{"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":"How Far Can Cape Verde Go?","slug":"how-far-can-cape-verde-go","published_at":"2026-06-23T12:27:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/how-far-can-cape-verde-go","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast/episodes/How-Far-Can-Cape-Verde-Go-e3l5vm3","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/play/121879683/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F426699416-44100-2-d78cdf8477dea.m4a","summary":"After Stefan takes us back to the 1974 Poland-West Germany World Cup match, we talk about the fairytale story of Cape Verde so far, and discuss how far they can go in this year's tournament. We also talk more broadly about smaller countries like Portugal, Croatia and Palestine, whose teams have long overachieved based on their populations, GDP and global football experience. Email us with your thoughts and questions at thesoccernomicspodcast@gmail.com","meta_description":"After Stefan takes us back to the 1974 Poland-West Germany World Cup match, we talk about the fairytale story of Cape Verde so far, and discuss how far th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/episodes/how-far-can-cape-verde-go/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/how-far-can-cape-verde-go.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}