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Lionel Messi's last World Cup? Plus, a 'Diasporican' Thanksgiving

They call him a 21st-century god of soccer. One of the all time greats. A king. But Lionel Messi's crown is still missing one big jewel: a World Cup trophy for his home country, Argentina. In this episode, host <a href="https://twitter.com/bmluse">Brittany Luse</a> explores Messi's long road to a World Cup victory with <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/297147616/jasmine-garsd">Jasmine Garsd</a>, host of NPR's new podcast The Last Cup. Along the way, they go into how immigration, race and class coil around the world of international soccer. Then, Brittany goes on a gastronomic journey with food columnist <a href="https://twitter.com/eatgordaeat?s=20&amp;t=CNvoRU_0YtmzUXQguEKsfA">Illyanna Maisonet</a>, whose new cookbook Diasporican weaves in diasporic influences with Puerto Rico's Indigenous, African and European culinary traditions. You can follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRItsBeenAMin">@ItsBeenaMin</a> or email us at <a href="mailto:ibam@npr.org">ibam@npr.org</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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