Jeff Rueter
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461 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 6 Jul
Jeff Rueter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And this great welcoming to the point where the Algerian fans for their final group stage match, which they did end up advancing from the group, but they did put Thank You Lawrence, you know, in front because they had felt so welcome in a home away from home.
And then you just look and it's little things like...
Brazilian fans and American neutrals alike trying to join Japan in their postgame custom of cleaning up the stands afterwards to leave the spot better than they found it.
And you find a lot of camaraderie.
The lager might be overpriced, but the number of times that I've seen fans in rival jerseys toasting and trying to chat about it, it's really refreshing when you look at what has become...
You know, the era of Trumpism has really been one of isolation.
It has been one that has been trying to make it easier to target with advertising, with influencing political views if you are alone and staring at your screen.
And I think that there has been this like just intoxicating sort of community around a World Cup where it will be very interesting to see how many people who did.
Experience any portion of it.
Again, whether you're in Lawrence, Kansas, or you're at the stadium for the final, how will you be able to go back to that sort of isolatory, I don't understand my neighbor sort of complex?
And I think that it's been a very refreshing thing.
You know, again, I'm from Minnesota.
I live in St.
Paul.
I was there when ICE was running its raids in Operation Metro Surge in January, and I was out watching for my neighbors, right?
And you see this inverse of it, where you go from being targeted for who you are, from being embraced because of who you are.
And this is more of the America I recognize.
This is more of the United States that a lot of us grew up being told this country was supposed to be.
Yeah, like it's the personal touches and details, right?
And it's this idea of making them feel like home.
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