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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 than it's ever meant.
01:04And this is a post that's been specially created for him by FIPA's previous Director of Integrity,
01:09who left.
01:12Ian!
01:13Eric!
01:13Hi!
01:14Welcome to Oversight!
01:16Very good!
01:18My God!
01:18Who 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.
01:24It'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.
01:30Yes.
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, thank you, thank you, I was just saying to Eric, it's great to be here and to see you
01:48all.
01:48Wow!
01:49Okay, so let me show you.
01:51We have your own desk for you, I think.
01:53Right.
01:54Emily?
01:54Yes.
01:54Yes.
01:54Eric van de Putrens is mostly Belgian, and is in Miami as FIFA Chief Coordinating Attaché
02:00from their headquarters in Zurich.
02:02Right.
02:03Okay.
02:03So, here we are.
02:05Yes.
02:05We are in the very centre of things, yes?
02:07Yes.
02:08No, I mean, it's right in the middle, isn't it?
02:09Yes.
02:10Okay.
02:11So, welcome.
02:12So, I will leave you now.
02:13Apologies if I've 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.
02:46Even though FIFA is based in Switzerland, Ian
02:49Ian's first task is to establish his place in a corporate culture which is irretrievably American.
02:59OK, great. So, 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 Group, or SOG.
03:10So, first of all, I just wanted to say hi, really. Maybe introduce myself a bit.
03:15Hi.
03:15Yes, and perhaps say something about the journey we're all on together.
03:19Great.
03:19It's a crack squad of individual men or women chosen from soccer authorities right across the three host nations and
03:26assembled here in Miami to see what happens.
03:29As 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.
03:42OK, well, yes.
03:44Either way, OK, you have the queen coming out of the sky, no?
03:46Yeah, still pretty neat.
03:47Yes, well, anyway, what I realise now, that turns out to have been just base camp on the way towards
03:52an 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...
04:04...when we get to the top, which, by the way, we will, I think the view is going to be
04:08pretty incredible for all of us.
04:10Can I just say, that is so beautiful, Ian.
04:12Well, no, it's just...
04:15Yeah, 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,
04:22the most pressing item in Ian's inbox is the official announcement of the semi-final venues on Friday.
04:28It's a big moment, both for the oversight team and for the two cities in question, wherever they turn out
04:33to be.
04:34And am I right in thinking that as of now, i.e. today, Monday, we haven't finalized where those venues
04:40are?
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, let'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 are telling this story
04:57to the world.
04:58Right, yeah, so then in this case, when you've got three host nations...
05:02Sure.
05:02How do you decide which story you'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 Football Association 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 for two games,
05:29which, 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 2026 semi-finals
05:38is one of a number of outstanding projects bequeathed to him by Ian's predecessor as Director of Integrity.
05:44I mean, Owen, perhaps with your logistics hat on, do you want to just take us through the headlines with
05:48each of the options?
05:49Okay.
05:50I mean, if that's okay with you?
05:51No, sure.
05:52Okay.
05:53I'll give it a shot.
05:57So, 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.
06:08So, I am Owen Mitchell, and I am VP Logistics and Execution here at, well, you know where we 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 case you're interested.
06:23So, 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, what 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?
06:58Yeah.
06:58And then, Vancouver, up there in Canada.
07:03What can I tell you?
07:03The B.C. Stadium, out there on False Creek.
07:07You can walk there from the Sky Train 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.
07:29Right.
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.
07:39What 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, shall we...
07:43Okay, and guys, and we have not talked about Guadalajara yet, yes?
07:47Right.
07:47Jesus.
07:57So...
07:57It's like, what the fuck?
07:58Is it just me or did we cover this?
08:00We'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 U.S. Soccer.
08:08So basically, that's everything, right?
08:10The whole kit and caboodle.
08:10You name it, it comes through me.
08:13Right.
08:14Yeah, you know, maybe some examples.
08:15Listen, I'm trying to save you time here.
08:17What is this, the 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 U.S., is there an argument that at least one of the semifinals should take
08:27place in Canada, which would mean Vancouver in this case, obviously?
08:31Don't know what I mean.
08:32I mean, I don't know.
08:33Does 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
08:49Attaché, Eric 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.
09:02Yeah, but no, I just, it's okay.
09:03I just wanted to have a quick word, if that's okay.
09:04You know, when he's finished.
09:05Sure, if you could email me some times.
09:07What?
09:07No.
09:08Ian.
09:08Yes, hi.
09:09You are here?
09:10Yes.
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.
09:16And 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.
09:22Truly.
09:23No, in fact, I don't know whether you remember this, but I think there was some mention of
09:27me having an Emily of my 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.
09:37I 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.
09:44Then we can say look out.
09:45Yes?
09:45Yes.
09:45Please.
09:46In 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
10:04work, 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.
10:22Yes.
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.
10:35Personally, 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.
10:46Who 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.
11:01Well, I mean, I hope so anyway.
11:02Absolutely.
11:07So, I just want to say it's so great you're here, Ian.
11:10Oh, thank you.
11:11That's...
