The Calcio Podcast

Sam rants about an Neapolitan tailor making him feel inadequate, Angela Carini and the Olympic boxing soap opera, Jewish funeral customs and more. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to help boost it

Sam welcomes an old friend back to chat about the Paris Olympic opening ceremony, Davide Ballardini's chrome dome, the legend of Jack Warner and other corrupt sporting officials, looking homeless, Ponzi schemes and much more Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & please rate the pod 5 stars to help boost it

Sam rants about craving cannoli, Ricardo Calafiori’s suspicious girlfriend, the path for Pafundi and Camarda to save Italian football, Greenwood signing for Marseille, escorts at the condo and more. Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamo and please write the pod five stars to help boost it

Sam about England losing the EURO final, Marco Violi being framed for the Trump assassination attempt, Chiari Nasti & Mattia Zaccagni’s home invasion, Como’s PR team and more. Enjoy! Rate the pod five stars to boost it and follow Sam @imSamAdamo

Sam reacts to the news that Luciano Spalletti will stay on as Azzurri manager after Italy’s failure at EURO 2024, what changes we can expect now and whether this will solve anything. That and more. Enjoy the catharsis. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and rate the pod 5 stars to boost it

Sam reflects on Italy crashing out of EURO 2024 after losing 2-0 to Switzerland. Trying to make sense of the game, the tournament as a whole, who did and didn't show up, Spalletti's coaching, the FIGC's management, and where to go from here Please rate the pod 5 stars to boost the show Follow Sam @imSamAdamo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam tries to dial it in after Mattia Zaccagni's all-time last-second equalizer sends gli Azzurri thru to the knockout round at EURO2024 following a triumphant 1-1 draw with Croatia. We deliberating over whether Italy are even any good, panic over our failing fullbacks, praise the hands of Gianluigi Donnarumma, laud Riccardo Calafiori's ball, and ponder where that goal will rank in the history of I...

Sam makes sense of gli Azzurri's performance in their 1-0 defeat to Spain at EURO2024 with Mike Luci. Chatting Spalletti's moves, our brutal midfield showing, Scamacca's isolation, Calafiori's game, some of the substitutions and more. Shot live on location at Melrose Resto in Little Italy (shoutout to them for letting us film there, good pizza and good fellas). Enjoy the therapy session. Sponsored...

Sam reviews gli Azzurri's EURO 2024 opener vs. Albania, provides got a little post-match analysis, breaks down the alleged Playstation ban, and flips out over the decision to let a nerd songwriter into the sacred Nazionale changing room. That and more. Enjoy! Support our sponsor evangelistasports.com Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Rate the show 5 stars to help boost it --- Send in a voice message: https:/...

EURO 2024 is upon us and Sam is going to extreme lengths to galvanize his fellow Italians ahead of gli Azzurri's opener against Albania. On the pod this week: a deep dive into Italy's colonial past in Albania, discussing the vibes around Spalletti's side going into the tournament, tales from a local nuru and casino, comparing Italy to France, plus much more. Enjoy. War!!!!!! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo...

Sam has a meltdown after gli Azzurri's EURO 2024 squad suffers two major injury blows and welcomes Venezia back to Serie A. That and much more, enjoy!! WAR!!!!!! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & please toss a rating on the pod to help boost it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam goes over Luciano Spalletti's Azzurri provisional squad for EURO 2024 and fails to successfully dunk on Albanian men. That and more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & rate the pod 5 stars to help bump it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam rants about Allegri's majestic last stand, furniture shopping, Italy's forecasted EURO 2024 provisional squad, and the face of every Serie A club in an ideal world according to us. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo and please rate the pod 5 stars to boost it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam rants about Messi's visit to Montreal, Como returning to Serie A, the ideal cocktail of Italian clubs in the league, the 6AM club next to the Laval Tesla dealership, golf faux-pas and much more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & please rate the pod 5 stars --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam goes off about visiting a university pro-Palestine encampment at McGill, Toronto FC coming to play his old coach's Montreal-based semi-pro team in the Canadian Championship, Salernitana fans deserving to travel to Cosenza in Serie B next season, and loads more. Enjoy the catharsis. Rate the pod 5 stars and follow Sam @imSamAdamo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...

Sam rants about a planned mass coming-out party in world football, the new Scampia housing project, young women and their babies, being humped by puppies and more Rate the pod 5 stars and follow Sam @imSamAdamo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam has his Persian-Swedish-interista-lawyer-journalist uncle Nima Tavallaey Roodsari back on the pod for a long chat about the mind of Aurelio De Laurentiis, the behaviour of Fabrizio Romano, the Inter Serie A title win, Calciopoli Christmas bribes and much more. Great hang, enjoy!!! Subscribe to Nima's pod "The Italian Football Podcast" with Carlo Garganese (all audio+Patreon), follow him on Twi...

Sam rants about dad strength, gambling sites, Greek restaurants and attending soccer tryouts on a stomach full of scones. That and much more. If you're in Montreal come to Sal Valentinetti's performance on May 19th https://linktree.com/insiememontreal Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Rate the pod 5 stars per piacere --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam is joined by local sex icon and philosopher Mike Luci for a most enlightened meeting of the minds, as promised weeks ago. Buckle in. Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & follow Mike @MikeLucii Rate the pod 5 stars to help boost the show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam rants about condo leasing agents, his personal experience with Juan Jesus, the English and Italian football media, being accused of having the tism and more. Enjoy!! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo Rate the pod 5 stars to help boost the show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam is in London and is fully embodying the spirit of the proper Cockney bloke. Gli Azzurri played two matches stateside, so we ran away to Europe to be as far away as possible from the goombas who chose to dwell in the stadiums of Florida and New Jersey. The people who travel to London are a lot to unpack and this week's rant aims to do just that. Enjoy! RATE THE POD 5 STARS 📱Follow Sam everywhe...

Sam dives in on Francesco Acerbi getting booted from the Azzurri squad for calling Juan Jesus an ambiguous racial slur, the nuances of the N-word in Italian, Spalletti’s national team call ups and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam is joined by Freeway Frank to chat about dating younger ladies, old world radio, the Trudeau media dilemma, the covid years, who would’ve gassed gypsies at Dachau, the people of Bari città and more. Enjoy! RATE THE POD 5 STARS 📱Follow Sam everywhere YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamo INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/imsamadamo TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@imsamadamo --- Send in a voice messag...

Sam is with his friend Mino to discuss businesses being firebombed, Lazio duly losing to Bayern, which Azzurri players might be fascist, who still goes to the bank, overly supportive immigrant grandparents and tons more. Great hang on the episode this week, enjoy! RATE THE POD 5 STARS 📱Follow Sam everywhere YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamo INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/imsamadamo TIKTOK ht...

Sam rants about Messi ticket prices in Montreal, the new Azzurri kits, your kid having cancer vs being trans, German cooking videos and much, much more. Enjoy! RATE THE POD 5 STARS 📱Follow Sam everywhere YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamo INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/imsamadamo TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@imsamadamo TWITTER https://twitter.com/imsamadamo --- Send in a voice message: https://...