Marc Fennell
speaker
1,712 appearances
15 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Sep
Marc Fennell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 15 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 5.
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The streets are heaving with people.
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The air is electric.
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It's all just a little bit tense.
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This is Mexico City.
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And the year is nineteen sixty nine.
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El Salvador are about to go head to head for a spot in the FIFA World Cup.
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Now, neither country has ever played in this competition before.
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But the pressure isn't just about what's happening on
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is Mark Fennell.
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And what really causes a war?
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Are there moments where, when you look back, wars could have been avoided if we just identified the trigger?
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This week, the football war.
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It cost thousands of lives, but was it really a case where no one saw it coming?
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Dan O'Hara is the voice you're listening to.
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And aside from having the most excellent Irish name in history, he's from the London School of Economics.
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Now, if that seems like a weird place to go to ask somebody about a football war, just stay with me, okay?
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So this is our second instalment in our miniseries, This Stupid War.
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And so much of this particular war hinges on, yes, that World Cup qualifier, way back in 1969.
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And it's between the century.
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Central American countries, Honduras and El Salvador.
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