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Twenty Twenty Six Season 1 Episodes 1–2 with English Subtitles
As the journey starts, the characters are introduced through unexpected events that begin to shape their futures. Early choices and hidden motives lay the foundation for deeper conflicts ahead.
In a story of ambition, relationships, and unfolding destinies, everything starts here.
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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 attaché
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 meantime…
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 Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación 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 Attaché
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, am I right?
25:33Woo-hoo!
25:35Woo-hoo!
25:37Miami First!
25:38Miami First!
25:40Miami First!
25:41Miami First!
25:43Miami 우st!
25:44Miami First!
25:46Miami First!
25:47Miami First!
25:47If it's starting to look as if Ian Fletcher might have survived his first week in Miami
25:51as Director of Integrity,
25:53perhaps the last thing he expected
25:55was a hero's welcome back at Oversight HQ.
25:58Oh, that, well, no. Really.
26:01And as things turn out, he'd be right in not expecting that.
26:05Power of food! Power of food!
26:08Power of food! Power of food!
26:11Power of food!
26:12Oh, hi.
26:13Hey, Ian.
26:14Just thought I'd come in here for a bit.
26:16Absolutely. Me too.
26:17What 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 MrBeast,
26:33who is a real person,
26:34incredibly 400 million people have become aware
26:37of Sarah's Wastewater Future initiative
26:39when they were previously aware of virtually nothing.
26:42400 million followers.
26:44400 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,
27:05it 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. You're mental.
27:14Basically, I don't care how fit you are,
27:16the human body was not designed to run around at 85 degrees Celsius.
27:20Yep, 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,
27:25unless 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
27:40is 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
27:56is they're underlining something we know already.
27:57Yeah, 100%.
27:58The United Nations Health Agency
28:00has 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
28:23could involve potentially serious risks to life
28:26and advise us 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, 85 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 México 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 familiarising himself with his new environment.
29:11Yes, so I'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 for 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...
29:50What, 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, but then my parents were like,
30:04no, we know this guy Eric.
30:06Eric?
30:07Yeah, and he's out in Miami.
30:08Oh, your parents know Eric Van de Putrens?
30:10Yeah, Van de Putrens, yeah.
30:11I mean, so how?
30:13Yeah, I don't know, yeah.
30:14Or, 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, you know, the adventure.
30:32Yes.
30:33Right from the beginning, I think.
30:34Exactly so.
30:35Is there anything we can learn from that that could help us here?
30:38Well, so, actually, I think Qatar is a different circumstance.
30:40Right.
30:41It's a special case.
30:43There is a saying in Arabic.
30:46Right.
30:52In the meantime, what we know is in the stadiums, it 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 is 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 a pretty big solution here, right?
31:15Well, exactly.
31:16Yeah, 100%.
31:25Hey.
31:27What?
31:27Oh, hey, yeah.
31:28You okay?
31:28What?
31:29Yeah, no, cool, yeah.
31:30So, I was just wondering if, like, there 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.
31:46Okay, 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?
32:05Wait, 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.
32:35Here we go.
32:36Okay, so that's me?
32:39Okay.
32:41Okay.
33:10It's another sunny morning
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.
33:40This 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, like this literally could be anywhere,
34:24but it turns out it is right here in Miami.
34:26Woo!
34:27Meanwhile, social media thought leader Madison Flynn, thread analyst Zach Linksfeld,
34:32and sentiment curator Mia So are in the social media space assessing the early results of a serious brain dump
34:38they've had.
34:39This is my buddy Lennon.
34:41Hey, Lennon.
34:42Hey.
34:42Right.
34:43And this is my bad sister Mia.
34:44Say hi to the world, Mia.
34:45Hey.
34:45Okay, 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 online presence,
34:58aimed at connecting with a younger US social media audience and driving them towards the idea of soccer as like
35:05a 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 World 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.
35:41Yeah, 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.
35:56Yeah, right, right, right.
35:57Okay, so.
