO Chicago w...

Bad at Sports Episode 523: Check Sunday's Trib

06 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: As there is a lovely write-up on us in the paper, we pull our most popular episode out from the vault, blow the dust off, lovingly re-prese...

Bad at Sports Episode 522 Brian and Patricia Unbury Their Secrets

01 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Brian and Patricia celebrate Bad at Sports's West Coast Bureau's aniversary a couple of weeks early. Patricia filled this as the show note... If I c...

Bad at Sports Episode 521: Terrain!

24 Aug 2015

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This week: Duncan will put a note here soon!

Bad at Sports Episode 520: 10 Years of Bad at Sports! The James Elkins art history farewell party

17 Aug 2015

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This week: TEN YEARS MAN...TEN YEARS!! This week we bid a sad farewell to our good friend James Elkins who has told art history "It isn't you, it's m...

Bad at Sports Episode 519: Katya Grokhovsky

10 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: The return of the The Amanda Browder Show! we talk with artist Katya Grokhovsky from her exhibition/residency at Soho20 in NYC. We talk abo...

Bad at Sports Episode 518: Renny Pritikin

03 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Brian and Patricia (and her stealth interns) talk shop and the sublime with Renny Pritikin, Chief Curator of the Contemporary Jewish Museum...

Bad at Sports Episode 517: Archibald Motley, Tracie Hall, and Amy Mooney

27 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week things get crazy. We check in from inside the Cultural Center with Tracie Hall and Amy Mooney. Together we look into the heart of the buildi...

Bad at Sports Episode 515: Colin Guillemet

21 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week Mark is back from Europe! From Waterside Contemporary... Colin Guillemet’s (b.1979) work highlights the difficulty of describing art, co...

Bad at Sports Episode 515: Orit Gat

13 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with Orit Gat at Superscript2015. This was one of the most honest conversation we have had in years. I think the context of b...

Bad at Sports 514: Art+ Positive and Iceberg Projects

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with Aldo Hernandez and Dr. Dan Berger of Iceberg Projects to talk about Art +Positive, Act Up, and the legacy for the 80s and 9...

Bad at Sports Episode 513: Janine Antoni

30 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Holy SHIT! Janine Antoni! shamelessly lifted from Art 21... Janine Antoni was born in Freeport, Bahamas, in 1964. She received her BA from Sarah La...

Bad at Sports Episode 512: Kochi-Muziris Biennale

26 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On December 12, 2014, the Second Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by artist Jitish Kallat, opened in Kerala, India. The second edition of the Kochi-Muz...

Bad at Sports Episode 511: Manish Nai

15 Jun 2015

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Bad at Sports Episode 510: Super Script 2015 (superscript#15)

08 Jun 2015

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This week Art Practical and Bad at Sports combined to produce audio that astounds! Listen as our hosts taken on wild ideas like “twitter” and “C...

Bad at Sports Episode 509: Paul Krainak

02 Jun 2015

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  This week Christopher Sperandio and Duncan MacKenzie get down and dirty with Paul Krainak. They try and get to the bottom of wtf the Inland Visual...

Bad at Sports Episode 508: Carl Baratta and Oli Watt

25 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to Carl Baratta and Oli Watt and we actually run this interview unlike when we did this last year. Also:   ...

Bad at Sports Episode 507: Edgar Arceneaux

19 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  This week we chase down the beauty of drawing, the perils of the 501c3, the question of economy and the base matter of humor, all with the brill...

Bad at Sports Episode 506: Jim Duignan, Michael Rakowitz, and Abigail Satinsky

11 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  This week we bring together artist who work with war, teaching, and infrastructure for a discussion about what the hell we think we are doing when...

Bad at Sports Episode 505: Pablo Helguera and Christian Viveros-Faune

04 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week in conjunction with EXPO Chicago we welcome Pablo Helguera and Chistian Viveros-Faune! We chat Socially Engaged Art. It is time for an app ...

