#538: Evan Ratliff on USMNT fandom, AI voice clones, Brek Shea

Journalist Evan Ratliff joins Belz to talk about his fascinating
new podcast, Shell Game, which has some poignant USMNT-related
moments in it. He also expresses his affinity for 2011 Brek Shea,
talks about going incognito to a WC qualifier in Salt Lake City
when he was doing the famous WIRED vanishing act, and explains
how he thinks the USMNT is in need of a couple Clint Mathis or
Jermaine Jones-style characters.


Here's the Grant Wahl story he referenced:
https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/on-the-doorstep-to-doha?r=1ggkr&utm_campaign=post&utm_source=On%20the%20Doorstep%20to%20Doha&utm_medium=ios


And here's the link to Shell Game, which I do recommend:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shell-game/id1753117762


Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free
feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the
Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get
access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private
Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of
historic recaps we've made: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed