Episode 42: MICHAEL LEWIS, author of Around the World Cup in 40 Years, Forbes.com, View From the Front Row

MICHAEL LEWIS has been covering soccer for most of the last four decades. His new book is titled Around the World Cup in 40 Years, An American sportswriter’s perspective. He is covering the 2026 FIFA World Cup for Forbes.com, his own Substack View From the Front Row and Front Row Soccer. In thisconversation he talks about the US team, its prospects and the bigger pictureof the World Cup, on and off the field.Recorded June 9, 2026THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. It includes insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-runningsoccer publication, founded in 1971. New episodes released weekly. You can get more information on the program, produced by the John Shrader Media Group, at https://shradermedia.com/John Shrader's 30 years of TV and radio sports broadcasting included MLS, NBA, NFL and NHL. He is professor of Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.