BOBP 155: How Soccer Explains the World

A summary and discussion of the book: How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer. In this episode we discuss a couple of chapters in the book particularly “The Jewish Question”,  “The Black Carpathians” and “The Sentimental Hooligan”.  We also go over our picks for the world cup, going through our group stage picks and our selected bracket picks. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear who we predict to win. 

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A link to the book can be found below: 

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization – With a New Preface Covering the 2026 World Cup: Foer, Franklin: 9780063486768: Amazon.com: Books

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