Ep. 244: The Hot, Cold and Tawdry Balls of the 2022 Men's World Cup Draw

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Shireen Ahmed, Brenda Elsey and Jessica Luther talk about the men's World Cup draw. But first they discuss their favorite event hosts and plan Brenda's application to host the Ballon d'Or. Then, they discuss part one of a gazillion in men's World Cup mess with the 2022 draw in Qatar. They dive into the colonial history, confusing governance of FIFA, infamous men's World Cup draw scandals -- including, yes, hot and cold balls -- and the ways human rights abuses in Qatar and all mega event host countries are continually silenced. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Amira Rose Davis and Jessica Luther's interview with Austin FC’s goalkeeper, Brad Stuver. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better including Torchbearers of the Week, the Australian women's cricket team who just won the Women's Cricket World Cup. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to burn it all down. I'm joined you out. Today on the show, we will be
0:18.8	about the World Cup draw. Speaking of the draw,
0:23.6	I think Edris Elba is hot. And I think that hosts are important for things. So I think he was a
0:31.7	great host for the men's World Cup draw in Qatar. I also love Rashmin Chaudhry. And the reason I say this is I like to
0:38.8	bring everything back to Idris Alba at some point. But I also want to talk about hosts.
0:43.3	Jess, who do you love as a host? I love Hugh Jackman. I liked when he hosted the Tony's and the
0:48.5	Oscars. I like when he sings. And I just find him adorable and I love how much he loves his wife.
0:55.3	So Hugh Jackman,
1:00.1	but I also wanted to mention Saturday Night Live, which I like never watch and someone I'd never heard of, they've Gerald Carmichael hosted. And I just want everyone to go watch the six
1:05.6	minute intro that he did. It's about the slap, but it's like the tightest, most perfect response to that. And I just
1:14.0	want to know everything about this man now that I have seen those six minutes. What do you know about
1:19.3	him so far? He's really good at stand-up comedy and smart. It is so good. Brenda, you're
1:25.9	smart and like smart things.
1:28.1	Who is your host?
1:30.5	I'm not going to say Chris Rock, but really traditionally, he's one of my favorites.
1:35.5	In a similar vein that was Ricky Jervais to people that just like don't give a fuck.
1:40.6	Wow.
1:42.1	Look at you, Bryn.
1:43.4	Yeah, I know. It's not for everybody. Okay. These are not for
1:46.4	everybody. These are not, these are not everybody's host. That is true. If people were like,
1:50.9	you know, I think it should be someone else. I think I'd be like, yeah, you're probably right.
1:54.8	But if you ask me who I enjoy just seeing, like, really be like, oh, oh look we're at an award show where things pretend to be fair
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