In an entertainment-saturated society, why do millions (if not billions) of us seem to care so much about sports? Dr. Orin Starn, an anthropologist, writer and professor at Duke University, joins the show to lend some insight into the massive sports creep that’s taken over the globe. Visit http://orinstarn.com for more on Dr. Starn’s work, and http://coursera.org/learn/sports-society to enroll for free in his highly regarded “Sports and Society” online course. Music: "Another Brick in the Wall" by Fury Weekend. http://fixtstore.com/furyweekend