11:11Truly.
11:12Well.
11:12And it's so great you're sitting at Bill's desk, you know?
11:16Right, yes.
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.
11:23Oh, well, thanks anyway.
11:28Okay, so then the raw sewage is pumped from underground collecting tanks back up to ground
11:35level for treatment, which separates water from what we call sludge.
11:40Okay.
11:41Yeah, 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?
12:11So, what we discovered is that if you add FOG to the digester at the critical point, the
12:18chemical reaction supercharges the biogas production, enabling us to literally double the production
12:24of gas, and therefore double our electricity production.
12:29Right.
12:30Okay, but here's where it gets interesting, right?
12:33Absolutely.
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?
12:57Excuse me?
12:58Otherwise...
12:58Absolutely.
12:59Right.
12:59Exactly.
13:00I truly believe it's possible.
13:0333 million room nights in LA hotels last year, a direct visitor spend of $24 billion.
13:09Right.
13:09And those are big numbers.
13:10Yes.
13:10Well, they are numbers.
13:11This morning, with one of the semifinals 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, okay, okay.
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 quarterfinal already.
13:34They had the Olympic Games in 1984.
13:36The Olympic Games?
13:37Yeah, I think that's different.
13:38LA is LA.
13:38We know what it is.
13:39It is oatmeal and monjaro.
13:41What?
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.
13:57Yes, I mean...
13:57Plus, no, it's not a fucking story, Gabriella.
14:00Why should we come back?
14:00Like, what am I, a fucking five-year-old?
14:02Right.
14:02Don't answer that, okay?
14:03So we calculate that with the increase in stadium capacity
14:06from 30,000 to 45,000 for the tournament,
14:11like, there's a sweet spot for this technology.
14:14Right.
14:14A microbiologist, both by training and by temperament,
14:18Matthew Jones is leading a flagship environmental project
14:21at the BMO Stadium in Toronto,
14:22where six of the 104 2026 matches will be played.
14:26And the good news is that everybody poops
14:28about a pound per day, give or take, right?
14:31Great.
14:32And we calculate that if we can increase that
14:34by just a small margin...
14:36Wait, increase it?
14:37Right, by just a small margin,
14:40then 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
14:50and co-digesting it with our sludge.
14:54Oh, my gosh.
14:56Yeah, I mean, for me, with L.A.,
14:58you had Beckham, L.A. Galaxy, 2007-8, the glory years.
15:01Yeah, right.
15:02You had Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, Ashley Cole.
15:05Yes.
15:05Excuse me?
15:06It's iconic. It's showbiz.
15:07Okay, so first of all, Ashley Cole is not iconic, okay?
15:09Well, that's...
15:10What I'm saying is you've got all these statistics, right?
15:13Okay, fine, that's great, I get it.
15:14But I'm sorry, but for me, football is about emotion, right?
15:19And there's something about L.A., you know?
15:21Well, and you can't put it into words.
15:23No, evidently not.
15:25So I'm Phil Plank.
15:26People call me Woody from Manchester originally.
15:28You can probably hear that.
15:29Warrington, actually, but over here nobody knows where that is,
15:32so I just say Manchester.
15:33And I'm VP on pitch protocols for 2026 Oversight.
15:37I was playing football back in the UK
15:39at Trials for Oldham Athletic,
15:41had a few games for the second team.
15:42I actually played against Phil Neville once
15:44when he was coming back from injury, so yeah, beat that.
15:47I mean, Owen, as VP Logistics and Execution...
15:50Right, I did not choose that title, by the way.
15:52No, but in that role anyway.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Where 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,
16:03I guess I would go Miami.
16:05Great.
16:06Of course.
16:06As the semi-final debate continues,
16:09it's beginning to look as if opinion in the room
16:11is now universally divided.
16:13Oh, right, Eric.
16:13So, apologies everyone, what can we say?
16:16When you are in a 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.
16:24Looks like we might need a casting boat.
16:26Me?
16:27Yes, I'm...
16:27No, I'm sorry.
16:28What?
16:29I cannot be involved.
16:29I'm afraid I am the conduit only.
16:32Absolutely.
16:32Yeah, right.
16:33Especially with something like this.
16:34Right.
16:34Perhaps we can say,
16:36cometh the hour, cometh the man.
16:38Yes?
16:38Oh.
16:40Right, yes.
16:44By the end of the week,
16:45it's Friday morning
16:46and Ian is on his way across town
16:48to the Craftsman's Centre
16:49for Performative Culture and Arts
16:51for the Miami Day thing,
16:52whatever that turns out to be.
16:54So, why Miami in the end?
16:56Well, someone had to make a decision, I suppose.
16:58Yes, but why Miami, though?
17:00Why not LA?
17:01Right, yes.
17:01I mean, LA's great, obviously.
17:03But in the end, I mean, what do I know?
17:04I've only been here a few days.
17:06But somehow it just feels...
17:08Oh, actually, I better just take this.
17:09Sure.
17:10Gabriella, hi.
17:12No, I haven't.
17:13Why?
17:15Dallas and Atlanta?
