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00:05Monday morning in Miami, somewhere in Florida, and Ian Fletcher is on a journey.
00:19The 2026 Soccer World Cup is to be co-hosted by the US in competition with Canada and Mexico
00:26in what will be the biggest sporting event the world has ever seen.
00:32Ian's here because he's been recruited by FIPA, the organising body for world football
00:38which we're unable to name for legal reasons, to lead its 2026 Oversight team in Miami in
00:44a key new post of Director of Integrity.
00:55He's arriving at a moment when, in a divided world, sport means more to us.
00:59than it's ever meant.
01:04And this is a post that's been specially created for him by FIPA's previous Director
01:08of Integrity, who left...
01:11Ian!
01:12Ian!
01:13Eric, hi.
01:14Welcome to Oversight.
01:15Ah, yes.
01:16Very good.
01:18My God, who knew you were so big?
01:19We met on Zoom, for all I know you are a pygmy.
01:21Yes.
01:22Turns out you are a giant.
01:23Well, I wouldn't...
01:23It's the modern condition.
01:25We are in each other's faces more than ever, but from the neck down we are in uncharted waters.
01:29Yes.
01:30Well, it's very good to be here anyway.
01:32Let me introduce you.
01:33So, everybody, the special one is with us!
01:40Well...
01:43Well, thank you.
01:45I was just saying to Eric, it's great to be here and to see you all.
01:48Wow!
01:49Okay.
01:50So, let me show you.
01:51We have your own desk for you, I think.
01:53Right.
01:53Emily?
01:54Yes.
01:54Eric van de Putrens is mostly Belgian, and is in Miami as FIPA chief coordinating attachรฉ
02:00from their headquarters in Zurich.
02:02Right.
02:03Okay.
02:03So, here we are.
02:04Yes.
02:05We are in the very centre of things, yes?
02:07Yes.
02:07No, I mean, it's right in the middle, isn't it?
02:09Yes.
02:10Okay.
02:10So, welcome.
02:11So, I will leave you now.
02:13Apologies if I have taken too much of your time already.
02:15No.
02:15And in the meantime, if I need anything, I can ask Emily, is it?
02:18Yes.
02:19Yes.
02:19Yes.
02:46Even though FIPA is based in Switzerland, Ian's first task is to establish his place
02:51in a corporate culture which is irretrievably American.
02:59Okay, great.
03:00So, shall we make some sort of start?
03:02Of course.
03:03Oh my God, so British.
03:04By 10 o'clock, Ian is chairing his first ever meeting of the Oversight Team's Strategic Operations
03:08Group, or SOG.
03:10So, first of all, I just wanted to say hi, really, and maybe introduce myself a bit.
03:14Hi.
03:15Yes, and perhaps say something about the journey we're all on together.
03:18Great.
03:19It's a crack squad of individual men or women chosen from soccer authorities right across
03:24the three host nations and assembled here in Miami to see what happens.
03:28As some of you might know, I was lucky enough to be involved in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
03:33Oh my God, so great.
03:34The opening ceremony.
03:35Sure.
03:35You have Mr. Bean, the Queen, falls out of a helicopter.
03:38Oh my God, brilliant.
03:39So, just to clarify, guys, it wasn't like she fell, she was wearing a parachute.
03:42Okay, well, yes.
03:43Either way, okay, you have the Queen coming out of the sky, no?
03:46Yeah, still pretty neat.
03:48Yes, well, anyway, what I realise now, that turns out to have been just base camp on
03:52the way towards an altogether higher and more momentous peak.
03:55For sure.
03:55So there are going to be challenging days on the way up.
03:58Yeah.
03:59Yeah, 100%.
03:59And we'll be relying on each other every step of the way.
04:02But when we get to the top, which by the way, we will, I think the view is going to
04:08be pretty
04:08incredible for all of us.
04:10Can I just say, that is so beautiful, Ian.
04:12Well, no.
04:13Truly.
04:14Yeah, great stuff.
04:16But anyway, in the meantimeโฆ
04:17With fewer than 200 days to go to the opening game at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City,
04:23the most pressing item in Ian's inbox is the official announcement of the semi-final venues
04:27on Friday.
04:28It's a big moment, both for the oversight team and for the two cities in question, wherever
04:33they turn out to be.
04:34And am I right in thinking that as of now, i.e. today, Monday, we haven't finalized where
04:39those venues are?
04:40Oh my god.
04:41Nope, we have not.
04:42Correct.
04:42Right.
04:43Guys, do not get me started on this, please.
04:45No, okay.
04:46Let's not.
04:46My name is Gabriela de la Rosa, and I am VP of Dix and Narrative at 2026 Oversight.
04:51So when you host a tournament like this, what are you doing?
04:53What you are doing is you are telling a story about who you are, and you're telling this
04:57story to the world.
04:58Right, yes.
04:59So then in this case, when you've got three host nations, how do you decide which story
05:04you're telling?
05:05Okay, for sure.
05:06This is a challenge, yes.
05:07Yes.
05:08So I played 207 games for Club Deportivo Guadalajara in the Liga MX Femenil.
05:12I represented Mexico on the world stage 35 times.
05:15I was CMO at the Federaciรณn Mexicana de Fรบtbol Asociaciรณn for three years.
05:19I am proud to be a Mexican woman.
05:20Right.
05:21This is my story.
05:22So this is the story I'm telling, yes?
05:24Right, yes.
05:25I mean, essentially, it looks like we're down to a short list of three possible venues
05:28for two games, which, I have to say, doesn't sound too difficult in principle.
05:32Good.
05:32The idea of making a last-minute decision about something as crucial as the venues for the
05:372026 semifinals is one of a number of outstanding projects bequeathed to him by Ian's
05:42predecessor as Director of Integrity.
05:44I mean, Owen, perhaps with your logistics hat on, do you want to just take us through
05:47the headlines with each of the options?
05:49Okay.
05:50I mean, if that's okay with you?
05:51Oh, sure.
05:52Okay.
05:53I'll give it a shot.
05:54Um, so, uh, Vancouver, LA, and Miami.
06:01Three very different options here.
06:04So Miami, we know, of course, because we can pretty much see it out the window.
06:08Hello.
06:08So I am Owen Mitchell, and I am VP Logistics and Execution here at, well, you know where
06:15we are.
06:15I didn't choose that title, by the way.
06:17I have also been the Chief Operating Officer at Canada Soccer for the past eight years in
06:22case you're interested.
06:22So basically you're responsible for the practicalities of the whole thing.
06:27Really?
06:27Jesus, I'm still trying to figure out how the coffee machine works.
06:30I mean, planning, infrastructure, transport, everything.
06:32I don't know.
06:33I guess somebody must be.
06:35Hey, maybe it is me.
06:37Then LA over there on the west coast.
06:40What can you say?
06:41Twelve million people, what they're all really doing there.
06:43We don't know.
06:44Stadium, functioning airport, hotels, palm trees.
06:47So everything pretty much where it ought to be.
06:49That is when parts of it aren't literally on fire.
06:52Oh my gosh.
06:53And you discount the existence of the San Andreas Fault.
06:55Our poor world, right?
06:57Yep.
06:58And then Vancouver, up there in Canada.
07:03What can I tell you?
07:03By the BC Stadium out there on False Creek.
07:07You can walk there from the SkyTrain station and you hear the harbour seals calling out in English Bay.
07:13When it comes to issues like the venues for the semi-finals,
07:16Owen's job is to bring his wealth of practical experience and knowledge to bear for the benefit of the whole
07:21group.
07:22Right, well, thank you for that, Owen.
07:23Sure.
07:24That's really helpful.
07:25Yeah, right.
07:25I mean, this is a key decision in so many ways.
07:28Yep.
07:28Oh my gosh.
07:29I mean, Sarah, I mean, from an environmental point of view.
07:32Absolutely.
07:32Right, so financially, it's huge.
07:34Yes.
07:34Financially.
07:35Right, like we're not trying to save the world here, right?
07:37Excuse me?
07:38Fuck's sake.
07:38What do you mean we're not trying to save the world here?
07:41That's exactly what we're trying to do.
07:42Well, I mean, should we...
07:43Okay, and guys, we have not talked about Guadalajara yet, yes?
07:46Right.
07:47Jesus.
07:48Guadalajara?
07:49Yes.
