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Andrei Markovits discusses the impact of the 2026 World Cup on soccer and society.

The 2026 World Cup has been bigger than ever before; an expanded tournament of forty-eight teams has brought record-breaking audiences. On this episode of The Zeitgeist, Andrei Markovits discusses soccer …

People in this episode

Guest: Andrei Markovits

Topics covered

• soccer
• society
• World Cup
• sports culture
• audience engagement

Keywords

• 2026 World Cup
• soccer
• audiences
• sports
• cultural impact

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Places: World Cup

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