Ted Lasso S2E8, Part 2: You Have to Put Your Heart Out There

Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have part two of a two-part conversation about part Season 2, Episode 8: Man City.

If you haven't already listened to part one of this series, go back and get caught up before continuing.

In this episode, Christian gives us a ton of background on the soccer in this episode. We discuss the importance of football matches played at Wembley Stadium and appreciate the accuracy with which the Man City fans were represented.

We notice that Ted has begun to take Dr. Sharon's advice, process THAT SCENE with Jamie and his father, and talk about the ways that various traumas are informing the ways our beloved characters move through the world.

There's also a pretty lengthy discussion of Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon," and we reveal a secret connection between the Ted Lasso universe and Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony.

Discussed on this episode

• “Wembley Arrival” composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso: Season 2 Soundtrack, 2021; via Apple Music)
• ‘Ted Lasso’ Recap: Family Matters (Rolling Stone, 2021)
• Ted Lasso x Hoosiers - The Mashup. (Andy Losik - @mrlosik, 2021; via Twitter)
• All Good Days by Andy Losik website
• The Story of the Poznan: Ten Years On (Manchester City website)
• ‘I have gone out on my terms’: Mike Dean discusses decision to retire from refereeing (The Athletic, 2022)
• Why do Arsenal fans hate Mike Dean so much – and is he really a Tottenham fan? (iNews, 2018)
• BONUS: Arlo White • The Voice of AFC Richmond (Richmond Til We Die, 2022)
• Sport dividing millions of families even causing divorce as fans support different teams (Mirror, 2021)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein and Football: 5 Showtunes Beloved by English Soccer Fans (TheaterMania, 2015)
• How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself (NPR, 2018)
• Did Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony Transform American Music? (New York Times, 2018)
• Symphony guide: Dvořák's 9th 'From the New World' (Guardian, 2014)
• Thoughts on John Williams’ New Star Wars Score (The Listeners’ Club, 2015)

Richmond Til We Die is a conversation about the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, where we explore the characters, their relationships to each other, and how they're able to make us laugh until we can hardly breathe one moment and then feel with the deepest parts of our hearts the next. When you're here, you're a Greyhound!