302: World Corrupt: Coming October 8th

302: World Corrupt: Coming October 8th

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 tournament which has been twisted into a public relations exercise for Qatar, a country smaller than the state of Connecticut, with a shocking human rights record, that has built the tournament’s infrastructure with migrant labor practices that have been likened to modern slavery. This dilemma is at the core of World Corrupt, a six-episode collaboration from Men in Blazers Media Network and Crooked Media. Starting October 8, Men in Blazers’ Roger Bennett and Pod Save the World’s Tommy Vietor will join forces to explore what it means to be a fan and a responsible citizen of the world while navigating a sports landscape that is increasingly being co-opted for geo-political and corporate gain.

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215: Biden versus Putin

215: Biden versus Putin

Tommy and Ben talk about what they are watching for in the Israeli elections, why Republicans are stalling the confirmation of a key Department of Defense official, the race for global vaccine distrib...

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214: Vaccine diplomacy and Kushner bashing

214: Vaccine diplomacy and Kushner bashing

Tommy and Ben discuss the intelligence community's new report on foreign interference in the 2020 election, America's role in getting the whole world vaccinated, why Jared Kushner's new op-ed is a jok...

17 Mar 20211h 21min

213: Oprah upends the British Empire

213: Oprah upends the British Empire

Tommy and Ben discuss the latest massive state-sponsored hack on American businesses and government email servers, Biden’s efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, the need to rethink counterterrorism p...

10 Mar 20211h 16min

212: President Biden, Saudi Arabia and human rights

212: President Biden, Saudi Arabia and human rights

Tommy and Ben talk about the newly released report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and how President Joe Biden is approaching the US-Saudi relationship, US airstrikes on Syria, how Iran has responded...

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211: Bobi Wine’s fight against a military dictatorship

211: Bobi Wine’s fight against a military dictatorship

Tommy and Ben discuss the line between legitimate criticism of Israel and antisemitism, and how people like Mike Pompeo lie and blur that line to shut down policy debates, a former Trump aide’s claims...

24 Feb 20211h 15min

210: Biden confronts the war in Afghanistan

210: Biden confronts the war in Afghanistan

Tommy and Ben talk through Biden’s options in Afghanistan, updates on the coup in Myanmar, censorship in China, the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in Israel, government transparency in Mexico, LG...

17 Feb 20211h 19min

209: Why Rihanna cares about the farmers' protests in India (and you should too)

209: Why Rihanna cares about the farmers' protests in India (and you should too)

Tommy and Ben discuss the farmers’ protests in India, updates on the situation in Myanmar, Biden’s big foreign policy speech, Canada’s classification of the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization, deb...

10 Feb 202151min

208: The coup in Myanmar, explained

208: The coup in Myanmar, explained

Tommy and Ben discuss the military takeover in Myanmar and how President Biden should respond, Alexey Navalny's sentencing in Russia, Poland's near-total abortion ban, the Biden administration's pause...

3 Feb 20211h 16min

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