07:49So just a detail, Guadalajara is not actually on the short list.
07:52Exactly.
07:53This is what I'm saying.
07:53It is not on the short list.
07:54Yes, I mean...
07:55Excuse my language here, but like, what is this?
07:57Like, what the fuck?
07:58Is it just me or did we cover this?
07:59We're not doing this for shits and giggles, right?
08:01Excuse me?
08:02Honestly, I don't know why we're even talking about this.
08:04So I'm Nick Castellano.
08:05I'm VP Business and Legal at 2026 Oversight, as well as at US Soccer, so basically that's
08:09everything, right?
08:09The whole kit and caboodle.
08:10You name it, it comes through me.
08:11Right.
08:11Do you want to be a bit more specific?
08:13Specific?
08:14Yeah, you know, maybe some examples.
08:15Listen, I'm trying to save you time here.
08:17What is this?
08:17The Supreme Court?
08:18I mean, just looking at it, with the opening game in Mexico City and the final in New York,
08:23in other words, in the US, is there an argument that at least one of these semifinals
08:26should take place in Canada, which would mean Vancouver in this case, obviously?
08:31Don't know what I mean.
08:32I mean, I don't know, does that help at all?
08:37Oh my gosh!
08:45With the meeting over, Ian has come to have a word with f***ed by Chief Coordinating Attachรฉ
08:50Eric van de Putrens, who is visible in his office talking on his phone.
08:57So Eric is busy right now?
08:59Yes.
08:59He's actually in a meeting?
09:00A meeting?
09:01Yes.
09:02It's okay, I just wanted to have a quick word if that's okay.
09:04Sure.
09:04You know, when he's finished.
09:05Sure, if you could email me some times.
09:07What? No.
09:08Ian!
09:08Yes, hi.
09:09You are here?
09:09Yes.
09:10You are still with us?
09:11Yes.
09:12No, I was just wondering if you had a moment.
09:14A moment?
09:14Yes.
09:14Of course, yes, of course.
09:15And then what is life but moments?
09:17We must spend them wisely.
09:18Yes.
09:19Thank you, Emily.
09:20Yes.
09:20Really, she is a force of nature.
09:22Yes, truly.
09:23In fact, I don't know whether you remember this, but I think there was some mention of me having an
09:27Emily of
09:28my own at some point.
09:29Absolutely, yes.
09:30Yes.
09:30I don't know if you need to talk to Zurich about that.
09:32No one has been in contact with you about this.
09:34No, not yet, no.
09:35So then I apologize.
09:36I think we have good news here.
09:38Oh.
09:38Yes.
09:39Perhaps we can say watch this space.
09:41Right.
09:41I will unleash Emily on this immediately.
09:43Right.
09:43Then we can say look out.
09:44Yes?
09:45Yes.
09:45In theory, Eric acts as a conduit not just between Zurich and Miami, but also vice versa.
09:51And already, even at the end of the first meeting, we move forward, the Vancouver decision.
09:55Yes.
09:56Then I think we can call this a result.
09:58Yes.
09:58So I wanted to ask you about process here.
10:00On his first day in the job, Ian is keen to get up to speed with who people are, how
10:04things work, and what that means.
10:06And when it comes to the other semi-final, LA or Miami.
10:09Yes.
10:09So this email about this Miami day thing on Friday?
10:14Yes.
10:14Which am I right in thinking I'm supposed to be making some sort of speech at?
10:17Evidently so.
10:18In which case, first of all, what is it exactly?
10:21Miami day.
10:21Yes.
10:22Well, yes, exactly.
10:23What is it?
10:24So what we know is that Americans, they love to have days.
10:28Right.
10:28Well, then perhaps we can say this is something that is exactly what it sounds like.
10:33Right.
10:34Okay.
10:34I hope that helps.
10:35Yes.
10:35Well, personally, I am looking forward to it.
10:37Good.
10:38But with the semi-finals announcement coming on the same day, I mean, is that just a coincidence
10:42or is there something else going on here?
10:44Ah, yes, exactly.
10:45Who can say?
10:47Right.
10:47Yes.
10:50By the next morning, it's a new D in downtown Miami.
10:57It's D2.
10:58Good morning.
10:59Hi, yes.
11:00Going up?
11:00Yes.
11:00Well, I mean, I hope so anyway.
11:02Absolutely.
11:06So, I just want to say it's so great you're here, Ian.
11:10Oh, thank you.
11:10That's...
11:11Truly.
11:12Well...
11:12And it's so great you're sitting at Bill's desk, you know?
11:16Right.
11:16Yes.
11:17And you're British too, right?
11:18Which makes it...
11:19I don't know.
11:20Well, I can't do anything about that.
11:22Actually, it's kind of wonderful.
11:23Well, thanks anyway.
11:28Okay, so then the raw sewage is pumped from underground collecting tanks back up to ground
11:34level for treatment, which separates water from what we call sludge.
11:40Okay.
11:40Okay.
11:40Yeah, so that's how that happens.
11:43Wow.
11:43That's awesome.
11:44By nine o'clock, VP Sustainability and Climate Strategy Sarah Campbell is in a virtual meeting
11:50all of her own making.
11:51So, there are companies that specialize in the removal of fats, oils and grease, known
11:57as FOG, or otherwise high strength waste, from waste water.
12:02Okay.
12:03Like, they have tankers and they go all over the city literally sucking this stuff up out
12:08of drains.
12:09Wow.
12:09I know, right?
12:10So, what we discovered is that if you add FOG to the digester at the critical point,
12:17the chemical reaction supercharges the biogas production, enabling us to literally double
12:23the production of gas and therefore double our electricity production.
12:29Right.
12:29Okay.
12:30But here's where it gets interesting, right?
12:32Absolutely.
12:34My name is Sarah Campbell and I'm VP Sustainability and Climate Strategy here at 2026 Oversight.
12:39Essentially, it involves putting the environment at the heart of everything we do to deliver
12:43a 2026 that's at the very least carbon neutral.
12:46In an ideal world, and I truly believe it's possible, we would be putting carbon back into
12:51the environment as a net result of everything we do.
12:54Are you sure you don't mean taking carbon out of the environment?
12:56Excuse me?
12:57Otherwise...
12:58Absolutely.
12:59Right.
12:59Exactly.
13:00I truly believe it's possible.
13:0233 million room nights in LA hotels last year, a direct visitor spend of $24 billion.
13:08Right.
13:09And those are big numbers?
13:10Yes.
13:10Well, they are numbers.
13:11This morning, with one of the semi-finals already assigned to Vancouver, the team is
13:15under pressure to choose between the last two shortlisted cities, Miami and Los Angeles,
13:19for the remaining game, before the official announcement of venues on Friday.
13:23I mean, in the end, I suppose what we need to consider...
13:26Okay.
13:27Okay.
13:27So this is a no-brainer, right?
13:29Well...
13:29Los Angeles has eight matches already.
13:31Right.
13:31Eight.
13:32Jesus.
13:32They have a quarter-final already.
13:34They had the Olympic Games in 1984.
13:36The Olympic Games?
13:37Yeah, I think that's different.
13:37LA is LA.
13:38We know what it is.
13:39It is oatmeal and monjaro.
13:41What?
13:41Hmm.
13:42It is la-la-la-land, like the movie.
13:44La-la.
13:44Excuse me?
13:45It's not la-la-la.
13:46Okay.
13:46Yeah, la-la.
13:47Right, well...
13:48You know, I do not think we would end up getting into this.
13:50Guadalajara is not on the fucking shortlist, okay?
13:53This is not about Guadalajara.
13:54We are not going back there.
13:55This is about the story we are telling.
13:57Plus, no, it's not a fucking story, Gabriela.
14:00Should we come back to this?
14:00Like, what am I, a fucking five-year-old?
14:01Hold on.
14:02Don't answer that, okay?
14:03So, we calculate that with the increase in stadium capacity from 30,000 to 45,000 for
14:09the tournament, like, there's a sweet spot for this technology.
14:13Right.
14:14A microbiologist, both by training and by temperament, Matthew Jones is leading a flagship environmental
14:20project at the BMO Stadium in Toronto, where six of the 104 2026 matches will be played.
14:26And the good news is that everybody poops about a pound per day, give or take, right?
14:31Great.
14:31And we calculate that if we can increase that by just a small margin...
