{"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":"The Socceroos and USMNT: Can Diverse National Teams Drive Social Change?","slug":"the-socceroos-and-usmnt-can-diverse-national-teams-drive-social-change","published_at":"2026-06-16T05:33:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/the-socceroos-and-usmnt-can-diverse-national-teams-drive-social-change","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast/episodes/The-Socceroos-and-USMNT-Can-Diverse-National-Teams-Drive-Social-Change-e3krkgq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/play/121540570/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426224078-44100-2-559aec937bc7f.m4a","summary":"In our first episode since the World Cup we discuss some of the surprise results so far, and highlight the great start for the Socceroos and their young star, Nestory Irankunda - who like two of his teammates - was born in a refugee camp in Africa before he and his family were granted asylum in Australia. We debate whether the success of multicultural teams like the Socceroos and the US can change attitudes around immigration in their countries.","meta_description":"In our first episode since the World Cup we discuss some of the surprise results so far, and highlight the great start for the Socceroos and their young s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/episodes/the-socceroos-and-usmnt-can-diverse-national-teams-drive-social-change/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/the-socceroos-and-usmnt-can-diverse-national-teams-drive-social-change.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}