Sounds Like Fun with Benny & Sto
Jul 15, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
Sto and Benny get world cup fever and case out which city to visit for a game
Yeah, I've enjoyed it all.
I've enjoyed the social media aspect of it.
I've enjoyed the fact that the best players are actually playing really well, which is, I don't know, people don't love a dynasty.
They don't love the evil empire or the dominant team.
But it is more interesting when the best players are playing awesome.
So a lot of things that made it even more enjoyable and the time frame.
And, you know, I barely work in the summer.
So it's there was always something worthwhile on TV when I wasn't working and it was too hot in Denver to go outside.
Right.
Not only was it here, but I always think it's funny when people that I don't really associate as being soccer fans and they're talking about the U.S. team like we like, oh, we play tomorrow.
Yeah.
That's a whole thing overall, right? Like how do people reference themselves as wheeze?
Right.
And there is that like tribalism component to it.
And then, you know, people talking about like, ah, you know, half the people on this team aren't even from this country.
And so it is interesting, but it does seem to be in general, at least from the footage I've seen, like you said, on social media, there's camaraderie within the nations, but there's also a greater camaraderie, like just amongst people that love the sport.
Yeah, it's been all good.
It's been what I mean, I think the only thing that really there's been slight controversy lately because people hate FIFA and right.
But in reality, it's been.
a really positive vibe i feel like everybody's been kind of positive about it there's not as much trash talking as there typically is for everything in the world nowadays which is nice
yeah it's interesting you mentioned this negative uh attitude towards fifa which is you know i'm not it's not a narrative i was familiar with and like i don't really think about fifa in my day-to-day life Except for the
Yeah, I've enjoyed it all.
I've enjoyed the social media aspect of it.
I've enjoyed the fact that the best players are actually playing really well, which is, I don't know, people don't love a dynasty.
They don't love the evil empire or the dominant team.
But it is more interesting when the best players are playing awesome.
So a lot of things that made it even more enjoyable and the time frame.
And, you know, I barely work in the summer.
So it's there was always something worthwhile on TV when I wasn't working and it was too hot in Denver to go outside.
Right.
Not only was it here, but I always think it's funny when people that I don't really associate as being soccer fans and they're talking about the U.S. team like we like, oh, we play tomorrow.
Yeah.
That's a whole thing overall, right? Like how do people reference themselves as wheeze?
Right.
And there is that like tribalism component to it.
And then, you know, people talking about like, ah, you know, half the people on this team aren't even from this country.
And so it is interesting, but it does seem to be in general, at least from the footage I've seen, like you said, on social media, there's camaraderie within the nations, but there's also a greater camaraderie, like just amongst people that love the sport.
Yeah, it's been all good.
It's been what I mean, I think the only thing that really there's been slight controversy lately because people hate FIFA and right.
But in reality, it's been.
a really positive vibe i feel like everybody's been kind of positive about it there's not as much trash talking as there typically is for everything in the world nowadays which is nice
yeah it's interesting you mentioned this negative uh attitude towards fifa which is you know i'm not it's not a narrative i was familiar with and like i don't really think about fifa in my day-to-day life Except for the
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