CurvAmerica Podcasts
By CurvAmerica L.L.C.
CurvAmerica PodcastsSep 13, 2017
12/18/18- Were the Champions/Europa League Draws Good for Serie A?
12/11/2018- Wk 15 in the Serie A
12/4/2018- Wk 14 in the Serie A
Fiorentina end their streak of 5 draws with a 3-0 beat down from Juventus. Napoli take down Atalanta to keep "pace" at 8 points behind The Old Lady. Roma come back in a thriller behind a golazzo by Understruck. Milan’s youth puts them in the top 4. Sampdoria make Bologna look like a Serie B team in a whooping. Empoli and SPAL draw in the mighty battle of 15 and 16th place.
11/26/2018- Serie A Wk 13 with Sam Eastwood of CdT
11/12/2018- Wk 12 in the Serie A and Champions League
11/5/2018- Week 11 in the Serie A
10/30/2018- Wk 10 in the Serie A
10/23/2018- Wk 9 in the Serie A and Special Interview with OTFR (Laz**) Fan Steven Moore
Stick for after this week’s episode for the podcast’s Benedict Arnold interview w/ the world’s 12 OTFR fans and Gianluca di Marzio contributor, Steven Moore.
10/09/2018- Wk 8 in the Serie A
10/02/2018- Wk 7 in the Serie A
10/01/18: Pod Special: Atalanta Now Podcast
POD SPECIAL! Atalanta, La Dea, The Goddess. They are a historically mid-table team, but have a knack for also being giant-killers, taking down the big names of Italian calcio. They’ve recently had big runs in Europa, to the delight of all fans who love an underdog story. The Atalanta fan base continues to grow globally, from their home of Bergamo in northern Italy, to England, and even in our own Sin City here in the US - Las Vegas! This was a really fun episode, where we discuss "The Tank Story," Rocky Balboa, and a new podcast - Atalanta Now!
09/24/18 - Wk 5 Serie A Roundup
Golden State Juventus take it easy on Frosinone by only beating them 2-0 - all Frosinone mothers are grateful. Napoli play another great game that has all their supporters wondering “what the hell happened against Sampdoria?” Speaking of Sampdoria, the fortress of Genoa is breached by Inter, who slowly but surely are contributing the rise in cardiac attacks in Milan. Fiorentina are still super young and getting sexier as the say to the rest of the Serie A “You see? It’s not that hard” with a 3-0 waxing of the Great Wall of SPAL. Gervinho has Parma going HAM against Cagliari, Milan doing their best to keep pace with Roma, and Roma? We got problems.
9/18/2018- Wk 4 in the Serie A + Champions League
9/13/2018- CR7 and Inter Milan with Mike Piellucci
09/04/2018- Wk3 in the Serie A
08/28/18: Wk2 in the Serie A
08/21/2018: Wk 1 - Serie A is BACK!!
A dark cloud hangs over and exciting weekend for all CurvAmericans, following the tragedy of Genoa’s bridge collapse. Two games are postponed and a moment of silence is observed before all Serie A fixtures. Nevertheless, Serie A is back and on ESPN, hopefully putting an end to shady Reddit streams nationwide. Cristiano Ronaldo’s much anticipated Juve debut is almost spoiled by the Geriatric Donkeys. Napoli and OTFR go toe-to-toe in Week one’s Game of the Week. Roma get a moment of brilliance to put them past their former teammates in Torino. And, finally, Inter come out flat and give the season its first big upset.
07/11/18- CR7, Milan, Summer Transfers, and WC Final Predictions
06/06/18- AS Roma Discussion with ESPN Associate Producer Steve Ceruti
05/22/18 - Wk 38 Serie A Roundup - Stagione Finita!!
Well there you have it CurvAmericans, the 2017/18 and the second season of CurvAmerica is a wrap! Spoiler Alert: Juve wins the league...again! Napoli and Roma cap historic seasons domestically and internationally. Inter pulls off this season’s last week miracle! OTFR and Milan will play in Europa next year….well, maaaaaybe Milan. Ciao for now Crotone (single tear), Hellas Verona, and Benevento. Benvenuti Empoli, Parma and a TBD team from the Serie B playoffs.
05/15/18- Wk 37 Serie A Roundup #MY7H
05/09/18 - WK 36 Serie A Roundup and Champions League
It Ain’t Over Yet!!! 13 teams in the Serie A still have something to play for in the final three weeks! The Scudetto is a piece of angel hair spaghetti away from being decided with Napoli dropping points in consecutive weeks. Roma overcome getting knocked out of the Champion’s League semi-finals by sending Cagliari to the Danger Zone. OTFR draw Atalanta and Inter wax Udinese to keep the final Champions League spot a one game affair. Milan put themselves in a European position heading into the Coppa Italia final. And Fiorentina keep their European dreams alive with yet another stunning victory in a game that saw a CurvAmerica hero get back on the scoresheet for the first time in years.
