{"podcast":{"title":"SportsBeat KC","slug":"sportsbeat-kc-706810","podcast_index_feed_id":706810,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/14052/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/sportsbeatkc?selected=MCCLATCHY6638053640","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/14052/images/9dbca7dd-6fd0-4b99-8978-91b840aa6af0/SportsBeatKC-Tile.jpg","author":"KCUR and The Kansas City Star (webeditors@kcstar.com)","episode_count":1302,"summary":"Kansas City’s biggest sports stories of the week, for the diehards and the casual fans alike. A podcast covering the Chiefs, Royals, Sporting, Current, Missouri and Kansas college teams, and more. Hosted by longtime Kansas City Star sports reporter Blair Kerkhoff and produced by KCUR Studios.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:18:38.090330+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810"},"episode":{"title":"FIFA World Cup in Kansas City: early wins and worries","slug":"fifa-world-cup-in-kansas-city-early-wins-and-worries","published_at":"2026-06-23T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/fifa-world-cup-in-kansas-city-early-wins-and-worries","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14052_48371259-8c8d-4d9f-9e7f-94c4b41b14e0&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F14052%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/D4A77F/dovetail.prxu.org/14052/48371259-8c8d-4d9f-9e7f-94c4b41b14e0/sbkc_06232026_gl_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Two games into the FIFA World Cup schedule in Kansas City, and we’ve seen some spectacular performances, starting with Lionel Messi’s hat trick for Argentina in the opening game. The action has been top-rate. But how about Kansas City’s overall performance as a host city? On SportsBeat KC, sports podcast of The Star and KCUR (89.3 FM), columnist Vahe Gregorian and sportswriter Pete Grathoff discuss what’s gone right and wrong over the first couple of weeks. Two more group stage games this week, starting with Netherlands vs. Tunisia on Thursday — with the Orange March fanwalk set for downtown that day — and two knockout games in July remain on Kansas City’s schedule. Is the best yet to come? SportsBeat KC is the sports podcast of The Kansas City Star and KCUR, hosted by Blair Kerkhoff. It’s produced by Hannah Wise, Suzanne Hogan, and Gabriella Lacey, and edited by Jeff Rosen and Scott Chasen.","meta_description":"Two games into the FIFA World Cup schedule in Kansas City, and we’ve seen some spectacular performances, starting with Lionel Messi’s hat trick for Argent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2115,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sportsbeat-kc-706810/episodes/fifa-world-cup-in-kansas-city-early-wins-and-worries/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportsbeat-kc-706810/fifa-world-cup-in-kansas-city-early-wins-and-worries.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}