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EPISODE SUMMARY

From the Gridiron Japan Radio archives comes a replay of The Football Odyssey's excellent history lesson, narrated by Aaron Harris, on the history of American football in Japan. Which begs the question, when might Gridiron Japan ever return to the airwaves? Honestly, we don't know. Possibly in a mini segment, but since right now here at Gridiron America Radio (which owns the rights to Gridiron Japan), we don’t have a dedicated team within Japan to cover the game. Therefore, we’d just like to share with you the inspiration that prompted us to create that podcast, which at the time was the only English show that exclusively covered the gridiron game in Japan.

Aron Harris is one of the best football podcasters in the business as he approaches his interviews and episodes as if they were an NFL Films short film or NPR segment, which is what he did for this, one of his first episodes, in 2021. In sum, the Football Odyssey is a human interest podcast that covers the beautiful sport that is, American football. To hear more, check his podcast out at- https://open.spotify.com/show/0VoS28LKoQ9UmLZ49i9xgx

GRIDIRON AMERICA RADIO BACKGROUND

Gridiron America Radio (formerly, the From the 55 Yardline podcast), is anchored by former sports executive David Cieslinski, former international professional football player Mike Tackett, and football nerd Greg St. James.

All three are avid armchair sports historians and sports simulation enthusiasts, who, despite the vastness of geography, have found a way to leverage technology to help keep the games they love truly alive, both on the screen or tabletop.

Gridiron America Radio is dedicated to both current and historical American football talk, including the “what if” questions that all sports fans ask and try to answer with the help of statistics, math and computer modeling provided by Sportsmaster Simulation Games www.SportsMaster-Simulation.games. In addition to the gridiron game, the team will on occasion look at other sports through the same eyes of that of grown men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice or picking up a joystick.

The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at www.Adamsonmedia.com.

David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at www.GridironAmerica.net, as well as:

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