17:16What do you mean, Dallas and Atlanta?
17:17Where the hell did they come from?
17:19No, I know where they are.
17:21I know we did.
17:22But just when it looked as if the decisions
17:24on semi-final venues had been made,
17:26suddenly there'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,
17:32can we come back into English for a second?
17:34Great, gracias.
17:36Power of poop.
17:37Right.
17:38Okay.
17:39Meanwhile, back at Oversight HQ,
17:40Sarah is in a meeting with the 2026 social media team.
17:44Hashtag powered poop.
17:45Like, we really like that.
17:47Totally.
17:47Yeah, like, dude.
17:48Okay.
17:49They've been working on ideas
17:51for giving her wastewater future campaign
17:53more grippiness
17:54in a famously slippery social media world.
17:57I don't know.
17:58Wastewater future just seems more...
18:00I don't know, I guess.
18:01Okay, so this has got to pop, right?
18:03Right, right.
18:03And truth is, poop pops, right?
18:05Sure.
18:05Totally.
18:06I guess 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...
18:15Excuse me?
18:15It's done.
18:15I 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
18:35By the dawn's early light
18:39Across town at the Craftsman Centre for Performative Arts,
18:43things are getting serious.
18:46Particularly since the oversight team
18:48have just received an email from Zurich
18:50ahead of the announcement this afternoon
18:51confirming that the 2026 semi-finals
18:54will be played in the cities of Dallas and Atlanta,
18:58neither of which is anywhere near
18:59either Vancouver or especially Miami.
19:02Oh, the land of the free
19:06And the home of the brave
19:23I pledge allegiance to the flag
19:25of the United States of America
19:28and to the republic for which it stands,
19:31one nation under God,
19:32indivisible,
19:33with liberty and justice for all.
19:39Thank you, guys.
19:41Truly.
19:42May I invite you all now, please,
19:45to remain standing
19:46as I have the honor
19:48as mayor of the city of Miami County
19:51of introducing
19:52the chair and founder
19:54of Miami First Enterprise,
19:56Daniel Krasman.
20:02Thank you, thank you.
20:05Wow.
20:06Thank you so much, guys.
20:08Thank you, guys.
20:09Please.
20:09Please be seated.
20:11Thank you, Mayor Santos.
20:13Thanks, Juan Diego.
20:15Elected officials, distinguished guests,
20:17and other people,
20:19thank you for being with us today.
20:24So first of all,
20:26I want to welcome members
20:27of the 2026 Oversight Team
20:29for taking the time
20:31to be with us here today.
20:31Welcome, guys.
20:32It's truly an honor
20:33for us to have you with us.
20:35Woo!
20:35And I want to say
20:36a personal thanks to you
20:37for choosing Miami,
20:40this great city of ours,
20:43and the soccer capital of the USA.
20:49Thank you for choosing us
20:52as host city
20:53for seven great games already.
20:56Woo!
20:56Woo!
20:58Woo!
20:59Woo!
21:00Woo!
21:00Woo!
21:00Woo!
21:00Woo!
21:01Woo!
21:01You guys have made
21:02the right choices
21:03up to now.
21:05And hopefully,
21:07it's not over yet.
21:09Miami First!
21:10You know it!
21:10Miami First!
21:11Miami First!
21:13Miami First!
21:14Miami First!
21:14Say what?
21:14Miami First!
21:15Say it again!
21:16Miami First!
21:17I can't hear you!
21:18Miami First!
21:19Miami First!
21:20Miami First!
21:20Miami First!
21:21Miami First!
21:22Miami First!
21:31Eric's in Atlanta!
21:32Yes, exactly.
21:33Yeah, no, he's completely gone, yeah.
21:34If it wasn't clear
21:35what the Miami Day thing
21:36was about,
21:37it is now.
21:38So 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
21:43the dignitaries at Miami First
21:44have timed Miami Day
21:46deliberately to coincide
21:47with the announcement
21:48of the semi-final venues
21:49on the assumption
21:50that they'd got one.
21:51But the problem
21:52for the oversight team
21:53is that apparently
21:54they haven't.
21:55You want to know
21:55what this is?
21:56He's playing that audience
21:57like 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, okay.
22:07Well, thank you.
22:08Anyway, the point is
22:09we can't stay in here.
22:10Essentially, we're in a toilet
22:11and we're going to have to come out.
22:12Yeah, nice one.
22:13So when you're on the pitch,
22:14attack is the best form of defense, yes?
22:15Right.
22:16What?
22:16Without doubt.
22:17The fuck does that mean?
22:17I mean, is there anything
22:18we can give them instead?
22:19Well, this is what I am saying.
22:21So, like, what?
22:21Well, I don't know.
22:22Yeah, really?
22:22Some fucking flowers?
22:23You know, just something
22:24as a kind of, you know,
22:25just to make it seem...
22:26What, you mean like
22:26the third place playoff final
22:27or 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.
22:52Cool.
22:52It's happening.
22:53Meanwhile, back across town
22:54in the social media world,
22:56events are unfolding
22:57literally IRT.
