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Whether you live for football or still can’t wrap your head around the offside rule, The World Cup, But Not Really is a non-sporty sports podcast like you’ve never heard before. Join culture nerds Rune Pedersen and Stefan Delatovic as they ditch the tactics and analysis to explore the deeply human stories living on the sidelines of football, told while the world watches the biggest sporting event on planet Earth. From con men and jersey collectors to octopus pundits, dive into the chants, the emotions, go backstage at a stadium, and learn how blind football is played. Explore these stories and more in this celebration of everything football touches, and everything it usually leaves out.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhether you live for football or still can’t wrap your head around the offside rule, The World Cup, But Not Really is a non-sporty sports podcast like you’ve never heard before.
The World Cup, But Not Really is hosted by SBS. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Art of Football Commentary" (24 July 2026, 25 minutes), "Football, Men & Emotions" (17 July 2026, 27 minutes), and "Playing in the dark: Australia's Women's blind football" (10 July 2026, 19 minutes).
The World Cup, But Not Really publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 12 episodes.
Booking probability for The World Cup, But Not Really is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The World Cup, But Not Really requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The World Cup, But Not Really's contact route on record: verified email.
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SBS hosts The World Cup, But Not Really, a society podcast with 12 episodes published.
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Episode #11
In this final episode of ‘The World Cup, But Not Really’, Rune and Stefan takes on football commentary from a handful of different languages, and dig into some of its most unforgettable historic moments. We travel...
Episode #10
Football stadiums and football viewing parties might be the last place where men are allowed to cry and be really emotional in public. In this episode, Rune and Stefan try to work out why. Stefan has been noticing grown...
In this episode of The World Cup, But Not Really, Rune heads to a training camp to meet The Bilbies, Australia's women's blind football team, where five players plays in complete darkness, and he learns how the game is...
Episode #8
Chasing that feeling of football and home, Rune stumbles into the story of the Homeless World Cup, and the people for whom that feeling isn't a memory, but a lived reality. In this episode, Rune meets Kuda, who arrived...
How does one of the happiest jerseys in football, The Canarinho, become something some Brazilians can't bring themselves to wear? And how were iconic football jerseys from the '90s made? Those are the two topics Rune...
Is goalkeeping the loneliest job on the pitch? You're part of a team, but you're also doing your own thing, separated from everyone else by a strip of grass and some paint. In this episode we find out. We meet Paul...
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