{"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":"Zut Alors! - Ken Early in Boston, Gavin Cooney and Malachy Clerkin on the business end of the World Cup, At home with Malcolm","slug":"zut-alors-ken-early-in-boston-gavin-cooney-and-malachy-clerkin-on-the-business-end-of-the-world-cup-at-home-with-malcolm","published_at":"2026-07-10T13:18:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210/zut-alors-ken-early-in-boston-gavin-cooney-and-malachy-clerkin-on-the-business-end-of-the-world-cup-at-home-with-malcolm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-2026-a-world-cup-podcast-7773210","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-sport/episodes/zut-alors-ken-early-in-boston-gavin-cooney-and-malachy-clerk","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69ab015a6ffdcd8188961ba6/e/6a50f113a410914b584a653b/media.mp3","summary":"France thumped Morocco with relative ease last night, laying bare just how wide the gulf still yawns between the plucky underdog and the ruling classes of world football. Ken Early joins us from Boston for our weekly check-in, sharing his reflections on the tournament as the endgame comes into view. He also gives his take on the zealous furore engulfing Brazilian media since the seleção's exit. Closer to home, Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cooney are in studio to look ahead to the weekend’s quarter finals games.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"France thumped Morocco with relative ease last night, laying bare just how wide the gulf still yawns between the plucky underdog and the ruling classes of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4484,"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/zut-alors-ken-early-in-boston-gavin-cooney-and-malachy-clerkin-on-the-business-end-of-the-world-cup-at-home-with-malcolm/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/zut-alors-ken-early-in-boston-gavin-cooney-and-malachy-clerkin-on-the-business-end-of-the-world-cup-at-home-with-malcolm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}