About this episode

Katie Nolan and the Casualties discuss the first week of the World Cup, various sports controversies, and upcoming events.

Hello! It's the podcast that's about to find out what studio lights do to Fudgie the Whale. Today, Katie and the Casualties take a look at a crazy first week of action in the World Cup, Spain falling flat against Cape Verde, Vozinha becoming an overnight sensation, Messi's hat trick, Argentina's World Cup justice, Justin Trudeau skipping the Canadian opener for the American opener, FIFA covering EVERYTHING in blue tape and the Big Tape conspiracies that follow, Tunisia's new coach, Algerian fans and flares, German fans and Boosie, Norwegian fans and escalators, Japanese fans and the hoys of Texas, and the best One-Star Reviews from this year's team hotels. Then, Katie and the team break down the worst of the week, with abhorrent rhetoric at the UFC fights, and the latest MLB team to disappoint on Pride Night. Plus, Katie and the Casualties discuss Isabella's NEW plans for the Knicks parade tomorrow, the Jalen Brunson Hello Kitty crossover, the Hurricanes Stanley Cup celebration, Rod Brind'Amour's abs, and Stormy going AWOL, Hockey Night in Canada coming to an end, new 76ers President Mike Gansey immediately jinxing the Phillies, an end to the Brendan Sorsby drama at Texas Tech…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Nolan

Topics covered

• World Cup
• Pride Night
• UFC
• MLB
• Hockey
• Sports controversies
• Fan culture

Keywords

• World Cup
• Pride Night
• UFC
• Hockey
• MLB
• fan culture
• sports controversies
• Isabella
• Justin Trudeau
• PWHL

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, PWHL, 76ers, Texas Tech

Places: Argentina, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Algeria, Germany, Norway, Japan, San Francisco

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