22:59But, so, like,
23:00what is happening here?
23:01Okay, so...
23:02This is the power of poop, right?
23:03Right.
23:03Totally.
23:04Right, like, hashtag
23:05power of power of poop, right?
23:07Right.
23:07Hey.
23:09So, like, who are these people?
23:11Who are they?
23:12Like, who's Shiny Earwig?
23:14Okay.
23:14Like, have they actually read...
23:15Like, I don't know
23:16who Shiny Earwig is, right?
23:17Who is Mr. Beast?
23:18Like, these are people
23:19who until a few moments ago
23:20had never...
23:22Mr. Beast?
23:23Wait.
23:24No way.
23:24What?
23:25You're kidding.
23:26No way.
23:26Oh, my God, it is.
23:27It's him.
23:27Dude.
23:28Oh, my God.
23:28What?
23:28What is happening?
23:29Mr. Beast?
23:30Jesus Christ.
23:36So, yes, we look forward
23:37to sharing the journey
23:39with you
23:40as we count down
23:42to June the 11th
23:43to the start
23:43of the greatest sporting event
23:45on earth
23:45and to celebrating
23:48everything that Miami
23:49can bring to that event
23:51in its many and various ways.
23:54So, yes.
23:56Yes.
23:58That is so great
23:59to hear that from you guys,
24:00truly.
24:00Okay, so we have time
24:01for a few questions
24:02if anybody...
24:03Yeah.
24:04Hi, Judith.
24:04Go ahead.
24:06Thank you, Daniel.
24:07Judith Jones,
24:08Channel 3 News, Florida.
24:09Hi.
24:09Hi.
24:10So, you're announcing
24:11the venues
24:11for the semifinal matches
24:12this afternoon.
24:14Yes.
24:14Obviously, there's been
24:15a lot of speculation
24:16around that.
24:17Daniel made reference
24:18to the fact that Miami
24:19is ready and standing by.
24:21Yes.
24:21Is there anything
24:22you'd like to say
24:22about that
24:23ahead of the announcement?
24:24Right.
24:25Yes.
24:25Okay.
24:27Great question, Judith,
24:28by the way.
24:28Yes.
24:29Excuse me.
24:29Ian, you go ahead.
24:30Yes.
24:31I mean, obviously,
24:32these are big decisions.
24:33It's something we've given
24:35a great deal of thought to.
24:36Obviously, I won't preempt
24:38this afternoon's announcement.
24:39You wouldn't expect me to.
24:40We'll have to wait
24:41and see what that contains.
24:43But, in the meantime,
24:45I think I can say this.
24:47Well, in fact, I'm going to.
24:49As I say,
24:50we've given a lot of thought
24:51to this.
24:51Semi-finals are fine.
24:53They're one thing.
24:54They're great occasions.
24:55But, in the end,
24:56they are semi-finals.
24:57Or, as you would say,
24:58semi-finals, after all.
25:00And, as you say, Daniel,
25:02this isn't just any city.
25:04This is Miami.
25:05Yeah.
25:06This is the...
25:07Yes.
25:10The soccer capital of the US.
25:13And, so, without giving
25:16too much away,
25:18maybe Miami
25:19deserves something
25:20better than that.
25:22Well, I don't know.
25:24What if Miami
25:25deserved a final
25:27all of its own?
25:29I mean,
25:30I don't know.
25:31Am I right?
25:33Woo-hoo!
25:35Woo-hoo!
25:37Miami first!
25:39Miami first!
25:40Miami first!
25:41Miami first!
25:43Miami first!
25:44Miami first!
25:46Miami first!
25:46Miami first!
25:47If it's starting to look
25:48as if Ian Fletcher
25:49might have survived
25:50his first week in Miami
25:51as Director of Integrity,
25:53perhaps the last thing
25:54he expected
25:55was a hero's welcome
25:56back at Oversight HQ.
26:01And as things turn out,
26:03he'd be right
26:03in not expecting that.
26:05Power of truth!
26:06Power of truth!
26:08Power of truth!
26:09Power of truth!
26:11Power of truth!
26:12Oh, hi.
26:13Hey Ian.
26:14Just thought I'd come in here
26:15for a bit.
26:16Absolutely.
26:16Me too.
26:17What's happened out there?
26:18I feel like I've missed something.
26:19Well, you know...
26:20Don't tell me you've managed
26:21to save the world after all.
26:23You know, it's funny
26:24you should say that.
26:25So, I don't exactly know
26:26what happened here...
26:27What's happened
26:27is that thanks to
26:28the power of the power of poop
26:30and a random like
26:30from global YouTube superstar
26:32Mr. Beast,
26:33who is a real person,
26:34incredibly 400 million people
26:36have become aware
26:37of Sarah's Wastewater Future initiative
26:39when they were previously aware
26:41of virtually nothing.
26:42400 million followers.
26:44400 million?
26:44I know, right?
26:45Congratulations.
26:46I know.
26:46I mean, that's incredible.
26:48Yeah, 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,
26:58but you've got to start somewhere, right?
