Quatar controversy continues as World Cup looms

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CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Football’s 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Sunday, but the championship – the first to be held in an Arab country – is clouded by controversy even before it begins. First, allegations of corruption around the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar by FIFA, football’s governing body, with an FBI probe of leaders implicated in a bribery scandal. Then, reports of exploitation of Qatar’s migrant workers. And other human rights abuses – particularly against Qatar’s LGBTQ population. Homosexuality is illegal in the country. Dr. Naser Mohamed, a prominent Qatari LGBTQ activist, joins the program to discuss life and human rights inside the country. Also joining the show: journalist Roger Bennett, US House Democrat Jackie Speier, author Devi Lockwood, and Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Womunport. Here's what's coming up.
0:10.0	The Qatar World Cup kicks off, dogged by controversy.
0:13.6	I speak with soccer savant Roger Bennett and Dr. Nasser Mohammed.
0:18.1	Then, for me the hours come for a new generation
0:21.5	to lead the Democratic Caucus.
0:23.2	House Democrats move into the minority
0:25.3	without Nancy Pelosi's leadership.
0:27.9	I speak with her friend and colleague
0:29.8	Representative Jackie Spear.
0:31.8	Also, what do you do? also, listen.
0:35.0	Listen.
0:36.0	Listen.
0:38.0	author Debbie Lockwood
0:40.0	collect stories about climate change
0:42.0	across five years and six collect stories about climate change
0:42.5	across five years and six continents.
0:45.7	Plus Yale Law School pulls out of US News and World
0:49.6	Reports rankings.
0:51.0	Dean Heather Gerkin calls out the system's bias against poor and working class applicants.
0:56.6	And finally, why do they keep coming for us?
0:59.7	Because they're afraid of our power.
1:01.0	Yes.
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