Bad at Sports Episode 504: Tanya Zimbardo

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week Brian and Patricia sit down with curator Tanya Zimbardo during her residency at Krowswork, a center for Video and Visionary Art, in Oak...

Bad at Sports Episode 503: Mamie Tinkler and Winslow Smith

20 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  In this episode we check in with NY artists Mamie Tinkler and Winslow Smith as they visit the Suburban and we find out what is happening with the ...

Bad at Sports Episode 502: Mary Mattingly

13 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week we present the artist Mary Mattingly. We talk survival after the coming Robot wars, a life at sea, and how artists can relate to institution...

Bad at Sports Episode 501: R & R Studios

06 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week we present the artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R & R Studios. We talk displacement, Miami's writing of it's art history, and ...

Episode 500: Richard bids a fond farewell

30 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: So long and thanks for all the fish.

Bad at Sports Episode 499: Amanda Browder

23 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: The penultimate show of the Richard Holland era has arrived. There was only one person who could possibly have been the subject of this sho...

Bad at Sports Episode 498: Doris Salcedo

16 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: A very brief interview with Doris Salcedo with special guests Sarah Guernsey, Executive Director of Publishing at the Art Institute of Chic...

Bad at Sports Episode 497: Joe Zucker

09 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan talks to Joe Zucker. His show opens March 15th at the Parish Art Museum.

Bad at Sports Episode 496: Justin Cooper

02 Mar 2015

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This week: This show has everything, the Amanda Browder Show, Justin Cooper, Richard finally records a new outro, and some of the most annoying music ...

Bad at Sports Episode 495: Ben Davis

23 Feb 2015

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This week: Open Engagement 2014 Amanda, Duncan, and Abby talk to Ben Davis.  

Bad at Sports Episode 493: Judy Blum Reddy

09 Feb 2015

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This week: THE AMANDA BROWDER SHOW (TM)(R)(C)(WTF) Amanda talks to Judy Blum Reddy! Also Duncan MacKenzie, co-host/founder/dependant of this very pro...

Bad at Sports Episode 492: Tucker Nichols

02 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Brian and Patricia talk to Tucker Nichols

Bad at Sports Episode 491-A Blade of Grass

26 Jan 2015

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This week: From Open Engagement 2014 we talk to Deborah Fisher Executive Director of A Blade of Grass.

Bad at Sports Episode 490: Philip Vanderhyden

19 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to Philip Vanderhyden about his work, particularly his recreation/revivial/refabrication/collaboration/whatever-you-want-to-call-it...

Bad at Sports Episode 489: Chelsea Haines

12 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan, Abigail Satinsky and Columbia College Chicago's own Amy Mooney talk the author and curator Chelsea Haines. They -do not- talk about...

Bad at Sports Episode 488: MFA roundtable at CAA

05 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan (and eventually Richard when that jerk shows up) talks to Sharon Louden and Blane De St. Croix about the MFA and the profession of a...

Bad at Sports Episode 487: Rick Lowe

29 Dec 2014

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This week: SF checks in with artist and genius Rick Lowe!

Bad at Sports Episode 486: Meg Duguid

22 Dec 2014

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This week: It's a holly jolly episode, Duncan and Richard are joined by guest interviewer Anna Kunz and talk to artist/film maker/giant of thought Meg...

Bad at Sports Episode 485: Jillian Mayer

15 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Artist and videographer Jillian Mayer! Born in 1984 in Miami, the artist and filmmaker Jillian Mayer lives in South Florida. Her work has ...

Bad at Sports Episode 484: The Knight Foundation

08 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Shame on us, we are still posting audio from Miami 2013! This week we talk to Tatiana Hernandez of the Knight Foundation. Tatiana Hernande...

Bad at Sports Episode 483: Pauline Oliveros

01 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Brian and Patricia are joined by sound artist and Machine Project collaborator Chris Kallmyer to sit down with PAULINE OLIVEROS on the eve ...

