The Game's Afoot
Feb 06, 2026•50 min
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Episode description
This week, Nick Enfield explores the benefits of playing games - whether or not you keep score; and Mike Jakeman on how the football World Cup has got bigger and bigger.
'The Score: How to stop playing someone else's game', by C Thi Nguyen
'World Cup Fever: A footballing journey in nine tournaments', by Simon Kuper
'The Power and the Glory: A new history of the World Cup', by Jonathan Wilson
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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