America Icing Out World Cup Fans

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of politics and the World Cup, featuring insights from ESPN's Bill Connelly.

The World Cup is the biggest annual sporting event in the world. And the first game is tomorrow . This year’s competition is being hosted by three countries for the first time: the US, Canada, and Mexico. Already, fans of Argentina , Cote d’Ivoire , and other countries have flooded social media with their journeys to watch their favorite teams play. But with the World Cup, as with most things, comes… a lot of politics. We spoke with Bill Connelly to find out how politics is impacting the event. He’s a staff writer for ESPN covering soccer and college football. And in headlines, Trump continues to threaten Iran , inflation hits its highest in three years , and Democrats “ nominate the guy with the nazi tattoo ” in the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate . Show Notes: Check out Bill's work – https://tinyurl.com/mvt45rea Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

People in this episode

Host: What A Day

Guest: Bill Connelly

Topics covered

• World Cup
• politics
• soccer
• sports
• current events
• inflation
• elections

Keywords

• World Cup
• Bill Connelly
• politics
• soccer
• Trump
• inflation
• Democrats
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN

Places: US, Canada, Mexico, Iran, Maine, Cote d’Ivoire

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