Bad at Sports Episode 482: Dawn Kasper

24 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

As we sit back and ponder the upcomig Miami Basel, we share Dawn Kasper one of our favorite friends we made at last year's Pulse Miami where we ...

Bad at Sports Episode 481: Dr. Robert Cozzolino and Sarah Trigg

17 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Dr. Robert Cozzolino Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts talks the forthcoming UofC Pres...

Bad at Sports Episode 480: Amy Toscani and Walkerpalooza!

10 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: What starts out as a converation with artist Amy Toscani evolves into a wandering conversation with lots of exciting folks from the Minneap...

Bad at Sports Epside 479: David Rathman and The studio visit w/David Linnewah

03 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: From the BAS road trip to the Walker, we talk to David Rathman. Also a brief chat on the studio visit with artist and podcaster David Linne...

Bad at Sports Episode 478: Caroline Woolard

27 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to Caroline Woolard about bfamfaphd and more!!! http://bfamfaphd.com/   http://badatsports.com/2014/who-pays-artists/   http://...

Bad at Sports Episode 477: Rirkrit Tiravanija

20 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to artist Rirkrit Tiravanija

Bad at Sports Episode 476: Sylvie Fortin

13 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Live from Miami (many months ago) Duncan, Patricia, and Brian talk to Syvlie Fortin. From the press release when she joined: The Biennale d...

Bad at Sports Episode 475: Sweet Home Alabama

06 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Amanda Browder rocking like a hurricane! Amanda visits Alabama for her installation Magic Chromacity. Amanda talks to artists Lillis Taylor...

Bad at Sports Episode 474: Voltesque

29 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: From Volta, we talk to W.A.G.E., Joshua Dorfman, and Alexander Reben.

Bad at Sports Episode 473: Collector Roundup

22 Sep 2014

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This week: We talk to collectors, they collect things, art things, yup, they collect them. We talk to the them...about collecting...art. They are art ...

Bad at Sports Episode 472: Sabina Ott

15 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We're down with OTT (yeah you know us), Sabina Ott to be exact. Chris- Duncan will post a real note here later. Make sure you have it prior...

Bad at Sports Episode 471: di Rosa

08 Sep 2014

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Bad at Sports Episode 470: Adler Guerrier

01 Sep 2014

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This week: Adler Guerrier recorded in Miami at Pulse. Also, only 50 shows left people! We are auctioning off slots to the highest bidders. The MCA wil...

Bad at Sports Episode 469-Jim DeRogatis

25 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to Sound Opinions host, author, rock critic, and darn nice guy Jim DeRogatis. Metallica is ridiculed. Pitchfork too.

Bad at Sports Episode 468: Eric Fleischauer

18 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We start off over lunch with Chris Sperandio. Next Chris joins Duncan to interview Eric Fleischauer.

Bad at Sports Episode 467: Lauren Silberman and Kristen Schiele

11 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to artists Lauren Silberman and Kristen Schiele! Duncan chews loudly on mic! Amanda tells Duncan he looks like a naked mole rat wit...

Bad at Sports Episode 466: Casey Ruble and Roza El-Hassan

04 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: We talk to artists Casey Ruble and Roza El-Hassan!

Bad at Sports Episode 465: Nonsense with Jeff Stark

28 Jul 2014

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This week: Duncan, Richard and Amanda talk Nonsense with Jeff Stark! What is Nonsense NYC? Nonsense NYC is a discriminating resource for independent ...

Bad at Sports Episode 464: Martin Jon Garcia and Ultra Violet

21 Jul 2014

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This week: Painter, filmmaker and producer Martin Jon Garcia get lightly abused by Dana and Richard and we talk about his show Our Cultural Center whi...

Bad at Sports Episode 463: Maya Hayuk

14 Jul 2014

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This week: From Volta 2014 we talk to painter and muralist Maya Hayuk. Duncan's announcements: Normal 0 false false false ...

