191. FIFA: the shady group behind the World Cup

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Andrew Gold

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Conor Powell is the host of the brilliant podcast Lords of Soccer. We will talk about corruption in football, how World Cups were hosted during brutal dictatorships in Argentina and Chile, and how insane it was to give Qatar the world cup to host. Conor Powell links: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LtmKpVgSQaY7SBv9W5oVr https://twitter.com/ConormPowel Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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