About this episode

Katie Nolan discusses the World Cup Final, Fanatics Fest, and Tom Brady's potential wrestling appearance.

Hello! It's the podcast that legally has to tell you it's a podcast if you ask. Today, Katie and the Casualties discuss the World Cup Final and Spain's brilliance, the third-place match upstaging the final thanks to Argentina's unwillingness to play offense, the Argentinian team getting violent postgame and why most fans seemed to be rooting against them, and the most interesting parts of the match festivities from the pre-match ceremonies with iShowSpeed singing and Tom Cruise giving a pep talk to the halftime show with a pre-taped Madonna, live Muppets, Ted Lasso, vuvuzela solos, acoustic Bieber, and way too much more, plus a look ahead to the Women's World Cup in 2027. Then [47:19] Katie breaks down the She Weekend events in Las Vegas and Fanatics Fest in New York, the Savannah Bananas and ragebait around Alysa Liu at the ESPYs, Katie's Call of Duty panel at Fanatics Fest, the outrageous prices of photographs, Cam Skattebo's backflip, LeBron James' non-announcement, Karl-Anthony Towns' chokeslam, the cringiest moments of Tom Brady's weekend and the point that may have made Katie finally stop defending him, a round of "Should I Have Said That Out Loud?" with Cam Ward, Draymond…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Nolan

Topics covered

• World Cup Final
• Fanatics Fest
• Tom Brady
• sports events
• celebrity appearances
• comedy
• sports culture

Keywords

• World Cup
• Fanatics Fest
• Tom Brady
• sports
• comedy
• celebrity
• events
• soccer
• entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Savannah Bananas, Fanatics Fest, ESPYs

Places: Las Vegas, New York

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