Bad at Sports Episode 462:NSFW with Rebecca Goyette and Lou Reads

07 Jul 2014

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This week: We might as well hang it up after this one, I mean where do we go from here? Rebecca Goyette: Rebecca Goyette studied undergraduate at RIS...

Bad at Sports Episode 461: Rhodessa Jones

30 Jun 2014

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Bad at Sports Episode 460-Dana causan problemas en México

23 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Dana B makes a run for the border. Dana B from What's the T? interviews jet-setting artists Leonor Antunes at ZONA MACO and Carson Fisk Vit...

Bad at Sports Episode 459: Adam Parker Smith

15 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Adam Parker Smith, he's more hilariouser than you, shut up. Lots of inappropriate stuff discussed. Dirty jokes too.

Bad at Sports Episode 458: Spring Broken

09 Jun 2014

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This week: To explain the show this week, I will use an internal BAS e-mail: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE ...

Bad at Sports Episode 457: Cristobal Riestra and Michael Jon

02 Jun 2014

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This week: Dana B's (What's the T?) Mexcellent Adventure continues. She talks with Gallerists Cristobal Riestra (Galeria OMR) and Machael Jon (Michael...

Bad at Sports Episode 456:Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon

26 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: BAS west coast checks in from the YBCA for a chat with Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.

Bad at Sports Episode 455: Prospect New Orleans with

19 May 2014

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This week: Live from our bed at Volta, the fine folks of Propsect New Orleans! We talk to Franklin Sirmans the Artistic Director of Prospect New Orlea...

Bad at Sports Episode 454: Pulse-ishness with TM Sisters and Frank Webster

12 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan and Brian in Miami! They talk to the TM Sisters and Frank Webster. Frank Websterhttp://fwebster.com/TM Sistershttp://www.tmsisters.c...

Bad at Sports Episode 453: Art and Politics panel at CAA 2014

05 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: CAA 2014 was the place and time, the event the BAS Art and Politics panel!! Daniel Tucker leads the charge with Duncan, Susy Bielak and Mar...

Bad at Sports Episode 452: Taylor McKimens

28 Apr 2014

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This week: Amanda talks to Taylor McKimens!! Taylor McKimens was born in 1976 in Winterhaven, California and lives and works in New York. He studied a...

Bad at Sports Episode 451: Vince Dermody

21 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Giant of consciousness, living legend of mischief, artist, and all around great guy Vince Dermody, co-founder of Law Office. April 23rd, 7:...

Bad at Sports Episode 450: Critical Practices Inc.

14 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Live from Volta 2014 Duncan, Amanda, and Richard talk to: Saul Ostrow Founder and President David Goodman Secretary and Director of Project...

Bad at Sports Episode 449: Susan Blackman

07 Apr 2014

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This week: Richard talks to Susan Blackman president of Art Advisory Ltd. about what it takes to be an art advisor, what they do and how they could se...

Bad at Sports Episode 448: Amy Mooney and Neysa Page-Lieberman on Risk/Dana B. goes to Mexico!

31 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Neysa Page-Lieberman and Amy Mooney tell us about Risk! Dana B. of What's the T with Dana B kicks off her series from the Material Art Fair...

Bad at Sports Episode 447: Andrea Bowers

24 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: This week, our resident feminist commentator Patricia Maloney sits down with one of her heroes, the Los Angeles–based artist Andrea Bower...

Bad at Sports Episode 446: Max Estenger and Mat Gleason

17 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Wanna know what Coagula firestarter Mat Gleason and formalist Max Estenger thought about the Whitney? They're happy to tell you. At least o...

Bad at Sports Episode 445: Katy Hamer Fair Roundup!(TM)

10 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Katy Hamer, who in addition to her superior intellect and charm ALSO has stamina. So she demonstrates that stamina in our bed... and by bed...

