ImitaTED Radio Hour

“Jogo Bonito” as Brazillian professional footballer Pélé said in 1977. Soccer. A beautiful game.
The sport that brings nations together in a celebration of all that is good.
But what is hiding underneath the brilliant, unmarked porcelain veneer of capable coaches, perfect passes, and terrific teamwork?
If soccer is 'just a game' why are so many involved "not playing around"?
With us today is Caitlin Howden, she has been kicking away at the shins of soccer to reveal the nasty truths of extreme training, hyper-competitiveness and problem parents.
She recently released her acclaimed paper - “The Social Dynamics of Players and Coaches in Hyper-competitive U-12 Soccer Leagues in Northern Ontario”, and it has unmasked the ugly side of the beautiful game.

Show Notes

Canadian Comedy Award winner Caitlin Howden is a critically acclaimed writer and performer. 
After receiving her BFA at Ryerson, she went on to write and perform in four critically acclaimed Mainstage revues at the legendary Second City. Caitlin has written for everything from TV to radio, cartoons and ads.
This year, she starred opposite Rachael Leigh Cook in the new Netflix movie, Love, Guaranteed, coming out this Fall. 
Caitlin can currently be seen on New Eden, the new front page hit from Crave about women, cults and murder. If you don't have Crave, you can see her on stage performing every Sunday to a sold out crowd at “The Sunday Service”, the longest running, sold out, independent comedy show in Vancouver. She is also a teacher with Blind Tiger Comedy School. 
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The ImitaTED Radio Hour investigates the biggest and smallest questions of our time with the extemporaneous help of the greatest thinkers of the 21st century.