{"podcast":{"title":"Cyrus Says","slug":"cyrus-says-173619","podcast_index_feed_id":173619,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e0dce4b3-2eb8-48cb-822c-af1d00e03e20/9baef9c9-4ff2-4b4e-a3dd-af540094e334/270ddb3d-16c8-4190-81d4-af540094e347/podcast.rss","website_url":"http://ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e0dce4b3-2eb8-48cb-822c-af1d00e03e20/9baef9c9-4ff2-4b4e-a3dd-af540094e334/270ddb3d-16c8-4190-81d4-af540094e347/image.jpg?t=1669021329&size=Large","author":"IVM Podcasts","episode_count":1713,"summary":"Broadcasting through the week with a rotating panel of guests, Cyrus Says is the definitive show on life in urban India, politics, sports, civic sense, traffic, kids, food, and everything that matters. Mostly.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T00:18:21.298266+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyrus-says-173619"},"episode":{"title":"Ronaldo, World Cup Drama & India’s Football Problem | Shamik Chakrabarti | Cyrus Says","slug":"ronaldo-world-cup-drama-india-s-football-problem-shamik-chakrabarti-cyrus-says","published_at":"2026-07-10T00:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyrus-says-173619/ronaldo-world-cup-drama-india-s-football-problem-shamik-chakrabarti-cyrus-says","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyrus-says-173619","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/cyrus-says/ronaldo-world-cup-drama-india-s-football-problem-shamik-chakrabarti-cyrus-says","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e0dce4b3-2eb8-48cb-822c-af1d00e03e20/9baef9c9-4ff2-4b4e-a3dd-af540094e334/08479cd7-bd9d-4784-9be8-b48200ef67a0/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=270ddb3d-16c8-4190-81d4-af540094e347","summary":"Comedian Shamik Chakrabarti joins Cyrus Broacha on Cyrus Says for a chaotic, football-heavy episode packed with World Cup takes, comedy tangents, pop culture jokes, and classic Cyrus-style derailments. The conversation kicks off with Shamik’s UK and Europe comedy tour dates before moving into Cristiano Ronaldo’s possible final World Cup, Messi comparisons, Portugal’s struggles, Spain’s defensive football, and why France may be the team to beat. Cyrus and Shamik also discuss India’s complicated relationship with football, smaller nations qualifying for the World Cup, and why hydration breaks might be ruining the rhythm of the game. Beyond football, the episode jumps into SRK’s Knight Riders building a cricket stadium in Los Angeles, cricket at the Olympics, Diljit Dosanjh’s Sardaar Ji 3 /Punjab censorship debate, a Spider-Man sighting in flooded Maharashtra, Trump and Meloni memes, AI humanoid robots built for love, and a rapid-fire quiz on football, YouTube, Netflix comedy, and George Carlin. Expect sports banter, political jokes, Bollywood references, stand-up comedy plugs, and plenty of absurd Cyrus Says energy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Comedian Shamik Chakrabarti joins Cyrus Broacha on Cyrus Says for a chaotic, football-heavy episode packed with World Cup takes, comedy tangents, pop cult…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3472,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cyrus-says-173619/episodes/ronaldo-world-cup-drama-india-s-football-problem-shamik-chakrabarti-cyrus-says/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyrus-says-173619/ronaldo-world-cup-drama-india-s-football-problem-shamik-chakrabarti-cyrus-says.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}