{"podcast":{"title":"The Totally Football Show with James Richardson","slug":"the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658","podcast_index_feed_id":923658,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/1781161123304-a398fae4-3cbe-493e-ad2e-3c3493908ecb.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1315,"summary":"James Richardson and Team Totally bring their blend of charming analysis and unique insights to Los Angeles this summer, where there'll be releasing episodes after every single World Cup matchday. It's all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T06:19:33.772588+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658"},"episode":{"title":"The World Cup is finally here!","slug":"the-world-cup-is-finally-here","published_at":"2026-06-11T06:47:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/the-world-cup-is-finally-here","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/200-the-totally-football-show/episode-735","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/e/6a274a47cb49bb131e14bfa8/media.mp3","summary":"The bumper 48-team tournament to crown the champions of world football has finally arrived as the Totally Football Show relocates to Los Angeles for the full extravaganza. Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams poolside to preview Day One of the action. Co-hosts Mexico kick the tournament off on Thursday against South Africa. Jack Lang is in Mexico City to gauge the excitement. England are victorious in their final warm-up match against Costa Rica, a 3-0 win for Thomas Tuchel's side a week before their first group game against Croatia. Will set-piece mania run wild again? Plus Infantino, Iran and the best World Cup openers ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The bumper 48-team tournament to crown the champions of world football has finally arrived as the Totally Football Show relocates to Los Angeles for the f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1880,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/the-world-cup-is-finally-here/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/the-world-cup-is-finally-here.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}