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Radio Atlantic

A Short History of Brazilian Soccer

Radio Atlantic

The Atlantic

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Atlantic staff writers Franklin Foer and Clint Smith talk about who they're rooting for and why in World Cup 2022. And Franklin Foer takes us on a journey through the history the beautiful and ugly side of his beloved Brazilian team. Sign up for The Atlantic's World Cup newsletter "The Great Game" Tape in this episode comes from: FIFA, Banda Folia Brasileira, Le Huffington Post, KFC, and Neymar's TikTok (with music from DJ Dubay: Vota Vota E CONFIRMA 22 É BOLSONARO) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Franklin Four, a staff writer at The Atlantic.

0:32.0

Here today, with my colleague, Clint Smith.

0:35.0

Hey, hey.

0:36.0

We're here because we're going to spend the next month, which is going to be consumed by the World Cup,

0:41.0

watching the game, not doing any of our staff work for The Atlantic.

0:45.0

This is why I joined The Atlantic.

0:47.0

This is when I signed me up three years ago.

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I said, I just want to be on staff so that when it's time for the World Cup,

0:54.0

I can watch eight hours of soccer per day for a month.

0:58.0

Yeah, we're going to hope that Jeffrey Goldberg is not listening to the segment of Radio Atlantic.

1:02.0

Clint, I suppose you're rooting for the U.S. men's team in this tournament?

1:07.0

I am.

1:08.0

Yeah, it's a young team, it's an exciting team.

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It's our first World Cup in eight years.

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I think there's a lot of excitement around so many of the players who are playing in Europe,

1:15.0

who are playing in top leagues against some of the best players in the world.

1:19.0

The U.S. soccer is in a different place than it was eight years ago.

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