35:57You're Rico Nasty.
35:58You're cool.
36:00Yeah.
36:02Okay, so 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.
36:19Will.
36:20Well, oh, hey, yeah.
36:23Hey.
36:23I 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.
36:30I mean, if 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.
36:47Okay.
36:48I mean, that would be great.
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.
37:02Okay.
37:04Okay.
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.
37:19Yeah, who 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
37:47has gone 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...
38:26¿Por qué 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?
39:12Okay, 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, Kristen 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.
39:39It'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, sure.
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?
40:14Uh, well, 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?
40:22I mean, Sarah, from an environmental point of view...
40:25Absolutely.
40:26Will, yes, come 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,
40:36everyone 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.
40:56So, this is not the story we are telling here.
40:57Look, no one's gonna die here, right?
40:59Yes, I am.
40:59Well, and also, I can say, at this moment, in general terms,
41:04for Zurich, with this tournament, death 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?
41:21Yes, so I couldn't find any biscuits.
41:23Right, uh...
41:24Biscuits?
41:25Yeah, so these, I found them in a drawer.
41:27Right.
41:28Well, look, shall we...
41:28So that is not okay.
41:30Okay.
41:30Like, things are put in drawers for a reason, right?
41:32Yeah, I know, yeah, 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,
41:47our 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, and 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...
42:04But this is our moment, right?
42:06The fact is, we've got our work cut out
42:07installing simultaneous flush urinals in the stadiums as it is.
42:10So this is not a joke, okay?
42:12No, no, of course it's just...
42:14I'm sorry, no, do not delete that.
42:16Do 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 are 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, the social media team have come to a location somewhere else in Miami
43:15in a state of excitement.
43:17I can't believe it.
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.
43:22Right?
43:22Okay, sure, yeah, totally.
43:23Okay.
43:24Action.
43:25This is going to be so cool.
43:27So, hey, so we are here in Wynwood, Miami,
43:29which is pretty cool.
43:31But what's really cool is that in that building behind me,
43:33like literally somewhere inside that studio,
43:36right now is...
43:38Drumroll, please, Mia?
43:39Drumroll?
43:39Right.
43:40So I can't do that.
43:41Okay, inside that studio is Selena Gomez.
43:44Woo!
43:45That's right.
43:46Thanks to a random post on Instagram,
43:49they've discovered that actor, singer, icon, producer, game changer,
43:53and social media phenomenon Selena Gomez
43:55is in Miami for a photoshoot to accompany the release of her new range of opinions.
44:00In their search for a way to uplaunch the far corner
44:03on an unsuspecting social media world,
44:05this could just be the opportunity they've been waiting for.
44:08We're going to be asking her this question.
44:10Which current U.S. soccer player would you most like to date?
44:12Right.
44:12Like, that's what we want to know, right?
44:14That's the question.
44:15Yes.
44:15Okay, 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 most influential icons
44:24to appear and say something about soccer
44:26on a social media channel that hasn't officially been launched yet
44:29isn't quite as straightforward as 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?
44:48Uh...
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.
45:02Okay?
45:03This is not okay.
45:03Okay?
45:04Okay.
45:04I think they can.
45:06What?
45:06Yeah, totally.
45:07Yeah, right, right, right.
45:11Now, we are not saying that you cannot play football in these cities in July.
45:15Right, no.
45:16Yeah, right.
45:16How you want to use this data is up to you, and anyway, we don't have the power to do
45:20that.
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, the United Nations Health Agency's Executive Director of Temperature,
45:33Professor Gisela Fuchs, has joined the Strategic Operations Group from Geneva to take
45:38them through some of the increasingly hot-button issues in their forthcoming report on global
45:42heating and health.
45:43Yes, and I think the question now is how best to use the valuable data in the report to help
45:47and inform us in delivering the best possible tournament going 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 you, Nick, I'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, so I guess that makes two of us.
46:03I guess so.
