World Corrupt: Episode 4 - Can Saudi Money Whitewash a Murder?
Men In Blazers
Men In Blazers
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In the final episode of this four-part series, Rog and Tommy trace the massive flow of Saudi money into Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Wall Street, and how the biggest venture capitalists and A-list celebrities seem to no longer care about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. They also look back at the history of the US-Saudi relationship, and how President Biden went from pleading to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” to traveling there to fist bump Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah. And finally, they dive into the possible motivations behind Saudi Arabia’s investments, from the need to diversify the Saudi economy, to whitewashing the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and changing the subject from other human rights violations. Despite all the depressing news, Rog and Tommy try to find glimmers of hope where grassroots activism and football can lead the way in creating a more just world. All of this and more, on the final episode of World Corrupt, Season 2.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of World Corrupt is brought to you by Zebiotics, pre-alcohol probiotic. |
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| 0:16.5 | Hey I'm Trey Wingo and I'm Kevin Frazier and we're teaming up on a new |
| 0:20.0 | weekly sports podcast called alternate routes. |
| 0:22.3 | Each week on alternate routes we leap into the sports multiverse |
| 0:25.8 | where we pry open the sliding doors of a different what if moment in sports. |
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| 0:34.0 | The more I think about it, the more Saudi almost feels like a startup. |
| 0:42.0 | Saudi has a founder. |
| 0:43.0 | Now you don't call him a founder, you call him his royal highness. |
| 0:47.0 | Mohammed bin Salman was going all over the US and you know having dates with |
| 0:51.0 | Sergei Brin and you know many other tech moguls. |
| 0:54.0 | MBS would reportedly boast to other golf leaders that he had Trump's son-in-law |
| 0:57.6 | Jared Kushner quote in his pocket. |
| 0:59.9 | 70 billion dollars in the US. That is a staggering amount of money. |
| 1:05.5 | This is about control. This is about controlling a massive financial vehicle that can then itself be used to buy, reward, or punish thousands of other actors. |
| 1:20.0 | Welcome back to World Corrupt Season 2. This is episode 4. |
| 1:27.0 | This is what we like to call the closer. |
| 1:30.0 | Oh, the final piece of the puzzle, the sunset to cap off, |
| 1:34.0 | gorgeous, nothing can go wrong day. |
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