14:36Wait.
14:36Increase it?
14:36Right.
14:37By just a small margin, then we think the stadium could be completely self-sustaining,
14:43which would be, like, a first.
14:48Wow.
14:48All just by taking the city's fog and co-digesting it with our sludge.
14:53Oh my gosh.
14:56Yeah, I mean, for me, with LA, you had Beckham, LA Galaxy, 2007-8, the glory years.
15:01Yeah, right.
15:02You had Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, Ashley Cole.
15:04Yes.
15:05Excuse me?
15:05It's iconic.
15:06It's showbiz.
15:07Okay, so first of all, Ashley Cole is not iconic, okay?
15:09He is not.
15:10What I'm saying is, you've got all these statistics, right?
15:13Okay, fine, that's great.
15:14I get it.
15:14But I'm sorry, but for me, football is about emotion, right?
15:19And there's something about LA, you know?
15:21Well, and you can't put it into words.
15:23No, evidently not.
15:24Yeah.
15:25So, I'm Phil Plank.
15:26People call me Woody.
15:27From Manchester, originally.
15:28You can probably hear that.
15:29Warrington, actually, but over here nobody knows where that is, so I just say Manchester.
15:33And I'm VP on Pitch Protocols for 2026 Oversight.
15:37I was playing football back in the UK.
15:39I had trials for Oldham Athletic.
15:41Had a few games for the second team.
15:42I actually played against Phil Neville once when he was coming back from injury.
15:45So, yeah.
15:46Beat that.
15:47I mean, Owen.
15:48Yep.
15:48As VP Logistics and Execution.
15:50Right, I did not choose that title, by the way.
15:52No, but in that role anyway.
15:53Yeah.
15:53Where have you landed with this?
15:55Right, so for me, this whole thing, I mean, I'm Canadian.
15:58What do I care?
15:58It's like Vancouver and someplace else.
16:01Right.
16:01No, but really, while in all, in my gut, I guess I would go Miami.
16:05Great.
16:06Of course.
16:06As the semi-final debate continues, it's beginning to look as if opinion in the room is now universally divided.
16:12Ah, right, Eric.
16:13So, apologies everyone, what can we say?
16:16When you are in the Zoom, where are you?
16:17You are everywhere and you are nowhere.
16:18Yes.
16:19Yeah, right.
16:19So, what is the score here?
16:21Do we have a result?
16:22Right, yes.
16:23Well, it's a good time to arrive, actually.
16:24It looks like we might need a casting boat.
16:26Me?
16:26Yes, I mean...
16:27No, I'm sorry.
16:28What?
16:28I cannot be involved.
16:29I'm afraid I am the conduit.
16:31Only.
16:31Absolutely.
16:32Yeah, right.
16:32Especially with something like this.
16:34Right.
16:34Perhaps we can say, cometh the hour, cometh the man.
16:38Yes?
16:38Ah.
16:40Right.
16:41Right, yes.
16:53Yes.
17:11By the end of the week.
17:12No, I haven't.
17:12No, I haven't.
17:14Dallas and Atlanta?
17:16What do you mean Dallas and Atlanta?
17:17Where the hell did they come from?
17:18No, I know where they are.
17:21I know we do.
17:22But just when it looked as if the decisions on semi-final venues had been made, suddenly
17:26there's the sound of goalposts moving.
17:28Yes, I know it is.
17:29Yeah, I know we have.
17:31Yes, I know.
17:31Actually, Gabriella, can we come back into English for a second?
17:34Great.
17:34Thanks, yes.
17:35Power of poop.
17:37Right.
17:38Okay.
17:39Meanwhile, back at Oversight HQ, Sarah is in a meeting with the 2026 social media team.
17:44Hashtag power of poop.
17:45Like, we really like that.
17:46Totally.
17:47Yeah, like dude.
17:48Okay.
17:49They've been working on ideas for giving her Wastewater Future campaign more grippiness
17:54in a famously slippery social media world.
17:57I don't know, Wastewater Future just seems more, I don't know, I guess.
18:01Okay, so, this has got to pop, right?
18:03Right.
18:03Right, and truth is, poop pops, right?
18:05Sure.
18:05Totally.
18:06I guess, like, maybe we could just try it, right?
18:09Sure.
18:09Totally.
18:10You know, see what happens?
18:11Right.
18:11I mean, if it doesn't work, I guess.
18:13So it's done?
18:14I guess we could, excuse me?
18:15It's done, I just posted.
18:16Cool.
18:17Okay.
18:17Sure.
18:18Like, this is going to be so cool.
18:19Right.
18:19Totally.
18:20Right, right, right.
18:29Oh, say, can you sing, by the dawn's early light.
18:40Across town at the Craftsman Centre for Performative Arts, things are getting serious.
18:46Particularly since the Oversight team have just received an email from Zurich ahead of the
18:50announcement this afternoon confirming that the 2026 semi-finals will be played in the
18:55cities of Dallas and Atlanta, neither of which is anywhere near either Vancouver or especially
19:01Miami.
19:02The land of the free and the home of the brave.
19:22I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
19:30it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
19:39Thank you, guys.
19:41Truly.
19:42May I invite you all now, please, to remain standing as I have the honour, as Mayor of the
19:49City of Miami County, of introducing the Chair and Founder of Miami First Enterprise, Daniel
19:57Craftsman.
20:06Thank you so much, guys.
20:08Guys, please.
20:09Please, be seated.
20:11Thank you, Mayor Santos.
20:13Thanks, Juan Diego.
20:15Elected officials, distinguished guests, and other people, thank you for being with us today.
20:24So, first of all, I want to welcome members of the 2026 Oversight Team for taking the time
20:30to be with us here today.
20:31Welcome, guys.
20:32It's truly an honour for us to have you with us.
20:35Woo!
20:35And I want to say a personal thanks to you for choosing Miami, this great city of ours,
20:42and the soccer capital of the USA, thank you for choosing us as host city for seven great
20:54games already.
20:56Woo!
20:59What can I say?
21:01You guys have made the right choices, up to now.
21:05And hopefully, it's not over yet.
21:09Miami first!
21:10You know it!
21:10Miami first!
21:11Miami first!
21:12Miami first!
21:13Miami first!
21:14Say what?
21:14Miami first!
21:15Say it again!
21:16Miami first!
21:17Miami first!
21:18Miami first!
21:21Miami first!
21:28So, I believe I'm right in saying Eric is in Atlanta.
21:31Eric's in Atlanta.
21:32Yes, exactly.
21:33Yeah, no, he's completely gone, yeah.
21:34If it wasn't clear what the Miami day thing was about, it is now.
21:37So, Eric is not replying.
21:39Yeah, right.
21:40Okay, well.
21:40He is notification silenced.
21:42For fuck's sake.
21:42It looks as if the dignitaries at Miami first have timed Miami day deliberately to coincide
21:47with the announcement of the semi-final venues on the assumption that they'd got one.
21:51But the problem for the oversight team is that apparently they haven't.
21:55Anyone know what this is?
21:56Well.
21:56He's playing that audience like a fucking violin out there.
21:58Well.
21:58It's a shake down.
21:59It's a lay off.
22:00It's a ham and cheese sandwich.
22:01Yes, well, whatever it is.
22:02Oh, okay.
22:03Yes?
22:04Excuse me.
22:05Oh, right.
22:05So, we're busy, yes?
22:06Sure.
22:07Okay.
22:07Well, thank you.
22:08Anyway, the point is we can't stay in here.
22:10Essentially, we're in a toilet and we're going to have to come out.
22:12Yeah, nice one.
22:13So, when you're on the pitch, attack is the best form of defense, yes?
22:15Right.
22:16Without doubt.
22:16What the fuck does that mean?
22:17I mean, is there anything we can give them instead?
22:19Well, this is what I am saying.
22:21So, like what?
22:21Well, I don't know.
22:22Really, some fucking flowers?
22:23You know, just something as a kind of, you know, just to make it seem...
22:26What?
22:26You mean like the third place playoff final or something?
22:28What?
22:28Excuse me?
22:29Yeah, uh...
22:29The third place playoff?
22:31I'm just...
22:31Well, hang on.
22:31Fuck's sake.
22:32Are you actually mad?
22:33Wait a minute.
22:33Okay, I'm just saying.
22:34The third place playoff final?
