The Beautiful Game and Is Parenting Dead?

About this episode

Sebastian and Pete discuss World Cup fever, parenting, and cleanliness in public spaces.

Sebastian’s got World Cup fever while Pete is still celebrating the Knicks win. The guys discuss the UFC White House card and whether or not the fighters should have been coming out of the Oval Office. They discuss cleaning up after themselves at movie theaters, hotels and other events compared to how the Japanese soccer fans are leaving their stadium sections spotless. Is parenting dead? Sebastian re-lives the adventure getting in to the stadium for the World Cup match. Pete’s daughter has him questioning an interaction with one of his neighbors. Sebastian’s song with Steve Aoki goes viral with one of the biggest soccer stars but he has to answer his dad’s question about doing acid. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Sebastian Maniscalco

Guest: Pete

Topics covered

• World Cup
• parenting
• UFC
• cleanliness
• soccer
• celebration

Keywords

• World Cup
• UFC
• parenting
• soccer
• cleanliness
• celebration
• Knicks
• Steve Aoki

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UFC, Steve Aoki, Knicks

Places: Oval Office, Japan

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