"Stateside & Sold Out: A World Cup Guest Breakdown"

We had a special guest on this week — and the conversation did not disappoint.

In this episode, we sat down with Jeff St James of Ask A Brotha Podcast to get an outside perspective on everything the 2026 World Cup has been so far — the football, the atmosphere, and the bigger picture of what it means to host the planet's biggest sporting event on American soil.

We talked about how the United States has shown up for this tournament in a way that surprised even the skeptics. The FIFA Fan Festival alone crossed 2 million visitors in just the first round of matches, with venues in Canada and the US consistently operating at capacity. From Queens' globally diverse Fan Zone at the USTA Billie Jean King Center to Philadelphia's festival atmosphere celebra ...