22:36Yeah.
22:37Right, okay.
22:38Interesting.
22:38Yeah, or fucking flowers.
22:50Okay, here we go.
22:51Cool.
22:52It's happening.
22:53Meanwhile, back across town in the social media world, events are unfolding literally IRT.
22:58But, so, like what is happening here?
23:01Okay, so?
23:01This is the power of poop.
23:02Right?
23:03Right.
23:03Totally.
23:04Right, like hashtag power of power of poop.
23:06Right?
23:06Right.
23:07Hey.
23:09So like, who are these people?
23:11Who are they?
23:12Like, who is Shiny Earwig?
23:14Okay.
23:14Like, have they actually read...
23:15Like, I don't know who Shiny Earwig is, right?
23:17Who is Mr. Beast?
23:18Like, these are people who until a few moments ago...
23:22Mr. Beast?
23:23Wait.
23:24No way.
23:24What?
23:25You're kidding.
23:25No way.
23:26Oh my God, it is.
23:27It's him.
23:27Dude.
23:27Oh my God.
23:28What?
23:28What is happening?
23:29Mr. Beast?
23:30Jesus Christ.
23:36So yes, we look forward to sharing the journey with you as we count down to June the 11th,
23:43to the start of the greatest sporting event on earth, and to celebrating everything that
23:49Miami can bring to that event in its many and various ways.
23:54So, yes.
23:55Yes.
23:57Great.
23:58That is so great to hear that from you guys, truly.
24:00Okay, so we have time for a few questions, if anybody...
24:03Yeah.
24:04Hi, Judith.
24:04Go ahead.
24:06Thank you, Daniel.
24:07Judith Jones, Channel 3 News Florida.
24:09Hi.
24:09Hi.
24:09So, you're announcing the venues for the semi-final matches this afternoon.
24:13Yes.
24:14Obviously, there's been a lot of speculation around that.
24:17Daniel made reference to the fact that Miami is ready and standing by.
24:21Yes.
24:21Is there anything you'd like to say about that ahead of the announcement?
24:24Right.
24:25Yes.
24:25Okay.
24:27Great question, Judith, by the way.
24:28Yes.
24:29Excuse me.
24:29Ian, you go ahead.
24:30Yes.
24:30I mean, obviously, these are big decisions.
24:33It's something we've given a great deal of thought to.
24:36Obviously, I won't pre-empt this afternoon's announcement.
24:39You wouldn't expect me to.
24:40We'll have to wait and see what that contains.
24:43But in the meantime, I think I can say this.
24:47Well, in fact, I'm going to.
24:49As I say, we've given a lot of thought to this.
24:51Semi-finals are fine.
24:53They're one thing.
24:54They're great occasions.
24:55But in the end, they are semi-finals, or as you would say, semi-finals, after all.
24:59And as you say, Daniel, this isn't just any city.
25:04This is Miami.
25:05Miami.
25:07Yes.
25:10The soccer capital of the US.
25:14And so, without giving too much away, maybe Miami deserves something better than that.
25:23I don't know.
25:24What if Miami deserved a final all of its own?
25:30I don't know.
25:31Am I right?
25:37Miami first!
25:38Miami first!
25:40Miami first!
25:43Miami first!
25:44Miami first!
25:46Miami first!
25:47If it's starting to look as if Ian Fletcher might have survived his first week in Miami as Director of
25:52Integrity,
25:53perhaps the last thing he expected was a hero's welcome back at Oversight HQ.
26:01And as things turn out, he'd be right in not expecting that.
26:11Oh, hi.
26:13Hey Ian.
26:14Just thought I'd come in here for a bit.
26:15Absolutely. Me too.
26:17What's happened out there? I feel like I've missed something.
26:19Well, you know...
26:20Don't tell me you've managed to save the world after all.
26:23You know, it's funny you should say that.
26:24So I don't exactly know what happened here...
26:27What's happened is that thanks to the power of the power of poop
26:29and a random like from global YouTube superstar Mr Beast, who is a real person,
26:34incredibly 400 million people have become aware of Sarah's Wastewater Future initiative
26:39when they were previously aware of virtually nothing.
26:42400 million followers.
26:43400 million?
26:44I know, right?
26:45Congratulations.
26:46I know.
26:46I mean, that's incredible.
26:47Yeah, so...
26:49You want a high-five?
26:50High-five?
26:51Uh, yeah.
26:53This has been some week, right?
26:55Well, yes.
26:55Maybe we didn't save the world.
26:57I mean, not today anyway, but...
26:58You've got to start somewhere, right?
27:00Yes.
27:00You've got to try.
27:01Yes, I mean, no, it's certainly been a great week.
27:02But if it's been some first week for Ian, it might not be quite over yet.
27:08Will!
27:08Oh, yeah, hi, yeah.
27:10What the hell are you doing here?
27:11Well, yeah, I don't know.
27:12You're mental.
27:14Basically, I don't care how fit you are.
27:16But the human body was not designed to run around at 85 degrees Celsius.
27:20Yeah, um...
27:21Excuse me?
27:21Absolutely.
27:22Sorry, it just wasn't.
27:22Right, and the truth is, that's where we're all heading now unless we face up to this, right?
27:2685 degrees Celsius?
27:28Well, okay, yeah.
27:28Right.
27:29So I think that's probably Fahrenheit.
27:30Third point.
27:31Fuck's sake.
27:3285 degrees Celsius, I think you're pretty much on fire.
27:34It's another week at F***'s Oversight headquarters in Miami,
27:38and Director of Integrity Ian Fletcher is chairing a sudden meeting of the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG.
27:44I mean, first of all, let's keep calm, shall we?
27:46I am calm.
27:46Yeah, right.
27:47One.
27:47I mean, essentially...
27:48Thank you, Emily.
27:49Yes.
27:50You must forgive me, but really, I have no say in these matters.
27:53Right, okay.
27:54I mean, basically, what they're doing here is they're underlining something we know already.
27:57Yeah, 100%.
27:58The United Nations Health Agency has shared an advanced copy of a forthcoming report on global heating,
28:04which sets out the health risks associated with exercising in high temperatures.
28:08This goes way beyond soccer or sports.
28:11Oh, my God.
28:12Without a doubt.
28:12We are just the canaries in the coal mine here, right?
28:15Si, bueno.
28:15So we need to kill this canary before it escapes, yes?
28:18What?
28:19The report concludes that exercising in temperatures above 85 degrees Fahrenheit could involve potentially serious risks to life,
28:26and advises strongly against it wherever possible,
28:29which could rule out a number of venues at a stroke,
28:32including Mexico City, where the opening game and ceremony are due to take place.
28:36I don't know where they get this figure from.
28:3885 degrees.
28:39Well, I suppose because they...
28:40What do they know about football?
28:41They make it up.
28:42I mean, looking at average temperatures here,
28:44looks like that would take out Guadalajara, too.
28:46Right.
28:47Okay, well...
28:48No, no, no.
28:48I mean, what are you going to do?
28:49It's hot down there.
28:50El calor en Mรฉxico es un calor agradable.
28:51Okay.
28:52By the way, it also looks like it would take out New York.
28:54New York?
28:54Yep.
28:55Okay, there you go.
28:56Are you kidding?
28:56That's insane.
28:57Exactly.
28:57These guys are based in Geneva.
28:58What the fuck do they know about heat?
29:04Meanwhile, Ian's recently arrived assistant, Will Humphreys,
29:07is hard at work familiarizing himself with his new environment.
29:11Yes, sir.
29:11I'm Will, and I, like, worked with Ian Fletcher at the BBC in London.
29:16Pretty cool.
29:18Somehow, Will was Ian's assistant back at the BBC,
29:22and now he's found himself here in Miami
29:24for reasons that are nothing to do with anything.
29:27Yeah, so my sister really likes tennis players.
29:29Right.
29:30Yeah, so she was going out with this guy, like, I don't know,
29:32like, he's a coach in this big tennis club in Miami,
29:34and, like, he was going to get me a job.
29:35Right, well, as a tennis coach?
29:37A tennis coach.
29:37Yeah.
29:38Yeah, so, like, I can play tennis, but, like, I can't really serve.
29:43Right, okay.
29:43Yeah, I know, crap.
29:44No, but my parents were like, I could come out here and live for my sister
29:47and finally make something of myself.
