Shirtless Plantain Show

We spoke to Felipe Cardenas from The Athletic about his journey into covering football. Felipe told us about the grind from advertising/ marketing/ PR to starting his own blog. We spoke about his home, Colombia, and the amazing footballers that the country has given us with. In addition, we learned about his college soccer days, covering Atlanta United, the growth of the MLS and soccer in America,...

We spoke to Olu Alege, a creative extraordinaire. Olu talked about growing up in NYC/Bronx, playing basketball, being a Lakers/Kobe Bryant fan as well as his impact on his life. Olu has also started his own agency called "No Noise". We spoke about the difficulties of being a black creative in a world where we create but do not receive credit but with his agency, how he is bridging that gap, we spo...

We spoke to Christine Cupo, one of the best football minds we know about life, football and everything in between. She told us about her journey to become a fan of the beautiful game to becoming an Arsenal and Juventus fan. We learned about living in NYC during a pandemic/ quarantine while trying to stay fit as well her background in art. Christine also is a Soccer pickup organizer, she taught us...

This week's guest is an icon in the making, we spoke to DJ, Producer and football aficionado Conducta. We learned of his deep love for Arsenal and football, what got him into music, working with AJ Tracey to create the iconic track " Ladbroke Grove." In addition, Conducta spoke about how his Nigerian background shaped him into the man he is, spoke about his football kit collection, Kiwi records, h...

We spoke to former USMNT, Bundesliga, and MLS all-star Heath Pearce. He told us about his journey to the professional ranks, from Modesto, California, to Bradenton, Florida to Portland, Oregon to Scotland, to Denmark to Germany and back to America, Heath had a very exciting professional career. We learned about his career off the pitch, which includes DJing FIFA 13's launch in NYC, playing with Th...

We spoke to legendary photographer Mel D. Cole about his love for football, travelling to Rome, becoming a photographer, advice for people creating and we spoke about legendary SOB nights. Mel D. Cole told us about legendary SOB nights, hanging out with Kid Cudi, some of his favourite shots and his agency Charcoal Pitch F.C.  Big shoutout to Black Arrow FC. Twitter- meldcole Instagram- meldcole me...

Ethan White is the perfect picture of who are at the Shirtless Plantain Show, an intersection of  culture , football, #MENSWEAR, art and whatever else you want to throw in there. We learned about his journey from youth football to playing at the prestige University of Maryland program, to playing for his local team DC United, to Philadelphia Union to NYCFC. He told us about playing for Patrick Vie...

A footballer, a creative and all-around great man, Warren Creavalle. We spoke to Philadelphia Union's own Warren Creavalle about his journey to the MLS including his stops in Houston and Toronto, his creative brand, and working with his wife, designing the MLS Black Lives Matter T-shirt, MLS black players coalition, and playing in the bubble. Warren also told us about playing for Guyana and visiti...

We spoke to Sonja Cori Missio,  a Toronto-based writer who often covers Canadian, Italian, and Swiss soccer. We spoke about her introduction to soccer; her love for Udinese and Toronto FC. We also spoke about the importance of representation, more women's voices in the sport, and what she does to make that a reality. In addition, we talked about the Toronto Raptors, Canada's growth as a soccer cou...

Astead is someone you should pay attention to, especially in this political season, a great guy who had the pleasure of speaking to. We spoke with NY Times political reporter about his career, going to Marquette and being in a class with Jimmy Butler and Jae Crowder, how FIFA made him fall in love with soccer and Tottenham, and the current political climate.

We spoke to David The Host, whose journey has been anything but usual. From Baltimore to Australia to Amsterdam, his journey has taken from American football to brushing shoulders with the elite of the elite in European football. He has attended Champions League finals, the World Cup, interviewed some of your favorite current and previous footballers. He used to work for 433, one of the biggest fo...

We spoke with the legend that is Grant Wahl. Grant spoke about Bob Bradley, his career at Princeton, his career at Sports Illustrated, David Beckham, the MLS, going to the men's and women's World Cup, the state of soccer in America, and his short collection. Grant has been a major voice in soccer for the last two decades and he is not letting up. He was an amazing person to speak to and gave advic...

We spoke to owner and chief creative officer of Live, Breathe, Futbol (LBF) Ebun Olaloye about his journey from Nigeria to New Jersey to Philadelphia. Ebun talked to us about starting the business in 2010, the ups and downs of starting your business, the lessons that he has learned along the way. Ebun also spoke to us about his love for Arsenal, football, the city of Philadelphia and connecting fo...