Will This Be The Donald Trump World Cup? (With Football Daily, Part 1)
6/5/202630 min
We’ve got together with Americast/Newscast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever.
How much will Donald Trump make it about him? Will the US-Iran war affect the tournament? And why are tickets so expensive?
We tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on off the pitch.
Anthony Zurcher and Marianna Spring join from Americast, and 5 Live football commentary legend John Murray is on from Football Daily.
In this episode we look at why the US, Canada, and Mexico were picked as hosts, and who’s benefiting from the Trump-Infantino bromance.
Listen to Americast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz
Listen to Football Daily here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02nrsln
The presenters were Adam Fleming, Anthony Zurcher, John Murray, and Marianna Spring. This episode was made by Anna Harris. The series producer was Chris Flynn. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Adam Fleming· Host0:33
Hello, Marianna.
Marianna Spring· Host0:39
Hello.
Adam Fleming· Host0:39
Here we are in the same studio at the same time for once- We are ... for a special project.
Marianna Spring· Host0:43
Yeah, we are talking about one of my favorite topics, football and the World Cup. Maybe one of your favorite topics.
Adam Fleming· Host0:49
Well, it's about to be, yeah. [laughs] [laughs] I mean, I always get into it when it is the World Cup.
Marianna Spring· Host0:53
Yeah, and also, uh, I think that this World Cup is particularly interesting, which is why we're talking about it because it's obviously happening, um, in the US, Mexico, Canada, and there is lots to discuss in terms of geopolitics.
Adam Fleming· Host1:06
And there's a lot going on between a lot of countries at the moment, and a lot of those countries are gonna be meeting in the three host countries, the US, Canada, and Mexico. And we're gonna have a bit of a th- theme of threes because we've brought together three podcasts. There's mine, Newscast- There's Americast, and I'm not alone.
Anthony Zurcher· Host1:22
Not alone. Uh, Anthony here in, in Washington, DC, in America for The American World Cup Show.
Adam Fleming· Host1:28
And joining us