World Corrupt Episode 1: A Toxic Love Affair between Politics and Sports

Missing America

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

This fall, when the eyes of the world turn towards Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a shadow looms over the tournament, which is one of the most watched events in the world. The sports landscape being co-opted for geo-political and corporate gain is nothing new, but this year's iteration of football's biggest competition may be the most expensive example to date. Pod Save the World’s Tommy Vietor and Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers join forces to unravel the riddle of how to enjoy the game we love while holding the powers that control it accountable for their corruptive policies and practices. On this inaugural episode of World Corrupt, a collaboration from Men in Blazers Media Network and Crooked Media, the two hosts share the memories that helped them first fall in love with soccer, while also looking back into the annals of history at past instances of a phenomenon known as "sportswashing.”

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Tommy VTore here.
0:01.4	I am so excited to share with you the first episode of my new podcast, World Corrupt.
0:06.2	Soccer has often been called the world's most important, least important thing.
0:09.8	But this year's World Cup will force fans to grapple with the complexities of
0:12.8	a tournament awarded via bribery with an infrastructure built on the backs of
0:16.3	migrant laborers that have left a reported 6,500 people dead.
0:20.2	I'm teaming up with my friend Roger Bennett from the Men and Blazers podcast
0:23.2	to explore what it means to be a fan and a responsible citizen of the world
0:26.2	while watching the most popular sporting event on the planet.
0:29.4	New episodes of World Corrupt premiere every Saturday in the Pods' Aval World Feed.
0:33.5	World Corrupt is brought to you by Tommy John.
0:35.9	Fall, I'm supposed to say, Roger, is chaos in your pants.
0:39.2	I'm meant to say you can say that again, even though I dread hearing you say those words again.
0:47.5	You're overheating one second and you're freezing the next.
0:49.7	To be ready for anything, you need underwear that can handle everything.
0:53.7	It's a boy. It's time for Tommy John underwear.
0:56.3	In Tommy John underwear, you're that much more comfortable so you can do everything better.
1:00.5	Name a problem with the other underwear and Tommy John solved it.
1:03.6	That's the chaos in the pants I look for.
1:06.4	And just look how it's revitalized the career.
1:08.8	So many majorly pictures.
1:11.0	But unlike the owner collateral ligament reconstruction surgery, this is a journey.
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