29:48Right.
29:48Yeah, but when I...
29:50Well, so they actually said that?
29:51Yeah.
29:52Yeah, but when I got here, there was, like, this note in her kitchen,
29:54like, they'd gone to Australia.
29:56Australia?
29:56Yeah, I know they both had.
29:58He'd gone to.
29:59So, what happened then?
30:01Yeah, so I was going to go back,
30:03but then my parents were like,
30:04no, we know this guy Eric.
30:06Eric?
30:06Yeah, and he's out in Miami.
30:08Oh, your parents know Eric van der Pootrens?
30:10Yeah, van der Pootrens, yeah.
30:11I mean, so how?
30:13Yeah, I don't know, yeah.
30:14Oh, like, I think it's something to do with horses.
30:15Horses?
30:16Yeah, I think so, yeah.
30:17Right.
30:19So the last tournament was in Qatar, right?
30:22Yes.
30:22Right, basically a fucking furnace, right?
30:23Oh, my God.
30:24So how the hell did that work?
30:25Back in the meeting room, the discussion is hotting up.
30:28Yes, I mean, Eric.
30:29Yes?
30:29As someone who was involved in the whole Qatar,
30:31you know, the adventure,
30:33Yes.
30:33Right from the beginning, I think.
30:34Exactly so.
30:35Is there anything we can learn from that
30:36that could help us here?
30:37Well, so actually I think Qatar is a different circumstance.
30:40Right.
30:41It's a special case.
30:43There is a saying in Arabic.
30:47Right.
30:52In the meantime, what we know is in the stadiums,
30:55it was cool and it's kind of a miracle.
30:58Yes.
30:58Perhaps we can say the Qataris, they had something.
31:02Right, okay.
31:02Yeah, oil.
31:03So one of the things I sometimes say
31:05is that problems can be solutions waiting to happen.
31:07Really?
31:08Oh, my gosh.
31:08But you actually say that?
31:09Yes, I mean...
31:10That's so beautiful.
31:11Jesus.
31:11Okay, so it feels like we're looking at
31:13a pretty big solution here, right?
31:15Well, exactly.
31:16Yeah, 100%.
31:25Hey!
31:27Well, oh, hey, yeah.
31:27You okay?
31:28What?
31:29Yeah, no, cool, yeah.
31:30So I was just wondering if, like,
31:31there was a desk I should sit at?
31:32Okay.
31:33Yeah.
31:34Wait, are you actually on the system yet?
31:36Yes, second.
31:37Um, you're wearing a visitor's lanyard.
31:38What?
31:39Yeah, I know, yeah, crap.
31:41Okay, uh, what is your last name?
31:43Yes, so I'm Will.
31:44I'm, like, Ian Fletcher's assistant.
31:47Okay, so, like, that's your first name?
31:48Yeah.
31:49So, like, what's your last name?
31:50Oh, yeah, cool, yeah, Humphreys.
31:51Okay.
31:52Yeah, Humphreys, yeah, Humphreys.
31:53Cool.
31:57Okay, so you're not on the system.
31:58Okay.
32:02Okay, cool.
32:03Thanks.
32:03Wait, where are you going?
32:05But, yeah, I don't know, yeah.
32:06Uh, you have to be on the system, right?
32:07Like, you can't be a visitor forever.
32:09Okay.
32:11Okay, so do you have any photo ID with you?
32:13Photo ID?
32:14Yeah, like, um, I don't know, like, um...
32:16Yeah, no worries.
32:16Yeah, cool.
32:17Okay.
32:21Oh, yeah, no, hang on a minute.
32:25Yeah, no crap.
32:34Okay, cool, here we go.
32:36Okay, so that's me?
32:39Okay.
32:41Okay.
32:44It's another sunny morning in Miami.
32:47Ian Fletcher has been here for three weeks now,
32:49and for the moment, he's still living in a hotel.
32:54Morning, Mr. Fletcher.
32:55Yes, hi, morning.
32:56How are you today?
32:57Uh, yes, I'm fine, yes, thanks.
32:59Great.
32:59Just on my way out.
33:00Right, so I wasn't sure if you got our message.
33:02Yes, I did, yes, I'm afraid I didn't quite understand it.
33:05Yes, so your card was declined when we tried to raise payment for your breakfast today.
33:09Right.
33:10Yes, so...
33:10It was declined.
33:11Right, I don't know if you have an alternative card you want to use.
33:14Uh, yes, well, I mean, I've got my credit card, I suppose.
33:17Great, that's perfect.
33:18But actually, though, I mean, I'm pretty sure breakfast is included in my, you know, in the...
33:23Right.
33:23Yeah, so...
33:24Okay, I don't know if you want to talk to someone about that.
33:26Yes, I mean, I sort of am doing, aren't I?
33:28Right.
33:30Would you excuse me for just a second?
33:32Yes, okay.
33:35Okay.
33:40This morning, with breakfast theoretically behind him and a busy day almost certainly in front of him,
33:45he's ready to be somewhere other than where he is.
33:49Okay, so I think it would be an idea for you to talk to someone about this.
33:54Right.
33:54In the meantime, your credit card payment went through,
33:56and what I can do for you is we can offer you the South Beach Deli breakfast deal on a
34:01discretionary basis.
34:02The South Beach Deli breakfast deal?
34:04Right, that is something that we can do for you for now until you're able to sort things out.
34:08Right, okay.
34:09It's actually quite nice.
34:10You know what?
34:11Actually, I don't really have time for this at the moment.
34:13Okay, perfect.
34:14Have a great day.
34:15You're all set.
34:16Great, thanks.
34:20So I'm walking along the street here in Miami.
34:23Like, this literally could be anywhere, but it turns out it is right here in Miami.
34:26Woo!
34:27Meanwhile, social media thought leader Madison Flynn,
34:30thread analyst Zach Linksfeld,
34:32and sentiment curator Mia So are in the social media space
34:36assessing the early results of a serious brain dump they've had.
34:39This is my buddy Lennon.
34:41Hey, Lennon.
34:42Hey.
34:42Right, and this is my bad sister Mia.
34:44Say hi to the world, Mia.
34:45Hey.
34:46Okay, that's enough.
34:47Right, right, right.
34:48Welcome to the far corner.
34:50Woo!
34:50Far corner.
34:51Far corner.
34:51Thanks for being with us.
34:52They've come up with the idea of launching their own channel in addition to 2026's official
34:57online presence, aimed at connecting with a younger US social media audience and driving
35:02them towards the idea of soccer as like a thing.
35:05He's perfect.
35:06He's perfect.
35:07Hey, man.
35:08All right.
35:09Congratulations, you're on the far corner.
35:10Excuse me?
35:11So we're asking people today what we want to know, who is going to win the 2026 soccer
35:15world cup.
35:16Okay.
35:17Right.
35:17Who's going to win it?
35:19I don't know.
35:19Who is?
35:20So who's in it?
35:21Whoa.
35:22Who's in it?
35:23Yeah.
35:23No way.
35:24Like, we don't know who's in it?
35:25No.
35:26So everybody's in it, right?
35:28Okay.
35:28Yeah, like everybody, yeah?
35:29Okay, cool.
35:31Like, you've got literally 48 countries to choose from.
35:33Okay.
35:3348.
35:34Yeah, right, right, right.
35:36I don't know.
35:37Just pick anyone.
35:39Okay, four.
35:40Excuse me?
35:41Yeah.
35:42Yeah, who's four?
35:44So, um.
35:44Okay, seven.
35:4523.
35:46Yeah, 23.
35:47Yeah.
35:48Okay.
35:49Like, this is like a rough edit.
35:50Like, I'm still working on it.
35:51Right.
35:51Yeah, right, right, right.
35:52So, what do you think?
35:53Like, honestly?
35:54Like, we could put like a different track under it.
35:55Like, maybe some Rico Nasty or...
35:57Yeah, right, right, right.
35:57Okay, so...
35:57You're Rico Nasty.
35:58You're cool.
36:00Yeah.
36:02Okay.
36:02So, this is not a YouTube channel.
36:04Okay?
36:05Like, I don't even want to watch that.
36:06And I just did.
36:07Right.
36:07Right.
36:08Right.
36:19Will.
36:20What?
36:20Oh, hey, yeah.
36:23Hey.
36:24I found you.