46:03So forgive me, professor, and excuse my language here, but speaking as a lawyer, once shit
46:07like this gets out there in the public domain, like, what the fuck?
46:11So, what I can say to you is that we feel it is our duty to publish these findings.
46:15Absolutely.
46:16No, of course.
46:16Well, great.
46:17Good for you.
46:17So, just out of interest, Professor, Eric von Debitrance here.
46:20Oh, yes, hi.
46:21By the way, this is such an important report.
46:23Yes, thank you.
46:25Yeah, so, am I right in thinking with this kind of data, there is usually a margin for
46:29error, yes?
46:30So, there's always a margin of error with all data.
46:33Of course.
46:33Of course.
46:33Exactly so.
46:34So, I was wondering, what would it look like if we were to move the red line up by a
46:40degree
46:40or so?
46:41What?
46:42Right, uh...
46:42So, unfortunately, you cannot just move the 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 what we call a speculative question in this moment?
46:52I'm sorry, this is a...
46:54Wait 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 is kind of a...
47:01No, no, no.
47:02But this is my screen.
47:04I'm sharing it with you.
47:05Of course.
47:06Of 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 if we increase the margin of error by just...
47:13I will ask you to put the red line back exactly where it was, please.
47:16Yes.
47:16Yes.
47:17Of course.
47:17Don't believe it, sir.
47:18Right.
47:19No.
47:19Absolutely.
47:19Yes, Emily.
47:21So, whilst that's happening, shall we just use this moment to take a break?
47:24You know, just five minutes to stretch our legs and get some air.
47:27Absolutely.
47:28Yeah.
47:28Nice one.
47:29If that's okay with...
47:29Oh.
47:30Yes, I know.
47:31I think she's gone.
47:32Right, okay.
47:32Yeah, I know she has.
47:33Yes.
47:34Yeah, I know.
47:35100%.
47:39Hi.
47:40Hi.
47:41Well, I might just pick up a 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 key data and Professor Fuchs are being reset, both Phil and Ian have
47:54come to the kitchen to breathe for a moment and think about other things.
48:01I was going to ask you something, Phil, actually.
48:03Sure.
48:03I mean, if you don't mind.
48:04Sure, yeah, no, go for it.
48:05I was going to ask you about Bill Shepard.
48:07Oh, right, yeah.
48:08I mean, what happened to my predecessors, obviously nothing to do with me, but I was just curious.
48:12Yeah.
48:15Yeah, so...
48:16No, the thing with Bill, he was a nice guy.
48:18Right.
48:19He was too nice, that was his problem.
48:20I mean, it could have been an accident.
48:22Right.
48:23You know, I mean, yes, he used to spend quite a lot of time up there, you 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.
48:33Right, no, you should go up there.
48:33It's nice, you know, nice view, a bit of fresh air.
48:35Right.
48:36No, it's great.
48:37And as I say, it could have been an accident.
48:39But saying that, for me, to be fair, I mean, yes, he was a fit guy, but for me, you'd
48:43have
48:43to be going somewhere to clear that wall.
48:57The break in the meeting is a good opportunity for people to catch up with things that might
49:02have got away from them, as well as for leg stretching and breathing.
49:05No, I haven't finished yet, not to try to bribe our precious daughter, a beautiful young woman
49:11who is trying her best every single day and who I love more than anything else in this world
49:15because to try to turn her against me, because I will not have that, okay?
49:19I will not have that.
49:20But it seems that in one way or another, this is a day on which people are 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 for 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, sometimes when you walk away from something and then walk back towards it
49:40again, you know.
49:45Okay, well, just to say this is none of my business, but...
49:50Oh, what?
49:51No.
49:52No, I knew this would happen.
49:53It's fine.
49:53No, 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, you 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 at the moment, which is fine, but I'm looking at apartments.
50:12Okay.
50:12Well, at least I think I am, but after this experience, I'm not quite so sure.
50:15Right.
50:16Real estate agents, right?
50:17Yes, well...
