Sports Washing, The World Cup, and Ben Valdez-Hempel

The World Cup may be over but the questions about the politics of FIFA and soccer remain. Zoe and Grant talk with Ben Valdez-Hempel of District Sports and Manchester City about the beautiful game and the people and policies that are making it so ugly. For our final segment Zoe talks about George Santos lying about his resume, Ben goes down the rabbit hole on Scientology, and Grant recommends Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. If you are under 40 and interested in being featured on the podcast, be sure to fill out this form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sports Washing, The World Cup, and Ben Valdez-Hempel is an episode from Next in Foreign Policy by Next in Foreign Policy.

This episode is 45:26 long.

This episode was published on Dec 27, 2022.

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