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Brian looks at the meteoric rise of Kylian Mbappé, whose goal in the 2018 World Cup final made him the first teenager since Pelé to score in soccer&#039;s biggest game. We&#039;ll discuss the contradictions of contemporary soccer, where the joy of stories like Mbappé&#039;s sits alongside high-level corruption. Also: three classic Arsenal jokes and the difficulty of dragging the creator of the universe into county court.
Host: Brian Phillips
Producers: Devon Renaldo, Mike Wargon, Conor Nevins and Vikram Patel 
Sound Design and Original Music: Devon Renaldo 
Mixing and Mastering: Scott Somerville
Match footage from FIFA
Also available in <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/346pJhMe4s0CRtFuEQyJTm?si&#061;58f7a083491b4f90" rel="nofollow">Spanish</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2ig3kXxbAW8QfBvxMZtFQV?si&#061;4d4ac466b81149c5" rel="nofollow">Portuguese</a>

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Brian Phillips is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘Impossible Owls’ and the host of the podcasts ‘Truthless’ and ‘22 Goals.’ A former staff writer for Grantland and senior writer for MTV News, he has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, among others.

3 | Kylian Mbappé (2018)

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