The World Cup heats up

Hello TFW world. It has been another of those weeks, as is evident by the Wednesday email coming out on a Friday again. But you know, days are arbitrary constructions aren't they? Either way, it's Week 3 of October, and we still have a lot of World Cup to go. But it has got more spicy - not just with Australia getting started with a first win, per the video above, but Afghanistan handsomely beating the reigning champs England, recorded with Geoff and Bharat in India, then Netherlands thrashing South Africa, recorded with Adam and Cam in London. We're spreading the workload to make this tournament more manageable.

The audio episodes are all on your pod feeds as usual. Get involved.

Lucknow, rain, David Warner and the covers

The other side of the World Cup

Season 15, Episode 5: Outside the pageantry on the field, there are currents and  undercurrents influencing this World Cup beyond the play. Senior  journalists Daniel Brettig and Anand Vasu join to talk about recent  pieces they’ve written that have packed a punch. Also, more Sheffield  Shield, more bad press releases and more success for the Australian  women’s team.

Here's the audio episode.

Anand and Bharat

Story Time 154 – From the cricket ground to prison

This  week, our many recent tales of crooks and jailbirds add three more  notable entries, from plotters to absconders. We try to track down a  family connection, look at a family's number, and solve a statistical  possibility about the most successful failures. Plus, find out what they  inhale on a surf town's dancefloor - it's Story Time.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
15.40 - Anit Manudhane
2.15 - Nuwan Jayawickreme
60.00 - Ken Edwards
3.51 - Sean, Carmel and Noah Smith
2.63 - Byron Frost

The episode is here.

That's it for the last week. Australia is playing Pakistan right now, we'll see you for the Daily later.