27:00Yes.
27:00You've got to try.
27:01Yes, I mean, no,
27:02it's certainly been a great week.
27:03But if it's been some first week for Ian,
27:05it might not be quite over yet.
27:08Will!
27:09Oh, yeah, hi, yeah.
27:10What the hell are you doing here?
27:11Well, yeah, I don't know.
27:12You're mental.
27:15Basically, I don't care how fit you are,
27:16the human body was not designed
27:17to run around at 85 degrees Celsius.
27:20Yeah, um...
27:21Excuse me?
27:21Absolutely.
27:22Sorry, it just wasn't.
27:23Right, and the truth is,
27:24that's where we're all heading now
27:25unless we face up to this, right?
27:2685 degrees Celsius?
27:28Well, okay, yeah.
27:29Right.
27:29So I think that's probably Fahrenheit.
27:30Third point.
27:31Fuck's sake.
27:3285 degrees Celsius,
27:33I think you're pretty much on fire.
27:34It's another week
27:35at F***'s Oversight headquarters
27:37in Miami,
27:38and Director of Integrity
27:39Ian Fletcher
27:40is chairing a sudden meeting
27:41of the Strategic Operations Group,
27:43or SOG.
27:44I mean, first of all,
27:45let's keep calm, shall we?
27:46I am calm.
27:46Yeah, right.
27:47One.
27:47I mean, essentially...
27:48Thank you, Emily.
27:49Yes.
27:51You must forgive me,
27:51but really,
27:52I have no say in these matters.
27:53Right, okay.
27:54I mean, basically,
27:55what they're doing here
27:56is they're underlining
27:57something we know already.
27:57Yeah, 100%.
27:58The United Nations Health Agency
28:00has shared an advanced copy
28:02of a forthcoming report
28:03on global heating,
28:04which sets out the health risks
28:05associated with exercising
28:07in high temperatures.
28:08This goes way beyond soccer or sports.
28:11Oh, my God.
28:12Without a doubt.
28:12We are just the canaries
28:13in the coal mine here, right?
28:15Si, bueno.
28:15So we need to kill this canary
28:17before it escapes, yes?
28:18What?
28:19The report concludes
28:20that exercising in temperatures
28:21above 85 degrees Fahrenheit
28:23could involve
28:24potentially serious risks to life
28:26and advises strongly against it
28:28wherever possible,
28:29which could rule out
28:30a number of venues at a stroke,
28:33including Mexico City,
28:34where the opening game
28:35and ceremony
28:35are due to take place.
28:37I don't know where
28:37they get this figure from.
28:3885 degrees.
28:39Well, I suppose because...
28:40What do they know about football?
28:41They make it up.
28:42I mean, looking at average
28:43temperatures here,
28:44looks like that would
28:45take 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.
28:50The calor en Mexico
28:50es un calor agradable.
28:51Okay.
28:52By the way,
28:52it also looks like
28:53it would take out New York.
28:54New York?
28:55Yep.
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
28:59do they know about heat?
29:04Meanwhile,
29:05Ian's recently arrived assistant,
29:06Will Humphreys,
29:07is hard at work
29:08familiarising himself
29:09with his new environment.
29:11Yes, so I'm Will
29:12and I worked with Ian Fletcher
29:14at the BBC in London.
29:16Pretty cool.
29:18Somehow,
29:19Will was Ian's assistant
29:20back at the BBC
29:21and now he's found himself
29:23here in Miami
29:24for reasons that are
29:25nothing to do with anything.
29:27Yeah, so my sister
29:28really likes tennis players.
29:29Right.
29:30Yeah, so she was going
29:31out with this guy,
29:32like, I don't know,
29:32like, he's a coach
29:33in this big tennis club
29:33in Miami
29:34and, like,
29:34he was going to get me a job.
29:35Right, well,
29:36as a tennis coach?
29:37A tennis coach.
29:37Yeah.
29:39Yeah, so,
29:40like, I can play tennis
29:41but, like,
29:41I can't really serve.
29:43Right, okay.
29:44Yeah, I know, crap.
29:44No, but my parents were like,
29:45I could come out here
29:46and live for my sister
29:47and finally make something
29:47of myself.
29:48Right.
29:49Yeah, but...
29:50What, so they actually
29:50said that?
29:51Yeah.
29:52Yeah, but when I got here
29:53there was, like,
29:53this note in her kitchen,
29:55like, 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,
30:02I was going to go back
30:03but then my parents
30:04were like, no,
30:04we know this guy, Eric.
30:06Eric?
30:07Yeah, and he's out in Miami.
30:08Oh, your parents
30:09know Eric Van Der Putrens?
30:10Yeah, Van Der Putrens, yeah.
30:12I mean, so how?
30:13Yeah, I don't know, yeah.
30:14Or, like, I think it's
30:15something to do with horses.
30:16Horses?
30:16Yeah, I think so, yeah.
30:17Right.
30:19So, the last tournament
30:20was in Qatar, right?
30:22Yes.
30:22Right, basically a fucking
30:23furnace, right?
