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

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Crooked Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 45 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. Jason here. I am so excited to share the first episode of the newest crooked podcast world corrupt
0:06.5	Soccer has often been called the world's most importantly most important thing
0:09.5	But this year's world couple forced fans to grapple with the complexities of it turn them in awarded via bribery
0:15.0	With an infrastructure built with migrant labor practices that equate to modern slavery
0:20.2	Podsave America and Podsave the world co-host Tommy Vittor has teamed up with Roger Bennett of men and blazers to explore
0:26.2	What it means to be a fan and a responsible citizen of the world while watching the most popular sporting event on the planet
0:32.1	If you like what you hear you can check out episode two right now in the pod save the world feed and subscribe to hear new episodes
0:38.6	Dropping every Saturday wherever you get your podcasts
0:42.9	The winner to organize
0:46.4	The 220 to FIFA World Cup is
0:51.0	Qatar
0:54.0	6500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it won its World Cup bid that is devastating sports is always a bloody emotional release to joy
1:04.3	A refuse a place to seek shelter from the storm of everyday life. How will we consume what is essentially a world cup soaked in blood?
1:21.3	Crooked me just Tommy Vittor men and blazers Roger Bennett this is like one of those old crossover episodes
1:28.4	When Scooby-Doo would team up with Batman and
1:32.4	Attempt to solve some caper surely there's only one way this can end us pulling off the mask of a front-to-old man
1:39.3	Only to be reminded that he would have got away with it if it wasn't for us pesky kids
1:44.3	So I was thinking there was like not since full house met family matters have two audiences been this
1:51.3	Confused probably for being honest, but Raj I am thrilled to do this series with you because it combines
1:57.2	Three of my passions sports foreign policy and feeling guilty and all it took for us to actually do this pod
2:05.4	Was really for the world to go to crap a total confluence of
2:10.6	Terrifying forces so terrifying. They're threatening to destroy one of the single things that we love the most which is sports in general as you say
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