The Football Odyssey with Aron Harris

Jan 23 2025 72 ep. 63 mins
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A football history podcast that explores the past, present, and future of football through in-depth interviews with guests from all levels and backgrounds.

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The First Ever NCAA Playoffs

Jan 23 2025 6 mins  
A video essay that dives into the very first time the NCAA implemented a playoff system in football. Originally uploaded to YouTube on 1/3/2025.

Armen Keteyian - The Price: What It Takes To Win in College Football's Era of Chaos

Dec 04 2024 79 mins  
Armen Keteyian is an author and journalist. His newest book, The Price: What It Takes To Win in College Football's Era of Chaos, co-authored with John Talty, is an inside look at the rapidly changing world of college football that covers Name, Image and Likeness deals, conference re-alignment, the transfer portal and much more. The Price https://www.amazon.com/Price-Takes-College

Thomas Fuller - The Boys of Riverside

Nov 21 2024 59 mins  
The Football Odyssey is back from hiatus, and we're starting things back up with Thomas Fuller, a page one correspondent for the New York Times and author of The Boys of Riverside that chronicles that California School for the Dead Riverside Cubs and their pursuit of a championship. CSDR became a media sensation in 2021 for their dominance in 8-man football, and through Fuller's re

Dan Moldea - Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football (1989)

Apr 18 2023 45 mins  
Dan Moldea is an investigative journalist and author of 11 books. Today, Dan joins Aron to discuss his controversial 1989 book Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football, that explored the relationship between the NFL and the world of gamblers and bookmakers, as well as chronicled the rise of the NFL Security Department that was created to safeguard the inte

A Football Q&A with ChatGPT

Mar 31 2023 61 mins  
On today's podcast, Aron reads a transcript of his Q&A with Open AI's ChatGPT bot regarding various football-related topics. Aron's Email [email protected] TFO Blog https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accounts https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrp

A Conversation with Greg James of Gridiron America

Mar 22 2023 43 mins  
Today's episode features Aron on the other side of the mic as a guest on friend of the show Greg James' new podcast, Gridiron America, that focuses on the pop culture surrounding pro football and a look at the stories of men who play the game. This is only a portion of Greg and Aron's discussion, so to listen to the full interview, click the link below to Greg's new

Adagio for Rings - An Ode to the Super Bowl

Feb 12 2023 9 mins  
Super Bowl Sunday is finally here. Today, TFO presents Adagio for Rings, a highlight film chronicling the best plays in Super Bowl history and the path the Eagles and the Chiefs took to get to the big game. Aron's Email [email protected] TFO Blog https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/    TFO Social Media Accounts  https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc  https://www.i

Tom Waggoner - Designed In Kansas City : How Kansas City Became the Sports Architecture Capital of the World

Feb 03 2023 53 mins  
Tom Waggoner is an architect and consultant who has developed designs for Madison Square Garden, Notre Dame's football stadium and Kansas State's football stadium, to name a few. Last year, Tom published his first book,  Designed In Kansas City : How Kansas City Became the Sports Architecture Capital of the World, that chronicles how a group of architects pioneered the new fie

Chuck Klosterman - The Nineties

Jan 27 2023 97 mins  
Chuck Klosterman is an author of numerous books such as Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Downtown Owl and Killing Yourself to Live. His most recent book, The Nineties, is a collection of essays about a decade that occurred not too long ago, yet in many ways feels like an entirely different world. In this episode, Chuck sits down with Aron to discuss his book and a variety of other topic

TFO Special Presentation - 1957 NFL Championship Game Re-Broadcast

Dec 29 2022 183 mins  
The Detroit Lions are inching closer to a playoff berth. Will they make a push toward the Super Bowl if they get in? If so, it will be the first time since 1957 that they've reached the Championship game. On your long car ride to your New Years destination, listen back to that last Lions championship from 65 years ago today and ponder if they'll do something they haven't done in ov