Bad at Sports Episode 444: Interdisciplinary panel at the BAS booth at CAA

03 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week live from the CAA conference 2014,  we welcome Adrienne Klein, Deborah Robinson, Paul Thomas, Paul Catanese, and Claire Pentecost to discu...

Bad at Sports Episode 443: Paper Monument

24 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: CAA continues with our interview with Dushko Petrovich and Roger White, founders of Paper Monument on the wild and wooly world of foundatio...

Bad at Sports Episode 442: CAA with Michael Rakowitz, Jenna Frye, Jesse Malmed, Matthew Smith

17 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan and Richard at CAA 2014! We talk to Michael Rakowitz in the first of what will eventually be a multiple interview series, this time ...

Bad at Sports Episode 441: Sharon Louden

10 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Live from Miami, well it was broadcast live at the time, whatever, anyways, Sharon Louden!! Sharon M. Louden graduated with a BFA from the ...

Bad at Sports Episode 440: Pulse - Rachel Adams and Jennie K. Lamensdorf

03 Feb 2014

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This week: The first of our series of shows receorded at Pulse 2013. Duncan and Brian talk to Rachel Adams and Jennie K. Lamensdorf.

Bad at Sports Episode 439: Hesse McGraw

27 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: From OxBow, Duncan along with with Abigail Satinsky and Elizabeth Chodos sit down for a chat with Hese McGraw, Vice President for Exhibitio...

Bad at Sports Episode 438: Skylar Fein

20 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Amanda talks to artist Skylar Fein!   Skylar Fein was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers in...

Bad at Sports Episode 437: Solveig Ovstebo

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: From our residency at Expo Chicago 2013 we talk to the new (as of June 2013) Director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chica...

Bad at Sports Episode 436: William Powhida and Charlie James

06 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Live on stage without a net from Art Expo Chicago 2013 (aka EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art) Dunc...

Bad at Sports Episode 435: Christian Jankowski

30 Dec 2013

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This week: Patricia talks to artist Christian Jankowski. Chaos ensues. Chewing too.

Bad at Sports Episode 434: 2013 Holiday Special

23 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This Week: Do Duncan and Richard take a week off, kick back, drink that eggnog Duncan makes with lighter fluid??? NO, no they do not. They undertake t...

Bad at Sports Episode 433: Expo Chicago - Sanford Biggers, Elysia Borowy-Reeder and José Lerma

16 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan and Richard at Expo Chicago 2013 talking to Sanford Biggers, Elysia Borowy-Reeder and José Lerma. From Expo's info: Sanford Bigger...

Bad at Sports Episode 432: Sonnenzimmer and Sarah Weber

09 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: First up, Sonnenzimmer!Duncan talks to Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi about the poster scene, the business of art and design and more! N...

Bad at Sports Episode 431: Takeshi Murata and Robert Beatty

02 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: San Francisco checks in with a great interview. Bad at Sports contributors Brian Andrews and Patricia Maloney sat down with artist Takeshi ...

Bad at Sports Episode 430 - EXPO panel Baer, Paddy, and Forrest Nash

25 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week! EXPO Panel! "Who owns the internet?" Josh Baer - Baer Fax Forrest Nash - Contemporary Art Daily Paddy Johnson - Art F City Richard Hol...

Bad at Sports Episode 429: Michael Velliquette and Oliver Warden

18 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: The Amanda Browder show rolls in to town! Amanda talks to Michael Velliquette and Oliver Warden Michael Velliquette has a show up ...

Bad at Sports Episode 428: Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette

11 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Scandal! Economics! Wendy's ads from the 80's!! We talk to Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette about It's the Political Economy, Stupid. ...

Bad at Sports Episode 427: Jen Delos Reyes

04 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Duncan, Richard, and Jason Dunda talk to a cast of thousands led by Jen Delos Reyes! Jen Delos Reyes is an artist originally from Winnipeg...