The Last Cup: Bonus Episode
Argentina has made it to the quarter finals of the 2022 World Cup, but the road has been a winding one. In our bonus episode, we take a moment to reflect on the scores and stumbles of the qualifying r...
8 Dec 202225min
The Last Cup: Part 5
After a falling-out with the Argentine national team and a shaky reconciliation, Messi eventually finds his way back to play at the 2021 Copa America for yet another chance at redemption. And then it'...
2 Dec 202239min
The Last Cup: Part 4
With the disappointment of the 2010 World Cup behind them, Argentines are hopeful that Lionel Messi might break their losing streak at the 2011 Copa America, the largest tournament in South America. M...
22 Nov 202234min
The Last Cup: Part 3
Lionel Messi finally gets a chance to put on Argentina's national jersey, but something is off. His time abroad has fundamentally changed the way he plays. Things get even more complicated when the Ar...
17 Nov 202231min
The Last Cup: Part 2
From his earliest goals on the soccer fields of his hometown in Argentina to his arrival in Spain's Barça Football Club, host Jasmine Garsd follows the journey of a gifted kid who would go on to becom...
10 Nov 202240min
The Last Cup: Part 1
NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a podcast series about soccer and the immigrant experience.As Lionel Messi rose up the ranks of the storied Barça football club in Spain, he dreamed of win...
10 Nov 20229min
Changing the Police: The Walk-Out
The series concludes: we check back in with John Mueller after his resignation as head of the Yonkers Police Department. And we consider what his departure means for police reform efforts in the city ...
11 Aug 202224min
Changing the Police: To Police or Not To Police
In Yonkers, as in the rest of the country, a substantial number of police calls involve situations where someone is having a mental health crisis. But are cops the right people to answer those calls? ...
4 Aug 202217min