30:24Oh, my God.
30:24So, how the hell did that work?
30:25Back in the meeting room,
30:26the discussion is halting up.
30:28Yes, I mean, Eric.
30:29Yes.
30:30As someone who was involved
30:30in the whole Qatar,
30:31you know, the adventure.
30:32Yes.
30:33Right from the beginning,
30:34I think.
30:34Exactly so.
30:35Is there anything
30:35we can learn from that
30:36that could help us here?
30:38Well, so, actually,
30:38I think Qatar is
30:39a different circumstance.
30:40Right.
30:41It's a special case.
30:43There is a saying
30:44in Arabic.
30:52In the meantime,
30:53what we know
30:54is in the stadiums
30:55it was cool
30:56and it's kind of a miracle.
30:58Yes.
30:58Perhaps we can say
30:59the Qataris,
31:00they had something.
31:02Right, okay.
31:02Yeah, oil.
31:03So, one of the things
31:04I sometimes say
31:05is that problems
31:05can be solutions
31:06waiting to happen.
31:07Really?
31:08Oh, my gosh.
31:08But you actually say that?
31:09Yes, I mean...
31:10That's so beautiful.
31:10Jesus.
31:11Okay, so it feels like
31:13we're looking at
31:13a pretty big solution here,
31:15right?
31:15Well, exactly.
31:16Yeah, 100%.
31:25Hey.
31:27Oh, hey, yeah.
31:28You okay?
31:29What?
31:29Yeah, no, cool, yeah.
31:30So, I was just wondering
31:30if, like, there was a desk
31:31I should sit at?
31:32Okay.
31:33Yeah.
31:34Wait, are you actually
31:35on the system yet?
31:36Yes, say again.
31:37Um, you're wearing
31:38a visitor's lanyard.
31:39What?
31:39Yeah, I know you're crying.
31:41Okay, uh,
31:42what is your last name?
31:43Yes, so I'm Will.
31:44I'm, like,
31:45Ian Fletcher's assistant.
31:47Okay, so, like,
31:47that's your first name?
31:48Yeah.
31:49So, like, what's your last name?
31:50Oh, yeah, cool, yeah,
31:51Humphreys.
31:51Okay.
31:52Yeah, Humphreys, yeah,
31:53Humphreys.
31:53Cool.
31:57Okay, so you're not
31:58on the system.
31:59Okay.
32:02Okay, cool.
32:03Thanks.
32:03Wait, where are you going?
32:05Wait, yeah,
32:05I don't know, yeah.
32:06You have to be on the system, right?
32:07Like, you can't be
32:08a visitor forever.
32:09Okay.
32:11Okay, so do you have
32:12any photo ID with you?
32:13Photo ID?
32:14Yeah, like, um,
32:15I don't know, like, uh...
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
32:46in Miami.
32:47Ian Fletcher has been here
32:48for three weeks now,
32:49and for the moment,
32:50he'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
33:01if you got our message.
33:02Yes, I did, yes.
33:04I'm afraid I didn't quite
33:04understand it.
33:05Yes, so your card was declined
33:06when we tried to raise payment
33:08for your breakfast today?
33:09Right.
33:10Yes, so...
33:11It was declined.
33:11Right.
33:12I don't know if you have
33:12an alternative card
33:13you want to use.
33:14Uh, yes, well, I mean,
33:15I've got my credit card, I suppose.
33:17Great, that's perfect.
33:18But actually, though,
33:19I mean, I'm pretty sure
33:21breakfast is included in my,
33:22you know, in the...
33:23Right.
33:23Yeah, so...
33:24Okay, I don't know
33:25if you want to talk
33:25to someone about that.
33:26Yes, I mean,
33:27I sort of am doing, aren't I?
33:28Right.
33:30Would you excuse me
33:31for just a second?
33:32Yes, okay.
33:40This morning,
33:41with breakfast theoretically
33:42behind him
33:43and a busy day
33:44almost certainly in front of him,
33:45he's ready to be somewhere
33:47other than where he is.
33:50Okay, so I think
33:51it would be an idea
33:52for you to talk
33:53to someone about this.
33:54Right.
33:54In the meantime,
33:55your credit card payment
33:56went through,
33:57and what I can do for you
33:58is we can offer you
33:59the South Beach Deli breakfast deal
34:00on a discretionary basis.
34:02The South Beach Deli breakfast deal?
34:04Right.
34:04That is something
34:05that we can do for you
34:05for now
34:06until you're able
34:06to sort things out.
34:08Right, okay.
34:09It's actually quite nice.
34:10You know what?
34:11Actually,
34:11I don't really have time
34:12for 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
34:21along the street
34:22here in Miami.
34:23Like, this literally
34:23could be anywhere,
34:24but it turns out
34:25it is right here in Miami.
34:26Woo!
34:27Meanwhile,
34:28social media thought leader
34:29Madison Flynn,
34:30thread analyst
34:31Zach Linksfeld,
34:32and sentiment curator
34:33Mia So
34:34are in the social media space
34:36assessing the areas
34:36of the early results
34:37of 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.
