{"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":"Was Egypt Robbed by VAR? And What's Wrong With US Men's Soccer?","slug":"was-egypt-robbed-by-var-and-what-s-wrong-with-us-men-s-soccer","published_at":"2026-07-09T07:29:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/was-egypt-robbed-by-var-and-what-s-wrong-with-us-men-s-soccer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast/episodes/Was-Egypt-Robbed-by-VAR--And-Whats-Wrong-With-US-Mens-Soccer-e3lrnbn","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/play/122592055/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-9%2F427648656-44100-2-9fd63a3ed02b1.m4a","summary":"We discuss the most controversial match of the tournament so far - Egypt v Argentina. Is there a bias towards Argentina? We also discuss the fallout from the US Men's National Team crashing out of the tournament. Where does US Men's Soccer go from here?","meta_description":"We discuss the most controversial match of the tournament so far - Egypt v Argentina. Is there a bias towards Argentina? We also discuss the fallout from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2270,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/episodes/was-egypt-robbed-by-var-and-what-s-wrong-with-us-men-s-soccer/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/was-egypt-robbed-by-var-and-what-s-wrong-with-us-men-s-soccer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}