{"podcast":{"title":"The World Cup Files","slug":"the-world-cup-files-7854774","podcast_index_feed_id":7854774,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11139a58c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ails-and-the-cheeks","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45739579/45739579-1777767991964-b8a8291ad42c2.jpg","author":"Aileen Summers","episode_count":16,"summary":"The greatest show on earth has a history as dramatic as the matches themselves. The World Cup Files takes you back to where it all began, uncovering the untold stories, unforgettable moments, and wild facts behind every World Cup tournament. From heroes and villains to shocking upsets, controversial decisions, and moments no one saw coming — this is football history as you’ve never heard it before. Strap in. History never played it safe.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T06:22:17.485059+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-cup-files-7854774"},"episode":{"title":"File 10: West Germany, 1974","slug":"file-10-west-germany-1974","published_at":"2026-06-06T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-cup-files-7854774/file-10-west-germany-1974","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-cup-files-7854774","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ails-and-the-cheeks/episodes/File-10-West-Germany--1974-e3k2imp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11139a58c/podcast/play/120719513/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-29%2Fde512ef7-3c8f-71c0-9537-90c4cfbd0f3d.mp3","summary":"In our tenth file, we travel to West Germany, 1974 — where the World Cup entered a new era. Four years after Brazil’s beautiful football lit up Mexico, the tournament returned with a new trophy, a new format, and a very different kind of football story. The Netherlands arrived with Total Football — fast, fluid, and almost impossible to pin down. But West Germany had home advantage, fierce determination, and one of the greatest captains the game had ever seen. In Episode 10: West Germany 1974 , we uncover how the World Cup changed after Brazil kept the old trophy forever, how Johan Cruyff and the Netherlands dazzled the world, and how Franz Beckenbauer led West Germany to glory on home soil. Strap in. History never played it safe.","meta_description":"In our tenth file, we travel to West Germany, 1974 — where the World Cup entered a new era. Four years after Brazil’s beautiful football lit up Mexico, th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1283,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-world-cup-files-7854774/episodes/file-10-west-germany-1974/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-cup-files-7854774/file-10-west-germany-1974.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}