{"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":"' These guys are going to the World Cup and we're probably better than them'","slug":"these-guys-are-going-to-the-world-cup-and-we-re-probably-better-than-them","published_at":"2026-04-01T13:58:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/these-guys-are-going-to-the-world-cup-and-we-re-probably-better-than-them","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-sport/episodes/these-guys-are-going-to-the-world-cup-and-were-probably-bet","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6/e/69cd246d057b59499546f96a/media.mp3","summary":"Malachy Clerkin, Kevin Kilbane and Gavin Cummiskey are here to talk about the final round of games World Cup qualification matches. In part one we look at last night in the Aviva and Ireland's campaign as a whole. are we in a better place now? And what is Seamus Coleman's future in the Ireland setup? In part two we look at the playoff deciders, where there were plenty of surprising results including Bosnia and Herzegovina beating Italy on penalties. Finally we look ahead to some of the tantalising and not-so-tantalising matchups in the World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Malachy Clerkin, Kevin Kilbane and Gavin Cummiskey are here to talk about the final round of games World Cup qualification matches. In part one we look at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2020,"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/these-guys-are-going-to-the-world-cup-and-we-re-probably-better-than-them/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/these-guys-are-going-to-the-world-cup-and-we-re-probably-better-than-them.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}