{"podcast":{"title":"The Game","slug":"the-game-1066443","podcast_index_feed_id":1066443,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0fc6a233-bbae-4ba5-b882-c075544353a8","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-game","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e501a8cbe71d83cf13e/1781622185758-e35264ad-4a4c-4124-b920-75949a523cf7.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1380,"summary":"The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR. Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments including the Champions League, European Championships and World Cups. We know football isn't life and death. It's much more serious than that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:20:51.825312+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443"},"episode":{"title":"WORLD CUP 2026 - LIVE PREVIEW SHOW","slug":"world-cup-2026-live-preview-show","published_at":"2026-06-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/world-cup-2026-live-preview-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesthegame/episodes/world-cup-2026-live-event","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/6a272217c022d9c4feb6eb5a/media.mp3","summary":"As part of our build up to World Cup 2026 we hosted a live event at The Times building in London. Tom Clarke hosts the event with Martin Samuel, Jonathan Northcroft, Hamzah Khalique-Loonat and World Cup veteran and former Republic of Ireland forward Tony Cascarino. The team discuss England and Scotland's chances and what to expect from the other tournament contenders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"As part of our build up to World Cup 2026 we hosted a live event at The Times building in London. Tom Clarke hosts the event with Martin Samuel, Jonathan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2892,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-game-1066443/episodes/world-cup-2026-live-preview-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/world-cup-2026-live-preview-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}