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Sam is back for a wartime broadcast on the eve of Italy's playoff final in Bosnia as Gennaro Gattuso's Azzurri look towards achieving their painstaking return to the World Cup. We examine how to honeypot FIFA executives into banning Iran from the tournament (just in case), the Northern Ireland result, Mo Kean's new name, teams like Jamaica qualifying, the bald epidemic in the Azzurri camp and MUCH...

Mateo Retegui is headed to Saudi Arabia for a boatload of money while the Italian peninsula is re-inheriting three ageing EURO champions who will fight for the vacant spot with gli Azzurri, Federico Chiesa may have just been given a surprising opportunity thru some dark Ndragheta arts, Gianluigi Donnarumma snaps Jamal Musiala's leg and Neuer goes full Gestapo, Lazio can't sign players and must rol...

A two-parter this week as the Club World Cup has been met with empty stadiums and lukewarm, diluted American fanfare -- but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from welcoming Juventus to the White House to watch him threaten Iran over their nuclear program to kick off the tournament. Italy's U21 EURO campaign came to close after a heroic display from a new star and a horrible display from an e...

Gennaro Gattuso is somehow the new coach of the Italian National Team (credit/blame Gigi Buffon) and Gabriele Gravina is putting Gli Azzurri at risk. Israel go to war with Iran before going to war with Italian football later this year and some people can't complete their work. The Montreal Mafia saw devastating arrests, including of a figure whose name is dangerously close to the host of this show...

Gli Azzurri sensationally risk missing another World Cup just as soon as qualifiers get underway, Luciano Spalletti is finally deposed in the worst way possible by old man Gabriele Gravina, who will now select a replacement CT that will almost certainly not be as good an option as Carlo Ancelotti. Plus, Italy votes not to reduce the number of years a foreigner must have residency before applying f...

Sam rants about gli Azzurri falling to Germany on aggregate in the UEFA Nations League quarterfinal following a mentally draining 3-3 draw in Dortmund. Comparing Spalletti and Nagelsmann's looks, discussing the defensive disaster, the squad's character, our boys' attention-hungry WAGs, the Kean phenomenon and other forwards at our disposal, and much more. Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamo and toss...

Sam rants about how to look like hot shit in Tulum and how to take hot shits in Tulum, being forbidden from feeding a hungry Mayan toddler on the beach, getting in trouble with Mexican customs at the airport and much more Follow Sam @inSamAdamo

Sam yells at DiLo about the Neapolitan traveling circus that invaded Roccaraso, Donald Trump Jr. hunting an endangered duck in the Venice Lagoon, Atalanta’s injuries and the head of Nazi science, toilet stalls in Mexico and much more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Please toss a 5 star rating on the show’s page to help boost us

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

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!! Sorry for the...

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 soon Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and toss a 5 star rating on the show to help boost it Follow Andy:...

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 rating Follow Cris @criscitalia

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!

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 more Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it!

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!!

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

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!

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 & rate the po...

Sam rants about Macintosh apples, Fall activities with WOPs, why Italians in Canada are huge immigrants, footballers on cameo, American footballers’s weird vibe, the dynamics of Love Island and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod 5 stars to give it a boost!!

Sam rants about the Italy vs. Israel match, Lisa Ann growing up Italian, Fedez beefing Tony Effe, Daniele De Rossi being fired by Roma and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod to help boost it

Sam is all dolled up to react to Italy's huge 3-1 victory over France in Paris at Parc des Princes, discuss Luciano Spalletti continueing to play Giovanni Di Lorenzo while some new faces make a positive impact, and go over how gli Azzurri's results against France and Israel this international break will shape how Italians should side on the IDF v. Hamas matter. That and more. Enjoy!! Follow Sam @i...

Uncle Farhad of Turin Giants is back for a hang with Sam to dive into gentrification of the Caucasus, the time George Bush visited Albania, how Cristiano Ronaldo can't act like a human, local instagram cringe vloggers and much more Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod to boost it Follow Farhad @TurinGiants and listen to the Turin Giants Podcast for Juve talk in English

Sam rants about Drake "saving" Venezia FC from bankruptcy, Italian hedonism and having the Azzurri be repped only by guys who hunt mushrooms. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod to boost it

In this BONUS TAPE FROM THE ARCHIVES (re-upload of episode 187 of The Calcio Podcast from September 6th, 2022), Sam chronicles a nearly three week-long trip to Italy. From a rooftop in Naples to a toilet in Rome, this is a pod for the ages. 4 cities. 4 rants. 1 totalled Vespa. Enjoy this very special instalment of the show, featuring check-ins from each destination of the voyage. At the time of or...