36:24Yeah.
36:24I wondered where you were.
36:25Yeah, no, I'm here.
36:27Yes.
36:28Could I ask you to do something for me?
36:29Yeah, cool, yeah.
36:30If you're not too busy at the moment.
36:31Well, yeah, no worries.
36:32Yeah, cool.
36:32I'm about to go into a meeting in the meeting room.
36:34Okay.
36:34What I was thinking was, if you could wait a bit and then bring me in a coffee in about
36:37ten minutes' time.
36:38Okay, cool.
36:39A coffee?
36:40Yes, you know, from the machine.
36:41Cool.
36:42Actually, no, five minutes, actually.
36:43Okay.
36:43And that might be better.
36:44Yeah, it's better, yeah.
36:45You know, and maybe a couple of biscuits or something, you know.
36:49Okay, cool.
36:49So, what, like, into the meeting?
36:52Yes.
36:53Okay.
36:53No, you don't have to say anything.
36:54You don't have to knock or anything.
36:56You just bring it in and then go out again.
36:58That's all.
36:58Yeah.
36:59If that's okay.
37:01Okay, cool.
37:08Right, okay.
37:09First of all, thanks to Emily for collating these.
37:11Exactly so.
37:12Bravo, Emily.
37:13And thanks to everybody for taking part.
37:14No, absolutely.
37:15Some really interesting ideas here.
37:17Yep.
37:17We can take them in any order.
37:18Absolutely.
37:19Who the fuck put hats?
37:20Meanwhile, in light of the United Nations Health Agency report on global heating, which suggests
37:25that some 2026 venues may now be officially too hot to safely exercise in, Ian has invited
37:31members of the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG, to let go with some ideas.
37:36I mean, shorter games, if we start there, perhaps.
37:39I mean, obviously, that's a very simple idea.
37:41Yep.
37:41I mean, so, Phil?
37:43Yeah.
37:43So, from a player welfare point of view, I mean, physiologically, once your core temperature's
37:48gone above a certain level, it's game over, basically.
37:50What?
37:50So?
37:50Basically, you're never going to cool down again.
37:52Right.
37:52We're only just understanding what those kind of temperatures do to an athlete's body.
37:56Yes.
37:56Your electrolytes are totally out of whack for a start.
37:58Well, indeed.
37:59So, then, in this scenario, then.
38:01Right.
38:01So, in this scenario, like, if you shortened each half by five minutes for every degree
38:07above 80 degrees.
38:08Okay.
38:09Yeah.
38:09Or, you know, something.
38:11This would be a way of reducing that risk.
38:14Right.
38:14Five minutes for every degree above 80?
38:16I mean, obviously, you'd have to work out, like, a formula, obviously.
38:18Yes.
38:19Yeah, because I was going to say, a sunny day in Monterey, you're pretty much going to
38:22be back in the dressing room as soon as you kicked off.
38:24Right.
38:25Okay.
38:25Monterrey.
38:26I was just...
38:26ยฟPor quรฉ estamos hablando de Monterrey?
38:28Okay.
38:28What?
38:29So, we are not moving the opening game to Canada, okay?
38:31Okay.
38:31This is not going to happen.
38:32Sure.
38:33Okay.
38:33Fine.
38:33Okay, so that's a couple of ideas we've got through already, so that's all good?
38:37Yeah, 100%.
38:40So, the idea here was that we put a vibe under the whole idea of the World Cup, right?
38:43Right.
38:44Right, a vibe, right.
38:44Right.
38:45So, how is that happening here?
38:46Right.
38:46Right, but, like, that's because the people we actually met didn't know shit about soccer,
38:49right?
38:49Well, right, yeah?
38:50Right.
38:50Totally.
38:51Back over in the social media space, the team is still busy assessing their learnings.
38:56It's starting to look as if they may have to think laterally, at the very least.
39:00So, like, think, like, what the whole Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey thing did for the NFL.
39:03Right.
39:03Like, oh my god, she shows up at the Super Bowl, she's on screen for literally 30 seconds.
39:07Right.
39:07Suddenly, it's like the whole world is NFL crazy.
39:09Right, so we need to, like, Taylor Swift 2026 here, right?
39:13Okay, right.
39:13They know that if the idea of putting a vibe under the idea of the World Cup for a potentially
39:19huge, untapped social media audience is to work, they're going to have to figure out
39:23how to do it.
39:24So, we get, like, Sabrina Carpenter to date, like, Christian Pulisic.
39:27Okay.
39:27Or maybe, like, Tyler Adams.
39:28So...
39:28Yeah, Tyler Adams.
39:29Like, I could totally see that.
39:30Okay, so first off, that's not gonna happen.
39:31Right, actually, Tyler Adams is dating Sarah Schmidt.
39:33Right.
39:34Like, they have a two-year-old son together.
39:35Okay, so if he was dating, like, Sabrina Carpenter, it's like, can you imagine?
39:38Okay.
39:38It's like, boom.
39:39Okay, so this is not okay.
39:41Okay?
39:42Okay.
39:43This is not okay.
39:43Sabrina Carpenter is not gonna date Tyler Adams.
39:46Okay, Sarah.
39:46Right.
39:47And the whole Taylor Swift thing, that happened, right?
39:49Like, it's over.
39:50Taylor Swift is 37, right?
39:51Like, she's basically 40.
39:52Ew.
39:53This is about creating our own moment right here.
39:54Right.
39:55And our audience is out there, right?
39:56Right, totally.
39:57They're out there, and they're totally into soccer.
39:58They just don't know it yet.
40:00Yeah, right, right, right.
40:00So these guys are young, right?
40:03They're elite athletes.
40:04For the most part, they're not gonna drop dead.
40:06For the most part.
40:06They know that, we know that, everybody knows that.
40:08So we have them sign a waiver to that effect before they get here.
40:11Right.
40:11It is what it is, right?
40:13Excuse me?
40:14Well, um...
40:14It is what it is?
40:15It's hot.
40:16What are you gonna do?
40:16It is not what it is.
40:18It is not what it is?
40:19Yes.
40:20I mean, no.
40:20What the fuck does that mean?
40:21Yes, well, it's interesting, isn't it?
40:23I mean, Sarah, from an environmental point of view...
40:25Absolutely.
40:26Will, yes.
40:27Come in.
40:28I mean, from an environmental point of view, Sarah.
40:30Sure.
40:30I mean, I don't know if you want to take us through the...
40:32Absolutely.
40:32Back in the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG,
40:35everyone is aware of the importance of coming up with a response
40:38to the United Nations Health Agency report on global heating,
40:42ideally before either the report itself is published
40:45or the world heats up still further.
40:47It's like, what are we saying here, right?
40:49Our problem is the Earth is heating up,
40:51and our solution is we have everyone sign a piece of paper
40:53to say they're happy to die.
40:55Okay, no.
40:56Look...
40:56So this is not the story we are telling here.
40:57Look, no one's going to die here, right?
40:59Yes, I do.
41:00Well, and also, I can say, uh...
41:02At this moment, in general terms, for Zurich, with this tournament,
41:05death is not a good place to be.
41:07Right, yes.
41:08Absolutely, right.
41:09So...
41:10Thanks, Will.
41:10But gradually, as the meeting progresses,
41:12they're managing to eliminate possible options one at a time.
41:15So I know no one wants to hear this.
41:17Wait, where did you get those?
41:18Yeah.
41:18No, say again.
41:19The peanut butter candies?
41:20Where did you get them?
41:21Yeah, so I couldn't find any biscuits.
41:23Right, uh...
41:24Biscuits?
41:25Yeah, so these...
41:26I found them in a drawer.
41:27Right.
41:28Well, look, shall we...
41:28So that is not okay.
41:29Okay.
41:30Like, things are put in drawers for a reason, right?
41:32Yeah, I know.
41:32Yeah, crap, yeah.
41:33Well, thanks, Will.
41:34Yeah.
41:39Okay, so I know no one wants to hear this,
41:41but someone has to be the unpopular one in the room, right?
41:44Yeah, well...
41:45From an environmental point of view,
41:46our only option here,
41:48the only way we ever solve this,
41:50is to cool the Earth down.
41:51Right.
41:52Yeah, uh...
41:53Truly.
41:53And the sooner we all face up to this,
41:55the better for all of us.
