What In The World?

Adam and Ethan discuss Trump's renewed calls for America to takeover Greenland, a suspiciously worded article about a scandal involving the French World Cup team and ICE planes, the return of Count Binface to UK politics, the resignation of Keir Starmer, and so much more! 

Reference Links:

The World Cup Did Not, In Fact, Save Greenland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/trump-renews-call-us-take-over-greenland-nato
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/obama-unhappy-with-allies-upset-at-free-riders/

Turkish President Erdogan Gifted Everyone Loaded .44 Magnum Revolvers at the End of the NATO Summit

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/turkeys-erdogan-gives-nato-leaders-revolver-conundrum-after-summit-2026-07-09/ 

An Un-Fond Farewell To Keir Starmer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxd00lg599o

The French National Team Has Been Using ICE Planes During the World Cup

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/french-national-team-ice-deportation-planes-world-cup

France Clears the Way For Marine Le Pen To Run For Le President

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70yk5xjyl1t 

Nigel Farage’s Sole Election Challenger Is an Anthropomorphic “Rubbish Bin” Called Count Binface


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/9/not-nigel-farage-who-is-count-binface-contesting-as-mp-for-clacton-uk  

A Bruv From England Done Real Good at Wimbledon Then Innit

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7433421/2026/07/10/wimbledon-alexander-zverev-arthur-fery-result-analysis/


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The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been a scandal ridden nightmare so far, if you can believe that. On this episode, Adam and Ethan discuss the US border policies that made it impossible for some people to attend, the tortured existence of Team England at their Kansas City practice base, a governor in Mexico who responded to criticism about how his state prepared for the games by going into "party mode" and turning his phone off for a month, and a whole bunch of other wild controversies from this year's Copa Mundial!

Reference Links:

Did the World Cup Save Greenland (For Now)?

https://apnews.com/article/germany-boycott-world-cup-trump-6c27c98a5ebb312f5c9cc62316bc7dd6 

Surprise! US Border Policy Has Been An Issue…

https://forumtogether.org/article/explainer-impact-of-travel-and-immigration-restrictions-on-the-2026-fifa-mens-world-cup/

…Especially For Iran

https://apnews.com/article/iran-world-cup-travel-20af86f0da8c29dd088ecdf4d2313b2e

Also, Guess Which Two Teams Will Be Competing In Seattle’s Official “Pride Match”? 

https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-seattle-iran-egypt-gay-pride-lgbtq-4c7229ef5c7e05b6c2b58e0522797b91

No Preguntas En Espanol, Por Favor

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fifa-expands-world-cup-press-000016790.html 

There Was Almost a Strike at Sofi Over ICE Activity

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/workers-los-angeles-stadium-hosting-world-cup-matches-reach-tentative-rcna348582

United States Training Bases Have Been Unmitigated Chaos

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/swiss-world-cup-stars-put-150200651.html 
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/no-wasn-t-copperhead-germany-173120366.html 
https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/nine-injured-shooting-near-englands-world-cup-base-camp-2026-06-07/
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/13/england-world-cup-boots-stolen-before-first-training-session-in-kansas-city

Meanwhile In Mexico

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/31/americas/mexico-world-cup-security-latam-intl 
https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/2026/06/06/monterrey-escondio-colonias-populares-durante-el-mundial-2026-con-lonas-y-cercos-esto-es-lo-que-oculta-el-gobierno-de-samuel-garcia/
https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/2026/06/07/samuel-garcia-se-declara-en-modo-party-a-cinco-dias-del-mundial-2026-en-nuevo-leon-y-genera-criticas-por-pedir-pausa-a-los-problemas-del-estado/

EXTRA TIME

Of Course There Were Forced Labor Concerns

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/fifa-accused-blocking-labour-inspection-azteca-stadium-2026-world-cuphttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022 

VIP Boxes at Azteca Stadium

https://expansion.mx/empresas/2026/05/15/conflicto-palcos-estadio-azteca-mundial-2026
https://latinus.us/deportes/futbol-internacional/2026/6/9/estadio-azteca-duenos-palcos-reves-alimentos-bebidas-mundial-2026-175678.html

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Adam and Ethan look into the rise of a youth-led political movement that has made the lowly cockroach a key figure in the current political landscape in the country of India. What started with a joke response to remarks made by one of India's top justices has grown into a legitimate threat to the reign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose time in office has been plagued by broken promises and rampant youth unemployment. Can founder Abhijeet Dipke turn the online attention into real world opposition to the Modi regime, or is the Cockroach Janata Party just a viral moment in history fueled by social media antics? 

Reference Links

Intro: India Under Narendra Modi

https://www.theindiaforum.in/politics/india-under-modi-shrinking-democracy-growing-inequalities 

Youth Unemployment In India

https://tradingeconomics.com/india/unemployment-rate 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17841zez8wo 

Paper Leaks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_leak_in_India 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/come-back-my-son-indian-exam-leak-leaves-trail-of-death-despair-anger

Surya Kant Compares Unemployed Youth To Cockroaches and Parasites

https://thewire.in/law/chief-justice-says-some-unemployed-youth-like-parasites-cockroaches-become-media-social-media-ac 
https://thewire.in/law/the-chief-justice-called-them-cockroaches-history-knows-where-that-language-leads 

Abhijeet Dipke and the Cockroach Janta Party

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/india/india-cockroach-janta-party-protest-youth-anger-intl-hnk 
https://www.brut.media /in/articles/india/politics/who-is-abhijit-dipke-the-brain-behind-the-cockroach-janta-party-movement

Platform

https://countercurrents.org/2026/05/modi-govt-is-rotting-cockroach-janta-party-is-a-signal/
https://www.thecockroachjantaparty.org.in/ 

The Jantar Mantar Protest

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-cockroach-youth-movement-founder-arrives-new-delhi-protest-modi-2026-06-06/ 
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/our-agitation-will-continue-until-union-minister-pradhan-resigns-cockroach-janta-party-founder-dipke/article71072533.ece 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/cockroach-janta-party-youth-movement-india-politics

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Adam and Ethan continue their exploration of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest with a recap of the Semi-Final 2 performances including Bulgaria, Romania, Australia, the UK, and so many more! 

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Adam and Ethan take a break from the news with the kickoff of a two part series about the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals! This time around, we're covering all (or at least most) of the entries from the first Semi-Final held at Vienna's Wiener Stadthalle. 

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Adam and Ethan discss the fall of Viktor Orbán, what it means for Hungary, and how soccer may have been the catalyst behind his fall from grace. Also, stories about AI-generated actors in China, Keir Starmer's unending Epstein scandal concerns, and more on today's episode of What In The World.

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Adam and Ethan talk to guest Zach Johnston about the US military strikes on Iran and the Trump administration's evolving and highly alarming justifications for them. Is this all about oil like most people would expect, or is there something way crazier behind it all? Let's just cut to the chase ... is this really just a ploy to bring Jesus back? 

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Adam and Ethan discuss Epstein files fallout in countries that aren't the United States, law enforcement raids on the French offices of Twitter (currently known as X), Human Rights Watch's unlikely heel turn, and so much more! 

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Adam and Ethan dig into the numbers and lore behind El Salvador's historically low murder rate. Is the Bukele regime telling the truth about it all? There are whispers that the drop in violence isn't the result of tough policing alone, but also secret backroom deals between Bukele and the same gangs he claims as enemies. We also talk about the journalists who were brave enough to report on the controversy and were forced to flee the country over it. 

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Adam and Ethan chop it up about a shockingly successful heist at the Louvre, the arrest of a former French president, a woman in South Korea who burned down her entire apartment building to kill a single cockroach, and so very much more!

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