{"podcast":{"title":"Arena with Maurice Brosnan","slug":"arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423","podcast_index_feed_id":7783423,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-arena-podcast-with-maurice-brosnan","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab/1774266785305-923f34bf-29d1-451c-9c7e-4bc9167b3233.jpeg","author":"Irish Examiner","episode_count":27,"summary":"Award‑winning Irish Examiner journalist Maurice Brosnan cuts through the noise with sharp analysis, expert reporting and unmissable conversations. This essential new Irish sports podcast goes inside the biggest stories, the hottest debates and the voices shaping sport today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T04:22:49.765828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423"},"episode":{"title":"Arena with Maurice Brosnan: Messi, Haaland and Mbappé ignite the World Cup.","slug":"arena-with-maurice-brosnan-messi-haaland-and-mbapp-ignite-the-world-cup","published_at":"2026-06-17T16:27:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-messi-haaland-and-mbapp-ignite-the-world-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-arena-podcast-with-maurice-brosnan/episodes/6a32cafee312351cc4086401","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab/e/6a32cafee312351cc4086401/media.mp3","summary":"Arena:   Arena is the weekly sports podcast from the Irish Examiner.   On this week's episode, sportswriter Joe Callaghan joins the show fresh from MetLife Stadium, where he witnessed France's victory over Senegal.   Joe and Maurice discuss France's impressive start to the tournament, the evolving style of play on display and the atmosphere on the ground. What impact have the Tartan Army had so far? How would it have felt if Ireland were there?   They also examine the early performances of the tournament's biggest stars and what we can read into results so far.   Get in touch with Maurice at m aurice.brosnan@examiner.ie .   You can follow Joe's World Cup coverage on X at @JoeCallaghan84.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Arena: Arena is the weekly sports podcast from the Irish Examiner. On this week's episode, sportswriter Joe Callaghan joins the show fresh f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1292,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/episodes/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-messi-haaland-and-mbapp-ignite-the-world-cup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-messi-haaland-and-mbapp-ignite-the-world-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}