34:46Okay, that's enough.
34:47Right, right, right.
34:48Welcome to the far corner.
34:50Woo!
34:50Far corner.
34:51Far corner.
34:52Thanks for being with us.
34:52They've come up
34:53with the idea
34:53of launching
34:54their own channel
34:55in addition
34:56to 2026's
34:57official online presence,
34:59aimed at connecting
34:59with a younger
35:00U.S. social media audience
35:02and driving them
35:03towards the idea
35:03of soccer
35:04as like a thing.
35:05He's perfect.
35:06He's perfect.
35:07Hey, ma'am.
35:08All right.
35:09Congratulations,
35:09you're on the far corner.
35:10Excuse me?
35:11So we're asking people today
35:12what we want to know
35:13who is going to win
35:14the 2026
35:15soccer world competition.
35:16Okay.
35:17Right, who's going to win it?
35:19I don't know.
35:19Who is?
35:21So who's in it?
35:22Whoa.
35:22Who's in it?
35:23Yeah.
35:23No way.
35:24Like, we don't know
35:25who'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
35:3248 countries to choose from.
35:33Okay.
35:3448.
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...
35:45Okay, 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
35:54like a different track under it.
35:55Like, maybe some Reconasty.
35:57Yeah, right, right, right.
35:57Okay, so...
35:58You're Reconasty.
35:58You're cool.
36:00Yeah.
36:02Okay.
36:03So 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.
36:20Oh, hey, yeah.
36:23Hey.
36:24I found you.
36:24Yeah.
36:25I 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.
36:35What I was thinking was, if you could wait a bit
36:36and then bring me in a coffee in about 10 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.
36:44And that might be better.
36:44Yeah, it's better, yeah.
36:45You know, maybe a couple of biscuits or something, you know.
36:48Okay.
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.
36:57That'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.
37:11Yeah.
37:11Exactly so.
37:12Bravo, Emily.
37:13And thanks to everybody for taking part.
37:15No, 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,
37:25which suggests that some 2026 venues may now be officially too hot to safely exercise in,
37:30Ian has invited members of the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG, to let go with some ideas.
37:37I 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, basically, 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.
38:10Or, you know, or 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, formula, obviously.
38:18Yes.
38:19Yeah, because I was going to say, a sunny day in Monterey, you're pretty much going to be
38:22back in the dressing room as soon as you kicked off.
38:24Right.
38:25Okay.
38:25Monterrey.
38:26I was just...
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.
38:45Right.
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.
39:04Like, oh my God, she shows up at the Super Bowl, she's on screen for literally 30 seconds.
39:08Suddenly, it's like the whole world is NFL crazy.
39:09Right, so we need to, like, Taylor Swift 2026 here, right?
39:13Okay, right.
39:14They 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.
39:24Okay, so we get, like, Sabrina Carpenter to date, like, Kristen Pulisic.
39:27Okay.
39:27Or maybe, like, Tyler Adams.
39:28Yeah, Tyler Adams, like, I could totally see that.
39:30Okay, so first off, that's not going to 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.
39:42Okay?
39:42Okay.
39:43This is not okay.
39:44Sabrina Carpenter is not going to date Tyler Adams.
39:46Okay, sure.
39:46Right.
39:47And the whole Taylor Swift thing?
39:48Right.
39:48That happened, right?
39:49Like, it's over.
39:50Taylor Swift is 37, right?
39:51Like, she's basically 40.
39:52Yeah.
39:53This is about creating our own moment right here.
39:54Right.
39:55And our audience is out there, right?
39:56Right.
39:56Totally.
39:57They're out there, and they're totally into soccer.
39:59They just don't know it yet.
40:00Yeah, right, right, right.
40:01So these guys are young, right?
40:03They're elite athletes.
40:04For the most part, they're not going to drop dead.
40:06For the most part.
40:06They know that.
40:07We know that.
40:07Everybody 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 going to do?
40:17It 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.
40:32Right.
40:33Back in the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG, everyone is aware of the importance of coming up with a response
40:39to the United Nations Health Agency report on global heating.
40:42Ideally, before either the report itself is published or 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, and 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 going to die here, right?
40:59Yes, I did.
41:00Well, and also, I can say, at this moment, in general terms, for Zurich, with this tournament, death is not
41:06a good place to be.
41:07Right, yes.
41:08Absolutely, right.
41:09So...
41:10Thanks, Will.
41:10But gradually, as the meeting progresses, they're managing to eliminate possible options one at a time.
41:16So I know no one wants to hear this.
41:17Wait, where did you get those?
41:18Yeah.
41:19No, say again?
41:19The peanut butter candies, where did you get them?
41:21Yeah, so I couldn't find any biscuits.
41:24Right, 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.
41:29Okay.
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, but someone has to be the unpopular one in the
41:44room, right?
41:44Yeah, well...
41:45From an environmental point of view, our only option here, the only way we ever solve this, is to cool
41:50the Earth down.
41:52Right.
41:52Yeah, uh...
41:53Truly, and the sooner we all face up to this, the better for all of us.