41:55I mean, I'm sure that's almost certainly true, Sarah.
41:57I mean, of course it is.
41:58But I just wonder, you know,
42:00as something to aim for in the next three months...
42:02Right.
42:02I just wonder if cooling the Earth down might be a bit...
42:04Well, this is our moment, right?
42:06The fact is,
42:06we've got our work cut out
42:07installing simultaneous flush urinals
42:09in the stadiums as it is.
42:10So this is not a joke, okay?
42:12No, no, of course.
42:13I'm sorry.
42:14No, do not delete that.
42:17Do not delete it.
42:37It's yet another sunny day in Miami,
42:39and Ian Fletcher is arriving at 2026 Oversight HQ
42:43for another Thursday morning.
42:47But if elements of his new world
42:49are beginning to feel familiar,
42:50there are still things he's gradually discovering about it.
43:06Okay, so this is it, right?
43:07This is it.
43:08Okay.
43:08Right, right, right.
43:09I can't believe this is happening.
43:10Meanwhile, across town,
43:12the social media team have come to a location
43:14somewhere else in Miami
43:15in a state of excitement.
43:17Wait, wait.
43:17Okay.
43:17Okay, set.
43:18What?
43:18Ready, go.
43:19Okay, so...
43:20Okay, action.
43:20Okay.
43:21So I was going to say that, right?
43:22Okay, sure, yeah, totally.
43:23Okay.
43:24Action.
43:25It's going to be so cool.
43:27So, hey,
43:28so we are here in Wynwood, Miami,
43:29which is pretty cool,
43:31but what's really cool
43:32is that in that building behind me,
43:33like, literally somewhere inside that studio,
43:36right now,
43:37is...
43:38Drumroll, please, Mia?
43:39Drumroll?
43:39Right.
43:40So I can't do that.
43:41Okay, inside that studio
43:42is Selena Gomez.
43:44Woo!
43:45That's right.
43:46Thanks to a random post on Instagram,
43:49they've discovered that actor, singer,
43:51icon, producer, game changer,
43:53and social media phenomenon,
43:54Selena Gomez,
43:55is in Miami for a photoshoot
43:57to accompany the release
43:58of her new range of opinions.
44:00In their search for a way
44:01to uplaunch the far corner
44:03on an unsuspecting social media world,
44:05this could just be the opportunity
44:07they've been waiting for.
44:08We're going to be asking her
44:09this question.
44:10Which current U.S. soccer player
44:11would you most like to date?
44:12Right.
44:12Like, that's what we want to know, right?
44:14That's the question.
44:15Yes.
44:16Okay, so she's in there,
44:17like, she's got to come out, right?
44:19Oh, hey guys.
44:20Hey.
44:21Hey, welcome to the far corner.
44:22But getting one of the world's
44:23most influential icons
44:24to appear and say something
44:25about soccer
44:26on a social media channel
44:28that hasn't officially been launched yet
44:29isn't quite as straightforward
44:30as it sounds.
44:32You guys filming?
44:33Okay, so...
44:34There's enough filming here, right?
44:35Right.
44:36Okay, so this is not okay.
44:37Excuse me?
44:38We have every right to be here.
44:39Don't provoke him, ma'am, please.
44:41What did you just say?
44:42Um...
44:43Did you just call me ma'am?
44:44I'm asking you not to provoke my colleague.
44:46Okay, so we're shooting this, right?
44:47Uh...
44:48We're shooting it.
44:49So, actually, you know what?
44:51No.
44:51Like, maybe this is not a great idea, right?
44:53Okay, cool.
44:54Okay.
44:54Okay.
44:55Okay, let's be calm here, friend.
44:57So I am not your friend?
44:59Miss, please.
45:00Miss?
45:00Okay, so you literally cannot do this, okay?
45:03This is not okay, okay?
45:04Okay, I think they can.
45:06What?
45:06Yeah, totally.
45:07Yeah, right, right, right.
45:11Now, we are not saying
45:13that you cannot play football
45:14in these cities in July.
45:15Right, no.
45:16Yeah, right.
45:16How you want to use this data is up to you.
45:18And, anyway, we don't have the power to do that.
45:20No, but you strongly advise against it?
45:22Yeah, we do, yes, that's correct.
45:23For the reasons that we talked about.
45:25Absolutely.
45:26Yeah, 100%.
45:26Yeah, right.
45:27Back over at Oversight HQ,
45:29the United Nations Health Agency's
45:31Executive Director of Temperature,
45:33Professor Gisela Fuchs,
45:34has joined the Strategic Operations Group
45:36from Geneva
45:37to take them through
45:38some of the increasingly hot-button issues
45:40in their forthcoming report
45:42on global heating and health.
45:43Yes, and I think the question now
45:44is how best to use the valuable data
45:46in the report
45:47to help and inform us
45:48in delivering the best possible tournament
45:49going forward.
45:50Absolutely.
45:51Yeah, right.
45:51Sure.
45:52Yeah, nice one.
45:52Okay, so, forgive me, doctor, but...
45:54Oh, so, just to be clear with your neck,
45:56I'm not actually a practicing physician.
45:58I am a professor of medical science.
46:00Okay, fine.
46:01Well, I'm not a doctor either,
46:02so I guess that makes two of us.
46:03Oh, I guess so.
46:03So, forgive me, professor,
46:05and excuse my language here,
46:06but speaking as a lawyer,
46:07once shit like this gets out there
46:08in the public domain,
46:10like, what the fuck?
46:11So, what I can say to you
46:12is that we feel it is our duty
46:14to publish these findings.
46:15Absolutely.
46:16No, of course.
46:16Well, great.
46:17Good for you.
46:17So, just out of interest,
46:19Professor,
46:19Eric von Debitrance here.
46:20Yes, hi.
46:21By the way,
46:22this is such an important report.
46:24Yes, thank you.
46:25Yeah, so,
46:25am I right in thinking
46:26with this kind of data,
46:27there is usually a margin for error, yes?
46:29So, there's always a margin of error
46:32with all data.
46:33Of course, of course.
46:33Exactly so.
46:34So, I was wondering,
46:36what would it look like
46:37if we were to move the red line up
46:39by a degree or so?
46:41What?
46:42Right, uh...
46:42So, unfortunately,
46:43you cannot just move
46:45the safety line around.
46:46Well, no.
46:46Exactly so.
46:47That is not how this works.
46:48No, absolutely.
46:49So, then this can be
46:50what we call a speculative question
46:51in this moment?
46:52I'm sorry, this is...
46:53Wait a minute.
46:54What is happening here?
46:56Ah, yes, interesting.
46:58Actually, how are you doing that?
46:59Well, exactly.
47:00So, Emily right here
47:01is kind of a...
47:01No, no, no, but since this is my screen,
47:04I'm sharing it with you.
47:05Of course, of course.
47:06You can't do that.
47:07You can't do that.
47:08No one is moving the red line.
47:09Uh, look, Eric, I think...
47:10What we see is that
47:11if we increase the margin of error
47:12by just...
47:13I will ask you to put the red line
47:14back exactly where it was, please.
47:16Yes.
47:16Yes.
47:17Of course.
47:17I won't believe it, sir.
47:18Right.
47:19Absolutely.
47:19Yes, Emily.
47:21So, whilst that's happening,
47:22shall we just use this moment
47:24to take a break?
47:24You know, just five minutes
47:25to stretch our legs
47:26and get some air.
47:27Absolutely.
47:28Yeah.
47:28Nice one.
47:29If that's OK with...
47:29Oh.
47:30Yes, I know.
47:31I think she's gone.
47:32Right, OK.
47:33Yeah, no, she has.
47:33Yes.
47:34Yeah, I know.
47:35100%.
47:39Hi.
47:40Hi.
47:41Well, I might just pick up
47:42a quick coffee.
47:43Yeah.
47:43Feels like it might come in handy somehow.
47:45Yeah, nice one.
47:46Yeah, no, it's good in there.
47:47I like it.
47:48Whilst the UN Health Agency's
47:49key data and Professor Fuchs
47:51are being reset,
47:52both Phil and Ian
47:53have come to the kitchen
47:54to breathe for a moment
47:56and think about other things.
48:01I was going to ask you
48:02something, Phil, actually.
48:03Sure.
48:03I mean, if you don't mind.
48:04For sure, yeah, no, go for it.
