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

Saudi Arabia: The New Home of Global Football

Mar 30th, 2024 59m 20s

In episode three of this four part series, Rog and Tommy explore the rise of Saudi Arabia’s domestic football league and why superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are flocking there. iNews’s chief football writer Daniel Storey joins the

Saudi Arabia’s Despotic Ruler

Mar 23rd, 2024 49m 6s

Roger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the r

Football in the House of Saud

Mar 16th, 2024 48m 2s

Roger Bennet and Tommy Vietor are back for Season 2 of World Corrupt! And this time, Rog and Tommy are diving into how Saudi Arabia, the biggest exporter of oil in the world and a nation in the news for human rights abuses, became the latest ge

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World Corrupt Season 2: Trailer

Mar 9th, 2024 2m 20s

And, we're back! Join Roger Bennet and Tommy Vietor for another season of World Corrupt, with a focus on why Saudi Arabia is investing billions in football. Episode 1 coming March 16.

World Corrupt Episode 7: Stoppage Time!

Dec 2nd, 2022 59m 8s

Tommy and Rog examine a tournament in which politics, sport and humanity have all been laid bare; USMNT captain Tyler Adams' leadership and poise when answering questions from Iran's state-run media; and what political and social scrutiny the U

World Corrupt Episode 6: A Dystopian World Cup

Nov 25th, 2022 1h 13m

Tommy and Rog discuss what has been a surreal tournament thus far, from FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s astoundingly tone-deaf first-person speech, to a crackdown on armbands, to which countries have had the courage to stand up against injust

World Corrupt Episode 5: A Call to Action

Nov 17th, 2022 42m 3s

With the beginning of the tournament just over two weeks away, Tommy and Roger dig into the significance of athlete activism as they learn more about the dangerous and abusive living situations faced by migrant workers. Formerly imprisoned migr

World Corrupt Episode 4: The Dark Side of the 2022 World Cup

Nov 17th, 2022 40m 10s

Tommy and Roger consider the complexities and deadly consequences of Qatar hosting the World Cup. You’ll hear from human rights activists and experts about what life is like in Qatar for migrant workers, and from Norwegian FIFA president Lise K

World Corrupt Episode 3: Qatar’s path to the World Cup

Nov 17th, 2022 41m 18s

Tommy and Roger look at how a country roughly the size of Connecticut with documented human rights violations was awarded the World Cup bid. They’re joined by Tariq Panja of the New York Times to discuss FIFA’s corrupt history, and global sport

World Corrupt Episode 2: The Most Corrupt Thing I’ve Ever Seen

Nov 17th, 2022 41m 57s

Roger and Tommy dig into the history of FIFA, the governing body of international football, and trace FIFA's long history of corruption up to the moment they awarded the World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar. Tariq Panja of The New York Tim

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

Nov 17th, 2022 47m 40s

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

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World Corrupt from Crooked Media & Men in Blazers

Nov 17th, 2022 3m 3s

Soccer is a game which has often been called “the world’s most important least important thing.” However this November’s World Cup, the most-watched sporting competition on the planet, forces fans to grapple with the complexities of a tournamen