Suffering: Why We Root for Teams That Break Our Hearts

Liner notes

In the debut episode of Sportuality, Religion of Sports co-founder Gotham Chopra and Dean of Religious Life at USC Varun Soni, take on the oldest question in both religion and fandom: suffering. Varun unpacks four decades as a Clippers fan, the worst owner in sports, and Buddha's first truth that life is suffering. Gotham walks through 86 years of Red Sox heartbreak, the Patriots nobody could watch, and the night his wife asked him why he loved something that would never love him back. Together they arrive at an unexpected answer: being a fan may be bad for your mental health and good for your spiritual health.

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