{"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":"World Cup Predictions: On the Pitch and Off","slug":"world-cup-predictions-on-the-pitch-and-off","published_at":"2026-06-11T06:11:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/world-cup-predictions-on-the-pitch-and-off","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-soccernomics-podcast/episodes/World-Cup-Predictions-On-the-Pitch-and-Off-e3kkutm","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1127c35b8/podcast/play/121321846/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-11%2F425930887-44100-2-c856dec0680c3.m4a","summary":"The World Cup is here, and we're here to preview it all. Stefan has done a mind-boggling 20,000 simulations of the tournament, and yet somehow there is still no scenario where Haiti wins it all. We also talk into the political backdrop, with Ashish and Stefan talking about their recent piece for The Economist, about how this could be the last World Cup. Link below: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/06/08/this-may-just-be-the-last-world-cup","meta_description":"The World Cup is here, and we're here to preview it all. Stefan has done a mind-boggling 20,000 simulations of the tournament, and yet somehow there is st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1826,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccernomics-podcast-7869249/episodes/world-cup-predictions-on-the-pitch-and-off/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/world-cup-predictions-on-the-pitch-and-off.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}