This week, we feature a conversation with University of New Mexico Professor Ryan Swanson about his new book, “A Beautiful Shame: One Team's Fight for Survival in a New Era of College Sports.”

Swanson embedded with the UNM men’s soccer team during its final season — and he dives into the story of how and why UNM cut the program in 2018. It’s a sports story, but also a story of New Mexico politics. (Like, for real. Take a listen. Even if you don’t care about sports.)

And watch out for the second part of the interview, when we nerd out even more about things like the NCAA, Title IX, the Mountain West Conference, New Mexico politics, and so much more.

Music credits: Get Through it (Instrumental), Neu Song and Push (Instrumental), Matthew L. Fisher

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