Jessica Mendoza

That's all for today, Friday, June 5th.

The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal.

Special thanks to Anna Maria Andriotis.

And by the way, this Sunday, we'll have a special episode about the billion-dollar business of the World Cup and the scandals that have dogged its rise.

It's the first of a two-part series.

Be sure to check it out.

The show is made by... Jessica Mendoza.

Our engineers are Griffin Tanner, Nathan Singapak, and Peter Leonard.

Additional mixing this week by Sam Baer.

Our theme music is by So Wiley.

Additional music this week from Katherine Anderson, Peter Leonard, Bobby Lord, Emma Munger, Marcus Begala, Griffin Tanner, So Wiley, and Blue Dot Sessions.

Fact-checking this week by Mary Mathis and Kate Gallagher.

Thanks for listening.

Happy Friday.

Our colleagues Drew Henshaw and Joe Parkinson both live in Europe, and they report a lot of stories together, usually about things like high-stakes hostage swaps or war in the Middle East.

Here's Joe.

In their day-to-day lives, Joe and Drew noticed something.

They were meeting a lot of Americans, and not just tourists.

So they started wondering, was this just a coincidence or were more Americans uprooting their lives to move abroad?

Joe and Drew started reporting.