48:05I was going to ask you
48:05about Bill Shepard.
48:07Oh, right, yeah.
48:08I mean, what happened
48:09to my predecessors
48:09obviously nothing to do with me,
48:11but I was just curious.
48:12Yeah.
48:15Yeah, so...
48:16No, the thing with Bill,
48:17he was a nice guy.
48:18Right.
48:19He was too nice.
48:19That was his problem.
48:20I mean, it could have been an accident.
48:22Right.
48:22You know, I mean, yes,
48:24he used to spend quite a lot of time up there,
48:26you know, phone calls,
48:27he'd take his coffee out there with him.
48:28Out where?
48:29You've not been up to the roof terrace yet?
48:30The roof terrace?
48:31Yeah.
48:31No, I didn't know there was one.
48:33I know you should go up there.
48:33It's nice, you know,
48:34nice view, a bit of fresh air.
48:35Right.
48:36No, it's great.
48:37And as I say,
48:37it could have been an accident.
48:39But saying that,
48:39for me, to be fair,
48:40I mean, yes,
48:41he was a fit guy,
48:42but for me,
48:43you'd have to be going some to clear that wall.
48:46Right.
48:51Okay, so you drove this car into a ditch
48:53over many years, okay?
48:55So the way forward
48:56is for you to get out of the car.
48:58The break in the meeting
48:58is a good opportunity
49:00for people to catch up with things
49:01that might have got away from them,
49:03as well as for leg stretching and breathing.
49:05No, I haven't finished yet.
49:07Not to try to bribe our precious daughter,
49:09a beautiful young woman
49:11who is trying her best
49:12every single day
49:13and who I love more than anything else
49:15in this world
49:15because to try to turn her against me
49:18because I will not have that, okay?
49:19I will not have that.
49:21But it seems that in one way or another,
49:23this is a day on which people
49:24are feeling the heat.
49:25Hi.
49:26Oh, hi, Ian.
49:27It's nice up here.
49:28Right.
49:29Good to get a bit of fresh air
49:30for five minutes.
49:31Absolutely.
49:33Right.
49:33Well.
49:35That was a great idea of yours.
49:36Oh, well, I don't know.
49:37But, you know,
49:37sometimes when you walk away
49:39from something
49:39and then walk back towards it again,
49:41you know.
49:45Okay, well,
49:47just to say,
49:47this is none of my business,
49:49but...
49:50Oh.
49:50What?
49:51No.
49:52No, I knew this would happen.
49:53It's fine.
49:54No, no, no, it's not.
49:55No, answer it, please.
49:55It's just an estate agent.
49:56An estate agent?
49:57I mean, a real estate agent.
49:58So you've got to answer it, right?
49:59Well, no, no, no.
50:00I mean, it's...
50:01Right.
50:02Good.
50:04Really, truly,
50:05you do not have to do that.
50:06Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
50:07It's just...
50:07I mean, I'm staying in a hotel
50:09at the moment,
50:10which is fine,
50:11but I'm looking at apartments.
50:12Okay.
50:12Well, at least I think I am,
50:13but after this experience,
50:14I'm not quite so sure.
50:15Right.
50:16Real estate agents, right?
50:17Yes, well...
50:18Don't get me started.
50:19Yes, anyway,
50:20but in the grand scheme of things,
50:22you know...
50:23The grand scheme?
50:23You know,
50:24there are more important things.
50:26Right.
50:27Yes.
50:31So the way you got to the temperatures
50:33for each of the cities
50:34is the mean average
50:36between the highest daily temperature
50:37and lowest daily temperature
50:38in each case, right?
50:39That is correct, yes.
50:41Before too much longer,
50:42the Strategic Operations Group meeting
50:43is back underway,
50:45and in the break,
50:46VP Logistics and Execution
50:47Owen Mitchell
50:48has got granular
50:49with some of the data
50:50in the UNHA report
50:52on global heating.
50:53So in the real world,
50:54there's actually a range
50:55of daily temperatures
50:56above and below that line
50:58for each of the cities.
51:00Exactly, yes.
51:01Right.
51:01So here's the thing.
51:02I don't know.
51:02It's just an idea.
51:03But how would you feel
51:04about representing
51:04that range of real-world temperatures
51:06in your graphic here?
51:08I'm sorry.
51:09I don't...
51:10So it'd be the exact same data.
51:12In fact,
51:13it'd be more data, actually.
51:15You'd include the outline
51:16highs and lows.
51:17Okay, so...
51:18But I guess what you would end up with
51:19is a zone
51:21instead of a line.
51:22A zone.
51:23Oh my God.
51:23Right, which I don't know
51:24might be...
51:25Yes.
51:25Oh my God, a zone.
51:26Which, I don't know,
51:27might be helpful.
51:28So you mean in effect...
51:29No, no, it's happening again.
51:31Like it or not,
51:32it looks as if
51:33the kind of big solution
51:34that had seemed impossible
51:35only an hour ago
51:36might now be literally
51:38staring them in the face.
51:39Instead of it being
51:40above the safety line,
51:41it would end up being
51:43in, as it were,
51:44in the safety zone instead.
51:46Right.
51:46No, you cannot do this.
51:48Why not?
51:48This is my screen.
51:49It is my line.
51:50It is my data.
51:52Ian's challenge now
51:53is to pull things together
51:54and reset the debate
51:56in a way that keeps
51:57everybody on side,
51:58regardless of which side
51:59they're on.
52:00I mean, just to underline
52:01the scale of ambition here,
52:02is there a version of this
52:03if we could find a way
52:04of framing this
52:05so that you and your team
52:06were happy, Professor Fuchs?
52:07So, first of all,
52:08and to repeat,
52:09it is not my job
52:10to be happy or excited.
52:12No, well...
52:12Great, so you pretty much
52:13nailed that.
52:13But is there a version of this
52:15in which we as f***er
52:16come together with the UNHA
52:17at a critical moment
52:18for the planet?
52:19Oh, my gosh.
52:20Working together
52:20to raise awareness
52:21of the connection
52:22between a warming environment
52:23and global health.
52:24Ian, that's so great.
52:25Using the power of soccer
52:26as the driver
52:27and an event
52:28on the scale of 2026
52:29as the moment
52:30to finally reset
52:31the narrative
52:31around this whole thing.
52:33Exactly.
52:33This is what I am saying.
52:34What?
52:35I mean, it feels like
52:36there's a real opportunity
52:37available to us here
52:37if we can just somehow
52:38seize it.
52:39Yeah, and if that doesn't work?
52:40Hats.
52:49Eventually,
52:50in one way or another,
52:51it's the end
52:52of another day.
52:53Hi.
52:54Yes, hi, yes.
52:55That was such a great meeting.
52:56Yes.
52:57I will say,
52:58I'll be honest with you,
52:58I was not comfortable
52:59with the way things were going.
53:00Well, no.
53:01But that is such a terrific place
53:02to get to in the end.
53:03Well, yes, let's hope.
53:05It's been quite a day, right?
53:06Yes, right.
53:07So, I was thinking
53:08about your search
53:09for an apartment.
53:10All right, what?
53:10Right.
53:11I'm not sure
53:11if this would be
53:12of any interest to you,
53:13but I had an idea
53:14kind of out of nowhere.
53:15Okay.
53:16So, it's a long story,
53:17but I know of somewhere.
53:18Right.
53:19Like I say,
53:19I don't know
53:19what you're looking for.
53:20Well, me neither, really.
53:22But I will say,
53:22it's a nice place
53:23and a great location.
53:24I mean, it's none of my business,
53:25but when you say
53:27you know of somewhere...
53:28Like I say,
53:28it's a long story.
53:29Yes.
53:30But it's there, anyway.
53:31I thought I'd mention it.
53:32Right.
53:33And by coincidence,
53:34it looks as if
53:34there could be an apartment
53:35somewhere in Sarah's life
53:37that might just fit
53:38perfectly in Ian's.
53:39Okay, well, thanks.
53:40That's, I mean...
53:41Sure.
53:42Well, think about it.
53:42I must say,
53:43the no real estate agent part
53:44sounds appealing.
53:45Right, right?
53:46Yes.
53:47Who knows?
53:48In the grand scheme of things,
53:49it could work out
53:49for everybody, right?
53:50Yes.
53:52Yes.
53:53No real estate agent part
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