{"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":"Scotland in the lap of the gods: Ken Early in Miami, the Neymar tribute act, and the Disgrace of Gijón","slug":"scotland-in-the-lap-of-the-gods-ken-early-in-miami-the-neymar-tribute-act-and-the-disgrace-of-gij-n","published_at":"2026-06-26T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/scotland-in-the-lap-of-the-gods-ken-early-in-miami-the-neymar-tribute-act-and-the-disgrace-of-gij-n","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-sport/episodes/scotland-in-the-lap-of-the-gods-ken-early-in-miami-the-neyma","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6/e/6a3dc159cb67fc75eaa9638d/media.mp3","summary":"To everything there is a season. That’s a lesson Scotland will surely have to learn if the football gods grant them another crack at this World Cup in the knockouts. Brazil were only too happy to feast on a calamitous defensive set-up, banging in three past a back line that flatly refused to ‘just knock it’. Paul Howard checks in with correspondents across North America, starting with Kevin Kilbane in Vancouver, who watched Canada's momentum get smothered by Switzerland. In Miami, Ken Early is in reflective mood, turning over how the Scots made such a mess of it, and why Brazil's fans so desperately want Neymar to have his ‘Messi in Qatar’ moment. Plus, Jonathan O’Brien unpicks a quirk in this year’s format, one that harks back to one of the strangest and most consequential episodes in World Cup history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"To everything there is a season. That’s a lesson Scotland will surely have to learn if the football gods grant them another crack at this World Cup in the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4188,"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/scotland-in-the-lap-of-the-gods-ken-early-in-miami-the-neymar-tribute-act-and-the-disgrace-of-gij-n/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/scotland-in-the-lap-of-the-gods-ken-early-in-miami-the-neymar-tribute-act-and-the-disgrace-of-gij-n.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}