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.
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 …
We spoke to Complex's own Rawan Eewshah about life, football, being a Barcelona fan, the complexities of being a first-generation immigrant living in the states, and dating a Real Madrid fan.
Learned …
We spoke to YC and Trey, two amazing black men who currently work for Desus and Mero and Vice, respectively.
We spoke about life, love, quarantine, and football.
This episode is everything we are about…
We spoke to Dutch football legend, Rocky Hehakaija about growing up and playing football in The Netherlands.
Rocky has inspired a generation of female footballers, she is a pioneer, an icon and we wer…
We spoke to Felipe Cardenas from The Athletic about his journey into covering football.
Felipe told us about the grind from advertising/ marketing/ PR to starting his own blog. We spoke about his home…
We spoke to Olu Alege, a creative extraordinaire.
Olu talked about growing up in NYC/Bronx, playing basketball, being a Lakers/Kobe Bryant fan as well as his impact on his life.
Olu has also started hi…
We spoke to Christine Cupo, one of the best football minds we know about life, football and everything in between.
She told us about her journey to become a fan of the beautiful game to becoming an Ar…
This week's guest is an icon in the making, we spoke to DJ, Producer and football aficionado Conducta.
We learned of his deep love for Arsenal and football, what got him into music, working with AJ Tr…
We spoke to former USMNT, Bundesliga, and MLS all-star Heath Pearce.
He told us about his journey to the professional ranks, from Modesto, California, to Bradenton, Florida to Portland, Oregon to Scot…
We spoke to legendary photographer Mel D. Cole about his love for football, travelling to Rome, becoming a photographer, advice for people creating and we spoke about legendary SOB nights.
Mel D. Cole…
Ethan White is the perfect picture of who are at the Shirtless Plantain Show, an intersection of culture, football, #MENSWEAR, art and whatever else you want to throw in there.
We learned about his jo…
A footballer, a creative and all-around great man, Warren Creavalle.
We spoke to Philadelphia Union's own Warren Creavalle about his journey to the MLS including his stops in Houston and Toronto, his …
We spoke to Sonja Cori Missio, a Toronto-based writer who often covers Canadian, Italian, and Swiss soccer.
We spoke about her introduction to soccer; her love for Udinese and Toronto FC. We also spo…
Astead is someone you should pay attention to, especially in this political season, a great guy who had the pleasure of speaking to.
We spoke with NY Times political reporter about his career, going t…
We spoke to David The Host, whose journey has been anything but usual. From Baltimore to Australia to Amsterdam, his journey has taken from American football to brushing shoulders with the elite of t…
We spoke with the legend that is Grant Wahl.
Grant spoke about Bob Bradley, his career at Princeton, his career at Sports Illustrated, David Beckham, the MLS, going to the men's and women's World Cup,…
We spoke to owner and chief creative officer of Live, Breathe, Futbol (LBF) Ebun Olaloye about his journey from Nigeria to New Jersey to Philadelphia.
Ebun talked to us about starting the business in …