/556/ World Cup 2026: Stick to Politics ft. Many Guests

On politics and football.

Alex is joined by Karl Sharro, Juan David Rojas, Tim Abrahams, and Euan Marshall to pick over the stories of this World Cup.

• If the World Cup is a branding exercise for the hosts, what exactly is the USA selling here? And Mexico? Canada?

• Are conspiracy theories good, actually?

• Is Argentina evil? Should you support the global South against the colonisers?

• Are evangelicals responsible for Brazilian failure?

• Do you need central planning to become good at football?

• When 23% of players at the WC are foreign born, how can globalisation be ending?

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Links:

• Football won’t rescue the nation, Alex Hochuli, Africa Is a Country

• Note to Leftists, Do Not Squander The World Cup!, Juan Rojas, Substack

• Blood ties and opportunity: Why more World Cup players than ever are not representing their birth nations, BBC