{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily","slug":"the-daily-743229","podcast_index_feed_id":743229,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/54nAGcIl","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f2f4c05-9c2f-4deb-82b7-b538062bc22d/73549bf1-94b3-40ff-8aeb-b4054848ec1b/3000x3000/the-daily-album-art-original.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":2932,"summary":"This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, six days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T20:18:13.372418+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229"},"episode":{"title":"Everything You Need to Know About the World Cup","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-world-cup","published_at":"2026-06-06T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-world-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-743229","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a/episodes/820abebb-b174-4782-99c8-03a58af1f879/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a&awEpisodeId=820abebb-b174-4782-99c8-03a58af1f879&feed=54nAGcIl","summary":"The 2026 World Cup is about to descend on North America — spread across three countries, with 48 teams, and 104 games, and with billions of fans across the globe tuning in to watch the biggest sporting event on the planet. Today, Tariq Panja, global soccer correspondent for The New York Times, breaks down everything you need to know about this year’s tournament — the arrival of historic first-timers, like Curaçao, the aging legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are making their final appearances, and the eye-watering ticket prices that are driving fans to financial extremes just to book a seat.","meta_description":"The 2026 World Cup is about to descend on North America — spread across three countries, with 48 teams, and 104 games, and with billions of fans across th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-743229/episodes/everything-you-need-to-know-about-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/the-daily-743229/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-world-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}