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The World According to Football Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2023 - 0
Episode 1
Episode One: Brazil
Fri, Dec 1, 2023 60 mins
Brazilians are known to be crazy for football. Crazy for men's football. For forty years, women in Brazil were banned from even playing the Beautiful Game. Narrator Trevor Noah reveals how a new generation of Brazilian female players has begun to claim their place in the pantheon of soccer greats and how they are campaigning for greater women's rights across Brazil.
Episode 2
Episode Two: USA
Fri, Dec 8, 2023 60 mins
Unlike most countries around the world, the U.S. goes by a pay-to-play system in soccer. While this system works for private academies and for anyone who can afford club soccer, it means that poorer players are left out. That in turn can keep grassroots talent from making it to the highest level. Trevor Noah discovers what we could learn from some brave soccer lovers bucking the pay-to-play system and he explores whether those lessons can apply to other facets of American life.
Episode 3
Episode Three: UK
Fri, Dec 15, 2023 60 mins
The Premier League is the ultimate cauldron of soccer competition. Billions of fans watch every year, and in an age of social media scrutiny there is almost nowhere for players to hide. We hear from former Premier League greats, including Tim Howard, about how the world's most scrutinized league can test your mental health. Trevor discovers that behind every soccer Superman is a Clark Kent trying to puzzle it all out.
Episode 4
Episode Four France
Sat, Dec 23, 2023 60 mins
The complex relationship between race, nationalism and soccer in France.
Episode 5
Episode Five Qatar
Sat, Dec 30, 2023 60 mins
A World Cup brings with it an immense global spotlight. Qatar spent billions to bask in that spotlight, but its plan went awry. Trevor investigates whether the world's biggest sporting event can bring about true social change. Series finale.
