The Calcio Podcast

Feb 01 2025 125 ep. 71 mins 66

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Scumbag Montreal WOP Sam Adamo rants weekly about Italian football & beyond, dragging friends on as guests when he’s lonely.

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308 - Flour From Campobasso

Feb 01 2025 73 mins

Gizmo joins Sam to discuss Nainggolan’s arrest for cocaine trafficking, €1 homes on the Mediterranean, Suburra, a creative issue to the homeless epidemic and more. Enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamo

307 - Becoming A Jew (ft. Roey Rozen)

Dec 18 2024 38 mins

Sam welcomes comic Roey Rozen to the show after they were made to wait 4 hours to record this pod because we were waiting for Cris Italia to let us into the studio on a Sunday. Despite the logistical and technological obstacles that threatened to derail the episode, the boys managed to pull an electric chat out of the hat, bridging the cultural gap between Italians and Jews. Enjoy!

306 - The Knights of San Marino

Dec 11 2024 67 mins

Sam welcomes fellow stand-up Andy Haynes back to the pod to chat about dry pastries, toddlers defecating, national football team groupthink, 23&Me, Italians voting for Trump, Canada being the newest state to join the union and more! Andy’s new pod “The Underrated Podcast” with comic Mike Canon drops soonFollow Sam @imSamAdamo and toss a 5 star rating on the show to help b

305 - Weak-Hearted (ft. Cris Italia)

Dec 06 2024 62 mins

Sam rants with Cris Italia about Daniel Maldini, Vito the pug, Edoardo Bovè’s heart and the possible corrupt cardiologists in Serie A. That and more, enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & toss the pod a 5 star ratingFollow Cris @criscitalia

304 - Inflicting Elder Abuse on Claudio Ranieri

Nov 27 2024 51 mins

Sam rants about Alessandro Del Piero running for FIGC President, Roma desperately appointing Claudio Ranieri as manager, the Atalanta ACL recovery lab, and a French youth international switching allegiance to Italy. Enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it!

303 - The Melodi Phenomenon

Nov 20 2024 47 mins

Sam rants about the Giorgia Meloni/Narendra Modi fascination, The optics of Fratelli d’Italia, being a serious Head of State, Trump meeting Biden at the White House, the Christopher Moltisanti jawline and moreFollow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it!

302 - The Curse of San Siro

Nov 18 2024 55 mins

Sam rants about Italy’s 3-1 defeat to France in the Nations League, appreciating your goalkeeper, the Paris immigrant football Church, the U21 Azzurrini and much more.Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and give the pod a five star rating to boost the show!!

301 - I Saw Giovinco at Milos

Nov 15 2024 58 mins

In the aftermath of Italy's 1-0 win over Belgium in the Nations League, Sam rants about being on Kill Tony, the city of Toronto, seeing Sebastian Giovinco at Milos, the Belgian national team, Spalletti's army of men named Nicolò, where Federico Chiesa went and much more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & toss a rating on the show to boost the pod

300 - Mixing Sports & Politics

Oct 19 2024 65 mins

Sam rants about Italy's 4-1 victory over Israel in the Nations League, people claiming the Israeli National Team should be banned from football and that the FIGC should have boycotted the match, where gli Azzurri should play going forward, Daniel Maldini and others' debuts, the privilege of dying on the job in Vicenza and much more. Enjoy!

299 - The End of Lorenzo Pellegrini

Oct 12 2024 54 mins

Sam rants about the correct way to pronounce AZZURRI, the new Spalletti midfield following Italy's 2-2 draw to Belgium, what to do with Lorenzo Pellegrini after his red card, the looming Daniel Maldini debut and the need to throw young players into the line of fire, and compares the POS vibe of Alessandro Bastoni to Riccardo Calafiori. That and more, enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo