The world’s grandest soccer tournament is now a four-country competition. The tear-jerking losses and nail-biting victories that have taken place at the World Cup so far have also been loaded with underlying stories about global politics and culture. Journalist and author Frank Foer joins us to examine the games from both the intellectual and athletic perspectives.

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  • Franklin Foer Editor, The New Republic; author "How Soccer Explains the World: An (Unlikely) Theory of Globalization" (Harper Perennial)

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