Fin Taylor

Germany wins an awful opening game, 1-0.

But I didn't fucking know this.

The whole thing is overshadowed.

I had no idea.

On the same day, the LAPD are in televised pursuit of OJ Simpson.

No.

I had no... Like, so this is competing for the most exciting live GTA that's ever happened.

I know.

And as we record, we must just say that friend of the pod, Mark Furman, has passed away.

At the time of record.

Minutes...

He's not yet been resurrected.

We must have a minute of silence.

Can we make a Mount Rushmore, an AI Mount Rushmore?

Charlie, can you make an AI Mount Rushmore and Grok, Mark Furman, Richard Keyes and Errol Musk?

Yeah, this is the thin version of history about Rushmore.

Today I am gay.

So, yeah, but isn't that... I think that's part of the reason, though, culturally, as to why America can never... Maybe we'll never have the love for football that European nations do, is that its news cycle is just much more entertaining than, like...

any sport can be yeah I mean no sport could compete with that with OJ and the only equivalent we have is Raul Mo and that was not televised in British OJ and we could not there was no like visually that didn't work on TV as well well yeah I guess it'd be him running through a bog or like running down yeah Raul yeah

Chase by Gaswine and Ray Mears picking up grass and smelling it it's not the same so probably the best thing about 94 which I think is quite a turgid tournament because Brazil it's too hot but also Brazil are not that good at that what's that that's looking very nice that's nice