50:18Don't get me started.
50:19Yes, anyway, but in the grand scheme of things, you know...
50:23The grand scheme?
50:23You know, there are more important things.
50:26Right.
50:27Yes.
50:31So the way you got to the temperatures for each of the cities is the mean average between
50:36the highest daily temperature and lowest daily temperature in each case, right?
50:39That is correct, yes.
50:41Before too much longer, the Strategic Operations Group meeting is back underway.
50:44And in the break, VP Logistics and Execution, Owen Mitchell, has got granular with some of
50:50the data in the UNHA report on global heating.
50:53So in the real world, there's actually a range of daily temperatures above and below that
50:58line for 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 about representing that range of real world temperatures in your
51:07graphic here?
51:08I'm sorry.
51:09I don't...
51:10So it'd be the exact same data.
51:12In fact, it'd be more data, actually.
51:15You'd include the outline highs and lows.
51:17Okay, so...
51:18But I guess what you would end up with is a zone instead of a line.
51:22A zone.
51:23Oh my God.
51:23Right, which I don't know might be...
51:25Yes.
51:25Oh my God, a zone.
51:26Which, I don't know, might be helpful.
51:28So you mean in effect...
51:29No, no, it's happening again.
51:31Like it or not, it looks as if the kind of big solution that had seemed impossible only
51:35an hour ago might now be literally staring them in the face.
51:39Instead of it being above the safety line, it would end up being, as it were, in the safety
51:45zone instead.
51:46Right.
51:46No, you cannot do this.
51:48Bueno.
51:48This is my screen, it is my line, it is my data.
51:52Ian's challenge now is to pool things together and reset the debate in a way that keeps everybody
51:57on side, regardless of which side they're on.
52:00I mean, just to underline the scale of ambition here, is there a version of this, if we could
52:04find a way of framing this so that you and your team were happy, Professor Fuchs?
52:07So, first of all, and to repeat, it is not my job to be happy or excited.
52:12No, well...
52:12Great, so you pretty much nailed that.
52:13But is there a version of this in which we, as f***er, come together with the UNHA
52:17day at a critical moment for the planet.
52:19Oh my gosh.
52:20Working together to raise awareness of the connection between a warming environment and
52:24global health.
52:24Ian, that's so great.
52:26Using the power of soccer as the driver and an event on the scale of 2026 as the moment
52:30is to finally reset the narrative around this whole thing.
52:33Exactly.
52:33This is what I am saying.
52:34What?
52:35I mean, it feels like there's a real opportunity available to us here if we can just somehow
52:38seize it.
52:39Yeah, and if that doesn't work?
52:40Hats.
52:49Eventually, in one way or another, it's the end of another day.
52:53Hi.
52:54Yes.
52:54Hi, yes.
52:55That was such a great meeting.
52:56Yes.
52:57I will say, I'll be honest with you, I was not comfortable with the way things were going.
53:00Well, no.
53:01But that is such a terrific place to 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 about your search for an apartment.
53:10All right, were you?
53:11Right.
53:11I'm not sure if this would be of any interest to you, but I had an idea kind of out
53:14of nowhere.
53:15Okay.
53:16So, it's a long story, but I know of somewhere.
53:18Right.
53:19Like I say, I don't know what you're looking for.
53:20Well, me neither, really.
53:21But I will say, it's a nice place and a great location.
53:24I mean, it's none of my business, but when you say you know of somewhere...
53:28Like I say, it'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, it looks as if there could be an apartment somewhere in Sarah's life
53:37that might just fit perfectly in Ian's.
53:39Okay, well, thanks.
53:40That's, I mean...
53:41Sure.
53:41Well, think about it.
53:42I must say, the no real estate agent part sounds appealing.
53:45Right, right?
53:46Yes.
53:47Who knows?
53:48In the grand scheme of things, it could work out for everybody, right?
53:50Yes.
53:52Yes.
53:53Yes.
53:53Yes.
53:54Yes.
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