{"podcast":{"title":"The England Pod","slug":"the-england-pod-7247244","podcast_index_feed_id":7247244,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/COMG7368100835","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2ef84426-f839-11ef-a030-93fb214dc9a6/image/7a82e14046908b8401e3851328d908bc.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Not The Top Media Limited","episode_count":131,"summary":"A show for England football fans, by England fans. Ali Maxwell, George Elek and David Walker have all travelled across continents to watch England play, and loved covering the team during Euro 2024. The England Pod believes that supporting England should be fun, and this show sets out to make it a reality for the millions of English football fans. Expect passion, humour, and plenty of debates about squad selection. The England Pod will cover the England Mens Senior Team, the Lionesses and the England Under-21s, with match recaps, tournament previews and balanced discussion of key issues. There will also be interviews, retrospectives, and more. If there are Three Lions on the shirt, we want to talk about it.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:18:24.151881+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-england-pod-7247244"},"episode":{"title":"England's World Cup Wildcards","slug":"england-s-world-cup-wildcards","published_at":"2026-01-22T03:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-england-pod-7247244/england-s-world-cup-wildcards","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-england-pod-7247244","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4527300946.mp3?updated=1769032041","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4527300946.mp3?updated=1769032041","summary":"Ali, George and Dave get together to discuss a great phenomenon: the wildcard. Looking back at some famous wildcard selections from history, some that are less easily remembered, and putting forward one name each that could be considered a wildcard call-up to Thomas Tuchel's squad for this summer's World Cup. We'd love to hear about ones from history that we missed, and your own bold wildcard picks and how it'll come to pass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Ali, George and Dave get together to discuss a great phenomenon: the wildcard. Looking back at some famous wildcard selections from history, some that are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2513,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-england-pod-7247244/episodes/england-s-world-cup-wildcards/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-england-pod-7247244/england-s-world-cup-wildcards.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}