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The World Cup heats up
🕑 Added 2023-10-20 09:22:51 +0000 UTCHello TFW world. It has been another of those weeks, as is evident by the Wednesday email coming out on a Friday again. But you know, days are arbitrary constructions aren't they? Either way, it's Week 3 of October, and we still have a lot of World Cup to go. But it has got more spicy - not just with Australia getting started with a first win, per the video above, but Afghanistan handsomely beating the reigning champs England, recorded with Geoff and Bharat in India, then Netherlands thrashing South Africa, recorded with Adam and Cam in London. We're spreading the workload to make this tournament more manageable.
The audio episodes are all on your pod feeds as usual. Get involved.
Lucknow, rain, David Warner and the covers
The other side of the World Cup
Season 15, Episode 5: Outside the pageantry on the field, there are currents and undercurrents influencing this World Cup beyond the play. Senior journalists Daniel Brettig and Anand Vasu join to talk about recent pieces they’ve written that have packed a punch. Also, more Sheffield Shield, more bad press releases and more success for the Australian women’s team.
Here's the audio episode.
Anand and Bharat
Story Time 154 – From the cricket ground to prison
This week, our many recent tales of crooks and jailbirds add three more notable entries, from plotters to absconders. We try to track down a family connection, look at a family's number, and solve a statistical possibility about the most successful failures. Plus, find out what they inhale on a surf town's dancefloor - it's Story Time.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
15.40 - Anit Manudhane
2.15 - Nuwan Jayawickreme
60.00 - Ken Edwards
3.51 - Sean, Carmel and Noah Smith
2.63 - Byron Frost
The episode is here.
That's it for the last week. Australia is playing Pakistan right now, we'll see you for the Daily later.
