{"podcast":{"title":"The Soccernomics Podcast","slug":"the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","podcast_index_feed_id":7869249,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45950974/45950974-1779111596815-2c3d846b3c405.jpg","author":"Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski, Ashish Malhotra","episode_count":18,"summary":"Get ready for the World Cup through the lens of Soccernomics. It's a New York Times Bestseller, but it's also a way of looking at the game that uncovers its hidden truths. Featuring Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski and Ashish Malhotra.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:18:38.072900+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249"},"episode":{"title":"Game Theory: The Hidden Science Behind Penalty Shootouts","slug":"game-theory-the-hidden-science-behind-penalty-shootouts","published_at":"2026-05-28T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/game-theory-the-hidden-science-behind-penalty-shootouts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast/episodes/Game-Theory-The-Hidden-Science-Behind-Penalty-Shootouts-e3k0gfo","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/play/120651704/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-28%2F425036564-44100-2-99be7dd33417.m4a","summary":"Every World Cup has at least one memorable penalty shootout. And this weekend's Champions League Final in Budapest between PSG and Arsenal might as well. Is there a science behind the drama? We unpack it all in today's episode, where we also learn about Ashish's childhood goalkeeping exploits, and how Simon almost helped the Netherlands to World Cup glory in 2010.","meta_description":"Every World Cup has at least one memorable penalty shootout. And this weekend's Champions League Final in Budapest between PSG and Arsenal might as well.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/episodes/game-theory-the-hidden-science-behind-penalty-shootouts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/game-theory-the-hidden-science-behind-penalty-shootouts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}