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Opening Banter: Scott at the World Cup
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Scott Galloway opens the show in unusually high spirits, fresh from flying from Italy to Miami to watch England vs. Norway at Hard Rock Stadium with two friends and his youngest son. He describes the scene — 70,000 fans singing Sweet Caroline and then Hey Jude together, Norwegian fans starting their signature rowing motion alongside the English — as an almost sacred reminder that people share far more than divides them. He frames the World Cup as 'cousins who love each other doing a sleepover while their parents are out of town.' Kara, playfully jealous she wasn't invited, coins the word 'unugly' to capture the vibe: not a trace of ugliness in the whole thing. Scott riffs on Erling Haaland as a 'great white shark' and Jude Bellingham as the tournament's embodiment of healthy masculinity — strong, emotionally open, and gracious. The whole segment serves as a tonal counterpoint to the heavy political news that follows.
When 70,000 fans sing in harmony across national lines, it exposes a truth our leaders keep hiding: we're not actually that divided, we're being divided. The World Cup is proof that the goodwill is there — our politicians are just getting in the way.
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