05/01/18 - WK 35 Serie A Round Up and Champions League
The Derby D’Italia turns the calcio world into an Alex Jones' type of conspiracy. Koulibaly goes from Hero to goat and his club, Napoli, heads over to "Spa Fiorentina" for their waxing. Roma show at this point in time all they need is Alisson and 9 other dudes to beat the old-timer Chievo Donkeys. OTFR make a huge sacrifice to the calcio gods to beat Torino. Milan, Atalanta, Fiorentina and Sampdoria get ready for the last Europa spot in a Royal Rumble set up. Crotone, once again vanquishing all in their path in April as they head to the #RaceFor17th - Udinese, Cagliari, Crotone, SPAL and Chievo enter the reverse Serie A Thunderdome (5 teams enter, 1 team stays). That plus Champions League!
04/25/18 - Pod Special: Richard Whittle and the Danger Zone
Podcast Special! During our visit to Rome, we were honored to be joined by the man, myth, and legend, calcio commentator Richard Whittle! Richard spoke to us about attending Roma's epic win at the Olimpico over Barcelona for Champions League! We also spoke about Roma v. Liverpool and his experiences covering Serie A games across Italy for the English speaking audiences like us. We finished off the conversation with talk of relegation - commonly known as Richard Whittle's "The Danger Zone!"
04/10/18 - WK 31 Roundup and Champions League - Off to Italia!
Get ready for an episode more trash than usual as we spent our weekend getting a crash course on filmography instead of watching the Serie A. Benevento make it interesting for a hot second, but Juventus use a blade of grass and Costa’s left foot to put it away. The city of Napoli sees a rush to the pharmacies for Xanax after the Donkeys take them to the wire. Roma and Inter make their case for team most deserving of 5th place. OTFR put a tingle in CurvAmerica’s loins ahead of our pilgrimage to the Derby. Sassuolo make Milan become featured in the latest episode of “Teams that should not draw Sassuolo.” And the Derby Della Lanterna finally doesn’t end w/ OTFGenoa fans walking home like Charlie Brown for the first time in the last two years.
04/06/2018 - Pod Special: Umberto's Pizza Hosts S.A.C.C. and FC Monmouth
Pod Special!! We are Down the Shore in the GREAT state of New Jersey with our friends at Umberto’s Pizza in Fair Haven. We spoke to Tony from Umberto’s, the local semi-pro soccer team FC Monmouth's owners Jacco de Bruijn and Mattia Buffolino, and Anthony DeNicola from the Student Athlete Coach and Consulting group.
04/04/18- WK 30 and Champions League
03/20/18- Wk 29 Roundup and European Draws
03/15/18- Special Interview with Keith Tabatznik
03/13/18 - Serie A Roundup Wk 28
The Serie A remembers and commemorates Davide Astori with his former team honoring him with a victory. We have a new team clear at the top of the table as Paolo “Nightwing” Dybala awakes from his slumber like a volcano. Napoli and Inter play a goal-less draw that send their respective coaches into (not-so) "hot take" territory. Roma open up the salon to Torino in the second half for the Miami Beach waxing special. OTFR’s Ciro definitely plays the role of hero with a goal of the season contender. Milan show their grinta and rebound from their Europa League nightmare. Hellas take the second Verona derby and, finally, Crotone put the cherry on Chris’ weekend with a 4-1 stomping of Sampdoria.
3/7/18 - Serie A Wk 27 Davide Astori Tribute
A difficult podcast to do after the loss of Fiorentina's captain, Davide Astori. We hesitated in recording but decided to honor Fiorentina and their captain by reaching out to some Viola faithful: Tito from SB Nation's Viola Nation and Chloe Beresford, a Serie A writer in the UK. We briefly mention the games in Serie A, Champions League, and Europa this week.
2/27/18- Serie A Wk 26 Roundup
2/20/18- Serie A Wk 25 and European Cups
2/13/18 - Wk 24 Serie A Roundup
A week where the Serie A saw the nobodys and the ”about to be somebodys” score the goals. OTFR learn that Napoli play a brand of soccer that they can’t compete with. Juve dispatch Fiorentina but can’t decide what is more important to their team...Fatboy G Higuain or VAR. Inter take a cheat day on drawing matches and feast on Bologna, or "Team Meat Sauce." Roma have never been happier to see Benevento come to town. Sampdoria keep pace within striking distance of the Champion’s League by downing Fair Verona. Gattuso has Milan thinking about shopping for promise rings. And Coach Dustin Baldwin remains unbeaten with Torino and jumps Udinese as the hottest midtable team.
2/5/18- Serie A Week 23 Roundup
1/30/18 - Wk 22 Serie A Roundup
The State of the Union of the Serie A shows that Napoli and Juventus are YUUUGE and, like really good. Roma and Inter fans probably want to build a wall between them and their coach and have their owners pay for it. Lega Serie A are repeatedly saying “No Collusion” between them and VAR against OTFR, Chievo, and Crotone. Hellas Verona show Fiorentina that their striking button is bigger. And finally, it seems like all the transfer rumors we have heard up to this point - are fake news!
