Will this be the Donald Trump World Cup? (With Football Daily, part 1)
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got together with Americast/Newscast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever.
How much will Donald Trump make it about him? Will the US-Iran war affect the tournament? And why are tickets so expensive?
We tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on off the pitch.
Adam Fleming joins from Newscast and 5 Live football commentary legend John Murray is on from Football Daily.
In this episode we look at why the US, Canada, and Mexico were picked as hosts, and who’s benefiting from the Trump-Infantino bromance.
Listen to Newscast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl
Listen to Football Daily here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02nrsln
HOSTS: • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Adam Fleming, Newscast Host • John Murray, 5 Live Commentator
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | We get it. Life is busy. You want to keep up with the news, but there's just too much going on. |
| 0:13.0 | Which is where newscast comes in. We do the work, and when you're ready to dig deeper into the day's news, you just pop us into your ears. |
| 0:22.3 | It does mean we have to put in the hard work though. Listen to newscast every day on BBC Sounds. Hello, Mariana. Hello. |
| 0:28.3 | Here we are in the same studio at the same time for us. We are. For a special project. Yeah, |
| 0:32.5 | we are talking about one of my favourite topics, football in the World Cup, maybe one of your |
| 0:37.2 | favourite topics. Well, it's about to be, yeah. I mean, I always get into it when it is the World Cup. Yeah, and also I think that this World Cup is particularly interesting, which is why we're talking about it, because it's obviously happening in the US, Mexico, Canada, and there is lots to discuss in terms of geopolitics. |
| 0:54.4 | And there's a lot going on between a lot of countries at the moment, and a lot of those countries are going to be meeting in the three host countries, the US, Canada and Mexico. And we're going to have a bit of a theme of threes because we've brought together three podcasts. There's mine, newscast. There's Ameriast, and I'm not alone. Not alone, Anthony, here in Washington, D.C., in America for the American World Cup show. |
| 1:17.4 | And joining us from the third legendary podcast is John Murray from Football Daily. Hello, John. |
| 1:22.3 | Yes, hello, everyone, yes. And I know I'm going to be going straight to Mexico. I know I'll be in the United States |
| 1:28.5 | and depends what happens in terms of who goes through, who goes out, whether I get to Canada or not. |
| 1:33.7 | But I'll certainly be going to two of the three. And for those of you who cannot see John, |
| 1:38.1 | he's got his proper football commentary lip mic. So I feel like he's in the commentary booth already. |
| 1:43.0 | Well, in the football daily, in the commentator's view podcast, we always do it on lip mics. So I feel like he's in the commentary booth already. Well, in the football, in the |
| 1:44.2 | Football Daily, in the commentator's View podcast, we always do it on lip mics. Just I think, |
| 1:49.4 | give it that extra little bit of football commentator feel. So old habits die hard. It's making me |
| 1:55.9 | want to talk very, very closely into my microphone, but that probably will not sound as good. And certainly my |
| 2:01.5 | content will not be as good as yours, John. Anyway, welcome aboard, because we're going to do three |
| 2:05.8 | episodes looking at lots of elements of the World Cup, not necessarily the actual football. There's |
| 2:10.9 | plenty of that elsewhere, but all of the interesting aspects around the politics, the money, |
| 2:15.1 | the relationships, and some of the things that might happen. |
| 2:19.3 | Welcome to a special AmeriCast. |
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