{"podcast":{"title":"The Culture We Deserve","slug":"the-culture-we-deserve-6690403","podcast_index_feed_id":6690403,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/491441/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/491441","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/1/a/b/e1ab3b34a2749d39d959afa2a1bf1c87/Podcast_Logo-20231026-8flxd8qs67.jpg","author":"Jessa Crispin","episode_count":129,"summary":"Hosted by Jessa Crispin, The Culture We Deserve covers the state of the arts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:18:26.606280+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-culture-we-deserve-6690403"},"episode":{"title":"The Beautiful Game","slug":"the-beautiful-game","published_at":"2026-07-16T12:13:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-culture-we-deserve-6690403/the-beautiful-game","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-culture-we-deserve-6690403","url":"https://08b5f6c4-c5fc-4bcc-a25b-73b360099d87.libsyn.com/the-beautiful-game","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/08b5f6c4-c5fc-4bcc-a25b-73b360099d87/Ep_114.mp3?dest-id=4196741","summary":"Jessa and Nico survey the World Cup discourse. Why and how do we love things that we know are corrupt? Why can't the United States stop itself from cheating every time it plays on an international level? Did the CIA send in Evangelical missionaries to convert everyone away from Catholicism to undermine the power of Brazilian football? And has globalized soccer created a monoculture, where all homegrown variety and innovation has been lost? Shownotes and references: http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com","meta_description":"Jessa and Nico survey the World Cup discourse. Why and how do we love things that we know are corrupt? Why can't the United States stop itself from cheati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-culture-we-deserve-6690403/episodes/the-beautiful-game/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-culture-we-deserve-6690403/the-beautiful-game.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}