1/23/18 - Wk 21 Roundup
Italian Serie A's Winter Break is OVER! Napoli and Juventus each take three points and pull away for the Scudetto, while Inter, OTFR and Roma start the game of musical chairs for the remaining two Champion’s League spots. Roma and Inter play to a disappointing draw despite Alisson’s super human effort. OTFR join Inter, Sampdoria and Juventus as teams that don’t mind kicking the walker out from under Chievo. Sampdoria’s Quags Quagliarella turns in a Nick Foles performance against La Viola dressed in Red. A Bromance is budding in Milan after a 2-1 victory over Cagliari. Crotone thrash Verona to help save Chris’ weekend and Team Meat Sauce’s destruction of Benevento make Marco “the mayor of the downstairs restrooms in the Bologna train station” Ciarla able to cope with the US Government shutdown.
1/15/18 - Podcast Special: Declan Varley and Masal Bugduv
Transfer Market Podcast SPECIAL! Declan Varley is a journalist and Editor from Galway, Ireland, most known for his social experiment, Masal Bugduv. Bugduv is an alleged European soccer star from Moldova that became famous from 2009 transfer market rumors. Bugduv has inspired news articles, university journals, and case studies. The transfer market rumors continue...suggesting we might see Bugduv involved with Serie A in the near future!
1/8/2018- Wk 20 Roundup and Interview with Sempre Bologna’s Fredrik Bakke
Just over halfway through the season Napoli and Juventus show strong signs of pulling away from the top 4 for a 2 horse scudetto race. Inter drops points to the Purple Rain Fiorentina and Roma look lost in a home loss to Atalanta. Ciro the Hero goes full Cobra Kai Never Die on SPAL with 4 goals. Udinese cool off by drawing the old men of Chievo. Milan get a desperate 3 points against the Mighty Croutons and Benevento find a perspective team hero in a shocker that nearly completes Sampdoria blowing their big lead for a European position. Also, Marco sits down with Sempre Bologna blog Fredrik Bakke to discuss the Torino loss and transfer market.
1/2/18 - Wk 19 Roundup
Week 19! Napoli and Juventus take 3 points from some Serie A catfish, while Inter and Roma draw and slip, slip, slip-a-delphia further from the top 2. Milan throws in a last minute submittal for “Ugliest Draw of The Year” against Fiorentina. Udinese stay hot and show the Serie A that for the last 5 weeks a Zebra can change its stripes. Sampdoria rip SPAL for 3 points and keep the feces out of the bed for the last match of 2017. And, finally, Benevento show they are not above beating up old man Chievo to get their first win in Serie A history and have a story to tell everyone in Serie B next season.
12/27/17 - Wk 18 Roundup - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
Happy Festivus! And Happy holidays to all those too old for Seinfeld. Week 18 was filled with the Airing of Grievances - mostly from Inter and Roma. Napoli and Juve might be pulling away in the table as if eight tiny reindeer are guiding their sleigh. OTFR give Crotone four lumps of coal while Atalanta make it thoroughly clear that Milan is on the naughty list and will not receive anything nice for Christmas this year. Udinese see their new mister Massimo Oddo as a real life Babbo Natale who keeps bringing gifts. Marco’s Bologna enjoy a meat sauce filled Christmas dinner for beating Chievo, while the Cagliari and Hellas both sing Silent Night with no goals. All the Wk 18 action coming your way!!
12/19/2017- Wk 17 Roundup- Udinese take down the mighty Serpents!
12/15/17 - Podcast Special: Coffee & Football Podcast's Sebastian Alvarado
CurvAmerica is joined by a fellow podcaster - Coffee & Football's Sebastian Alvarado! He originally hails from Gothenberg, Sweden, but has been a New Yorker since 2003. His podcast takes a long-form interview approach with interesting & influential profiles involved in the soccer world, discussing their lives and career journeys. Serie A fans, check out his interviews with Venezia FC Owner Joe Tacopina and Italian-American and US Soccer Federation Presidential candidate Kyle Martino. Both interviews talk about the Serie A - but beyond the league we all love - there are some truly incredible interviews. We talk about his podcast experience, playing career, and World Cup 2018.
12/13/17 - Wk 16 Serie A Roundup
The Top of the Table forgets how to play soccer this week and drop a combined 13 points. The Derby d’Italia results in a disappointing 0-0 draw and Tim Kraus from Serpents of Madonnina joins us to give his reaction. Roma take that Derby result and play a double goose egg draw of their own. Napoli say “hold my prosecco” and play yet another goal-less draw to round out the Top 4. Sampdoria continue to slide against Cagliari. Gattuso gets his first 3 points as Milan’s skipper and OTFR are all kinds of emotional after their 4th disappointing weekend in a row.