41:56I mean, I'm sure that's almost certainly true, Sarah.
41:57I mean, of course it is.
41:58But I just wonder, you know, as something to aim for in the next three months...
42:02Right.
42:02I just wonder if cooling the Earth down might be a bit...
42:05But this is our moment, right?
42:06The fact is, we've got our work at Art installing simultaneous flush urinals in 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, and Ian Fletcher is arriving at 2026 Oversight HQ for another Thursday morning.
42:47But if elements of his new world are beginning to feel familiar, there are still things he's gradually discovering about
42:53it.
43:10Meanwhile, across town, the social media team have come to a location somewhere else in Miami in a state of
43:16excitement.
43:17Okay, set.
43:18What?
43:19Ready, 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.
43:25This is going to be so cool.
43:27So, hey, so we are here in Wynwood, Miami, which is pretty cool.
43:31But what's really cool is that in that building behind me, like literally somewhere inside that studio, right now, is...
43:38Drum roll, please, Mia?
43:39Drum roll?
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, they've discovered that actor, singer, icon, producer, game changer, and social media phenomenon
43:54Selena Gomez is 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 on an unsuspecting social media world, this could just
44:06be 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? That's the question.
44:14Yes.
44:16Okay, so she's in there, like, 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 to appear and say something about soccer on a social media
44:27channel that hasn't officially been launched yet isn't quite as straightforward as it sounds.
44:32You guys filming?
44:33Okay, so...
44:34There's no 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...
44:48Excuse me?
44:49We'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?
45:01Okay, 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 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 them through
45:38some of the increasingly hot-button issues in their forthcoming report on global heating and health.
45:43Yes, and I think the question now is how best to use the valuable data in the report
45:47to help and inform us in delivering the best possible tournament going forward?
45:50Absolutely.
45:51Yeah, right.
45:52Sure.
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.
46:03Oh, I guess so.
46:04So 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.
46:17Well, great.
46:17Good for you.
46:17So, just out of interest, professor, Eric Van de Bitrance here.
46:20Yes, hi.
46:21By the way, this is such an important report.
46:24Yes, thank you.
46:25Yeah.
46:25So, am I right in thinking with this kind of data, there is usually a margin for error,
46:29yes?
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.
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.
46:53This is a...
46:54Wait a minute.
46:54What is happening here?
46:56Oh, yes.
46:57Interesting.
46:57Actually, how are you doing that?
46:59Well, exactly.
47:00So, Emily right here is kind of a...
47:02No, 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.
47:09Look, 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.
47:17I won't believe it, sir.
47:18Right.
47:19Absolutely.
47:20Yes, Emily.
47:21So, whilst that's happening, shall we just use this moment to take a break?
47:25You 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...
47:30Oh.
47:31Yes, I know.
47:31I think she's gone.
47:32Right, okay.
47:33Yeah, I know.
47:33She has.
47:34Yes.
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.
47:47Whilst the UN Health Agency's key data and Professor Fuchs are being reset, both Phil
47:53and Ian have come 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.
48:04For sure, 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.
48:19That 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
48:27and take his coffee out there with him.
48:28At where?
48:29You've not been up to the roof terrace yet.
48:30The roof terrace?
48:31Yeah.
48:32No, I didn't know there was one.
48:33I know you should go up there.
48:34It'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.
48:42But for me, you'd have to be going some to clear that wall.
48:46Right.
48:51Okay, so you drove this car into a ditch over many years, okay?
48:55So the way forward is for you to get out of the car.
48:58The 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.
49:07Not to try to bribe our precious daughter.
49:09A beautiful young woman who is trying her best every single day and who I love more
49:14than anything else in this world because to try to turn her against me, because I will
49:18not have that, okay?
49:19I will not have that.
49:21But 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.
49:30Good 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.
49:54No, no, no, it's not.
49:55No, answer it, please.
49:55It's just an estate agent.
49:57An estate agent.
49:57I mean a real estate agent.
49:58So you've got to answer it, right?
49:59Well, no, no, no, I mean it's...
50:01Right.
50:02Good.
50:04Really, truly, you did not have to do that.
50:06Oh, no, no, no, no, no, it'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.
50:13At 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?
50:40That is correct, yes.
50:41Before too much longer, the Strategic Operations Group meeting is back underway, and in the break,
50:46VP Logistics and Execution Owen Mitchell has got granular with some of the data in the
50:51UNHA report on global heating.
50:53So, in the real world, there's actually a range of daily temperatures above and below
50:58that line 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?
51:09I'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 outlying 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
51:36an 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.
51:47No, you cannot do this.
51:48Why not?
51:48This is my screen, it is my line, it is my data.
51:52Ian's challenge now is to pull 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 at a
52:18critical 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.
52:25Ian, that's so great.
52:26Using the power of soccer as the driver and an event on the scale of 2026 as the moment
52:30to finally reset the narrative around this whole thing.
52:33Exactly.
52:34This 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, hi, 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.
53:04Well, 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
53:15of 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.
53:22But 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.
53:42No, 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.
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