{"podcast":{"title":"Football Daily","slug":"football-daily-939026","podcast_index_feed_id":939026,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrsln.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsln","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lwqw37.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":250,"summary":"Your daily World Cup 2026 podcast. Get the latest World Cup news, expert analysis, match previews and reviews, team news, reaction and interviews from across the tournament. From the biggest matches and talking points to in-depth discussion of the world's best players and teams, we'll bring you everything you need to follow the FIFA World Cup 2026. Get in touch with us @5liveSport on social media and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:20:07.751781+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026"},"episode":{"title":"World Cup: Ecuador Through & Rick's Playing Backgammon","slug":"world-cup-ecuador-through-rick-s-playing-backgammon","published_at":"2026-06-26T06:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/world-cup-ecuador-through-rick-s-playing-backgammon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ns80pr","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nv7k4x.mp3","summary":"Ecuador are through to the World Cup knockout stages for the first time in 20 years after a 2-1 win over Germany. With Rick Edwards away at a backgammon competition, Betty Glover steps into to co-host alongside Lloyd Griffith to wrap up another dramatic day at the World Cup where calculators are out as Scotland's knockout hopes go down to the wire. Mario Melchiot joins to reflect on Ecuador's historic victory, explain what makes the Azteca Stadium such a special place to play and looks ahead to the Netherlands' tasty last-32 tie with Morocco. Plus, Betty shares her first impressions of World Cup life in Los Angeles.","meta_description":"Ecuador are through to the World Cup knockout stages for the first time in 20 years after a 2-1 win over Germany. With Rick Edwards away at a backgammon c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/football-daily-939026/episodes/world-cup-ecuador-through-rick-s-playing-backgammon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/world-cup-ecuador-through-rick-s-playing-backgammon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}