NPLH Studio

May 13 2024 53 mins 16

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The home of all things audio from NPLH
In its flagship show, 'In conversation with...', the football podcast that's not really about football, Joseph Fordham, explores the stories of interesting and influential people shaping the football landscape, learning of their journeys, motivations, and more.
Through unfiltered, informal conversation each episode sheds light on the human experience, sharing insights to entertain, enlighten and, hopefully, embolden.
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55. Pete Hoppins

May 13 2024 75 mins

Pete Hoppins has a career path to pique your interest. After studying fashion in Northumbria UK, he found himself in London designing for Box Fresh. Wanting a change, he shouted "I'm a designer, get me out of here" and headed to Amsterdam for a role at Nike. They packed him off to Portland, Oregon where he'd eventually become Design Director for the sporting behemoth. Then he sacke

54. Aaron Durand

May 06 2024 94 mins

Aaron Durand is the Sports Marketing Manager at Avery Dennison and arguably the nicest guy in showbiz. He explains the role Avery Dennison plays within football and beyond (spoiler alert - they're everywhere) and gives a fascinating insight into how they can and will change the way the game is watched.We also rewind through career stints at Twitter, Adidas and youth counselling, an

53. Casey Peckio

Apr 29 2024 67 mins

If you know Virginia Dream and Vermont Green you’ll know the work of Casey Peckio; the US designers fingerprints are on the output of both clubs, not least Virginia. Their 2024 jersey release (you know the one) had all of our eyelashes fluttering in their direction and Casey shares details on the process behind it, why he works with clubs like these, how they push him as a c

52. Sarah Van Vooren

Apr 22 2024 67 mins

As co-founder of Atoot, the grassroots non-profit using football to empower young girls of rural Nepal, Sarah Van Vooren is doing what I’d call God’s work. And the good news is she’s not the only one! Sarah shares the origins and mission of Atoot along with the impact it and other organisations like it has on the individuals involved and the communities they are a part o

51. DiDi Haračić

Apr 15 2024 55 mins

DiDi Haračić is the goalkeeper for NWSL side Angel City.With a job like that it’d be easy to wrap up the intro there. But DiDi lives somewhat of a double life – when she’s not stopping shots, she’s taking them.Off pitch, DiDi finds peace (and therapy) through her lens, the ocean and often a combination of the two. We talk about both her photographic and football jour

50. Tarek Pertew

Apr 08 2024 74 mins

Aside from being an incredibly handsome man, Tarek Pertew is CEO and co-founder of NYC Footy, the co-ed league initially formed 'for fun' back in 2010. Fourteen years on, Footy has not only consolidated itself in the city, but has grown into the largest amateur league in the United States whilst only existing inside the boundaries of the Big Apple. For now, at least!Tarek

49. Maximilian Mansfield

Apr 01 2024 49 mins

Mack Mansfield is President and CEO of USL newcomers Brooklyn Football Club and Executive Director of Two Bridges Football Club, a non-profit dedicated to enriching New York’s inner-city youth through a first-class soccer environment, intense academic preparation, and leadership development.But before that, he was a young player with a dream of becoming professional and that drea

48. Jordan Jesolva

Mar 25 2024 69 mins

Enjoying the podcast? Support the show with caffeine here. Jordan Jesolva is one third of Neighborhood Sports Club, the creative collective using football, fashion and art to build community for the people of Oakland, California. That’s pretty cool, but we don’t really talk about that.Instead, Jordan shares the origins of her football love story, that playing professionall

47. Amy Drucquer

Mar 18 2024 57 mins

Enjoying the podcast? Support the show with caffeine here. This week I’m joined by This Fan Girl founder Amy Drucquer. And occasionally her coffee machine.Amy charts her journey from childhood match days with her dad and the sense of belonging that came with those, to the wilderness years of early adulthood when football stadiums no longer felt like home. Knowing this wasn�

46. Dylan Autran

Mar 11 2024 54 mins

Dylan Autran is one third of creative Collective Neighborhood Sports Club.A childhood desire to carve a career as a player saw him collect a few stamps on his passport via France, Finland and Norway.It was in the latter where the early seeds of NSC were sewn and a flight home to California, to turn out for hometown club Oakland Roots, would open the doors back to a childhood when f