{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6a4074d9a3fa978237e5711c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"World Cup | The World Cup and the New World Order | 3","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1782614956723-032e5da6-fa6b-451e-be2c-b2611f4c7c9f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What turns a football team into a country's most powerful weapon? How does a game invented to entertain end up laundering the reputations of dictators? And when seventy years of European control collapsed in a single afternoon's vote — who took the game, and what did they want with it?  From the sunlit genius of Brazil in 1970 to a backroom ballot in Frankfurt, Peter and Afua track the moment football slips out of European hands — and everyone, from newly free nations to military juntas, lunges to grab it.</p><p><br></p><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A's, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><p><br></p><p>[0:00] The greatest team ever to play — and the regime that basked in them</p><p>[3:56] Apartheid South Africa digs in while the rest of the world breaks free</p><p>[8:34] The Brazilian swimmer who saw what Europe refused to</p><p>[13:30] Mexico 1970: sunshine, colour TV, and football reborn as carnival</p><p>[15:30] England's captain, accused of nicking a bracelet in Bogotá</p><p>[18:38] Pelé becomes the most famous man alive — for a government that tortures</p><p>[22:17] Zaire arrive, the leopard-print rebellion begins</p><p>[30:52] One vote in Frankfurt ends seventy years of European rule</p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}