When I’m not nerding out over soccer tactics, I’m usually listening to music—and nerding out over that too. My love for music has inspired many conversations with friends and strangers about their favorite songs and artists, and I’ve found these conversations often provide unique insight into who that person is, where they come from, and what motivates them on a day-to-day basis.
Typical athlete interviews tend to leave those deeper understandings unexplored, forcing players into one-dimensional personas in which their on-the-field production is valued over a lifetime of experience and growth. With that in mind, I teamed up with my brother, Peter Dunau — a fellow sports and music buff — to create a podcast dedicated to interviewing athletes about the music that helped them become the players and people they are today.