Episode 54: JULES BOYKOFF, professor, journalist and author of “Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine”

JULES BOYKOFF is professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University Oregon. He is a journalist and author of several books, including the recently published RedCard: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine (publisher: OR Books). In this conversation we talk about the World Cup, Infantino, Trump, sportswashing in its current and historical context, and much more. Recorded July 27, 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.