{"podcast":{"title":"America 2026: A World Cup podcast","slug":"america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210","podcast_index_feed_id":7773210,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-sport","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6/1780681462154-fc175257-2434-4578-a2bd-b3fd5a9937f0.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times","episode_count":32,"summary":"This is a new podcast from The Irish Times covering the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, Canada and the United States. Join former Irish international Kevin Kilbane and journalist and host Paul Howard for all the big stories, match analysis and special guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:19:10.403868+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210"},"episode":{"title":"Good cup / Bad Cup? Dave Hannigan in New York, Messi business and the halo effect","slug":"good-cup-bad-cup-dave-hannigan-in-new-york-messi-business-and-the-halo-effect","published_at":"2026-07-08T16:21:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/good-cup-bad-cup-dave-hannigan-in-new-york-messi-business-and-the-halo-effect","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-sport/episodes/good-cup-bad-cup-dave-hannigan-in-new-york-messi-business-an","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6/e/6a4e790f0be8a67717b1c096/media.mp3","summary":"Yet another moment, yet another highlight reel, yet another memory for us all - courtesy of Leo Messi's remarkable football career. Egypt’s two-goal lead should have been more, but in the end they were made to bow to the sheer weight of inevitability. Was it fate alone at work here? Or was there a human thumb pressing on the scales? After FIFA's litany of missteps this week, perceived contentious calls are more up for debate than ever. When the game's governing body is torching its own credibility, even the conventional decisions start to look loaded. Dave Hannigan joins us from New York to run through last night's matches, and gives us his take on the many World Cup conspiracy theories up to this point.  Produced by Rob Sutton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Yet another moment, yet another highlight reel, yet another memory for us all - courtesy of Leo Messi's remarkable football career. Egypt’s two-goal lead…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1703,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/episodes/good-cup-bad-cup-dave-hannigan-in-new-york-messi-business-and-the-halo-effect/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/good-cup-bad-cup-dave-hannigan-in-new-york-messi-business-and-the-halo-effect.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}