We talk casual games, gaming culture, esports and gaming sexism with Amanda Cote who literally wrote the book on Gaming Sexism.  Amanda is Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Follow Amanda on Twitter @accote  

Esports is undoubtedly here to stay and is a huge part of our modern culture.  William (Will) Partin talks sports, technology, consumers, media, people and platforms and the value in understanding the fast paced changes and impacts of esports through the frame of culture. William Partin is a Researcher at the Data & Society Research Institute and an Affiliate at […]

Is esports psychology the same as sports psychology?  Ismael Pedraza-Ramirez discusses his recent work on the topic. Ismael is a PhD student at the Institute of Psychology, German Sport University Köln, and also a sports performance coach for Rogue Esports. ​

David Hedlund is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Sports Management Division at St. John’s University and can be contacted through these links: Website: davidhedlund.com​ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidphedlund/ ​ YouTube: youtube.com/davidphedlund​

Tim Smithies is a PhD student at the University of Limerick, and receives funding from the Irish Research Council to explore the impact of sleep on elite esports performance.

Cliff Lilja has been involved with esports in Sweden for most of his life. In this episode he discusses grassroots esports in Sweden and Esport United, Sweden’s largest grassroots esports association.

We talk African esports with Sayo Owolabi, Founder and CEO of Africa’s leading full service Esports Organization, the Lagos Esports Forum (a member of the Global Esports Federation). He is also the Senior Advisor for Africa on the Board of the Esports World Federation.

Esports should be the an equal opportunity sport context right? Yun Peng from China went all the way to Scotland to completed her PhD examining issue of gender in esports.    

1 billion? 25 billion? How much is esports worth as an industry?  Seth Jenny talks to us on the one billion dollar myth: Methods for sizing the massively undervalued esports revenue landscape.

Queerness in esports? Dr Sarah Hays is the Vice President of a new organization that wants to make sure esports is accessible for everyone through a building a community to help queer women achieve their potential in esports. If you want to know more about Sarah’s work with mental health here is Take This which you can also follow on […]