World Cup Edition: Seven

Sonia kicks off a jam-packed DWCE by summoning name suggestions for the soccer ball from the mysterious DriveTime Magic Hat, which prompts the first instance of venturing into the DriveTime Cutting Room Floor. In the end, Ravi tabs two (or is it three?) finalists.

Plus -- in anticipation of the World Cup Quarterfinals -- Ravi and Sonia demonstrate the DriveTime Corner Kick.

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World Cup Edition: Six

Ravi and Sonia welcome a bouncy new member of the DWCE crew before entering the first ever DriveTime Flashback... to bearded days of yore and a chat with New England Cable News' Digital Media Advisor Steve Safran.

(QuickTime, 05:05)

World Cup Edition: Five

A brief tease signals changes afoot in a jam-packed DWCE. World Cup excitement is ratcheted up a few notches with contributions from Owen in Canada and Jeshii from Yamato Damacy in Japan.

And Ravi and Sonia do a little "jazz hands".

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World Cup Edition: Four

Ravi and Sonia look back on the first week of World Cup and dip into the DWCE International Glovebox which results in a firsthand look at one of the matches.

And Ravi decides it is time to get a soccer ball.

Original music by Hans Indigo Spencer (www.indigoinventions.com)

Match images and video courtesy of Tom from Germany.

(QuickTime, 03:12)

World Cup Edition: Three

DWCE's first guest, journalist Mitch Krpata, talks with Ravi and Sonia about his Boston Phoenix article, "Eat, drink, and be a hooligan: Twelve places to soak in the World Cup."

And the U.S. Team is lamented.

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World Cup Edition: Two

Ravi and Sonia recap the first weekend of World Cup and offer a crucial viewing tip.

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World Cup Edition: One

It's the official kick off to a whole new kind of DriveTime: DriveTime World Cup Edition. Ravi spells it out and explains how you -- the global DriveTime viewer -- can participate.

(QuickTime, 02:14)

Episode Thirty-One

The continuation of last week's near-heat stroke adventure culminates with a cleansing ritual. Chris Monks unveils a piece written exclusively for DriveTime: Donuts and the Car Wash. Peter Bebergal follows with a ribald reading from his collection, True Florida Stories: 1975-1980.

(QuickTime, 08:55)

Episode Thirty

Ravi and Sonia brave searing heat and the stifling confines of Studio-A for the official kick-off to the DriveTime Summer Season. Guest veterans Christopher Monks and Peter Bebergal descend into the inferno to talk about their participation in The Utter Wonder Humor Reading Series (Vol. I) this Sunday at the venerable Plough and Stars.

To provide a cool, cleansing arena for a reading by the literary duo, Ravi navigates the sweating mass of bodies to -- could it be? -- a car wash...

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