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Nov 2022
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Introducing The Last Cup

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About this episode
NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigrant experience, starting November 10th.

Lionel Messi is known as the best soccer player of his generation, but there's one dream he's never achieved: winning a World Cup for Argentina, the country he left decades ago.

What does home mean when you are so far away, for so long?

All episodes will be released in English and Spanish.

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