Shirtless Plantain Show
The Shirtless Plantain Show unites football, banter, seriousness and brings a fresh voice to the football world. Coming from immigrant backgrounds mixed with western culture, we are a football collective that does not play by the rules and colors outside the lines. Tune in to hear genuine stories and unique perspectives. We have conversations with amazing guests, using football as our canvas to paint stories from a unique lens.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 637
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
SPS 45- Keith Costigan
We spoke to Keith Costigan, a football legend.
Learned about his career in football, on and off the pitch. We spoke about Wenger, Seedorf, Liverpool, rap music, and his love for The Sopranos and The W…
SPS 43- Mour tears, More racismo.
This episode has no special appearances, just the SPS collective talking about football.
We discussed the stink that is Tottenham, the Premier League, Europa, and Champions League.
We also spoke about …
SPS 42- Alen Ramic
We spoke to Alen Ramic about growing up in Manchester and becoming a Man Utd fan.
How he became a Lakers fan because of Vlade Divac, the issues at Manchester United, sneakers, if Yugoslavia never brok…
SPS 41- Franco Cotardo
SPS 40- Tommie Battle
We spoke to the talented Tommie Battle about Man City, working for NYCFC, fatherhood and being a creative.
We got to talking about his son meeting Raheem Sterling, the growth of football in America, m…
SPS 39- Justin Bradley
This week’s guest is the homie Justin, a Chelsea fan and creative talent.
We spoke about FIFA, getting into soccer, the highs and lows of being a Chelsea fan, the growth of soccer in America, working …
SPS 38- Jenny Chiu
We spoke to the talented Jenny Chiu about life, football, and #WOMENSWEAR.
We learned about her journey from El Paso to CBS, including playing for the Mexican U17 women team, North Carolina, working i…
SPS 37- BUT Black Dynamite I sell drugs to the community
We took a mini-break but we are back baby where the love at?!
No guest this week, just us talking about football, conspiracy theories in football, bad refs, Liverpool’s blip. Arsenal vs the refs, the …
SPS 36- Nekias Duncan
This week we spoke to Nekias Duncan, one of the best basketball writers and minds out here.
We spoke about ALL things basketball, including Trady McGrady, how he became a writer, his favorite team and…
SPS 34- Alex Stewart
We spoke to Alex Stewart from TIFO/ The Athletic and it was an absolute pleasure.
Learned about his love for Southampton, Ralph Hasenhüttl, football, his favorite books, Maya Moore, and what got him i…
SPS 33- At The Top It's Just Us
Happy New Year!
We hope that you and yours are well.
There was no guest on this week, it was just us talking about football, what we have seen this season, players to watch and we handed out awards.
SPS 31- GoodKidManCity
Our guest this week is Les Owens aka GoodkidManCity.
Les is an OG Manchester City, before the takeover, he explained to us how he became a Man City fan and fell in love with football.
This episode is v…
SPS 29- NICKSAYSGO
We spoke to the talented Nick Bailley aka NICKSAYSGO.
We spoke about his love for Everton, football, and how he got into the sport.
In addition to that, we spoke about his site, NICKSAYSGO, and what in…
SPS 28- Justin Block
We spoke to the lovely and talented Justin Block.
What a great soul he is, we learned about his journey from Complex to Nike. He talked to us about how he became a Liverpool fan, what got him into foo…
SPS 27- Natasha Henry
We spoke with the lovely Natasha Henry about her career, her love for football, and Arsenal.
Natasha is a wealth of knowledge and knows her stuff. She gave career advice, gave flowers to some legends …