62: Qatar

Qatar is hosting the World Cup next month, human rights abuses be damned. In this episode, we discuss how human atrocities can happen in broad daylight as the Qatari regime bribed their way to hosting the 2022 World Cup. We discuss the term "sportswashing" and how authoritarian governments use a beloved sporting event to promote themselves, attract investors, or bury a negative reputation. We cover these two Guardian articles in this episode: Qatar World Cup accused of imposing ‘chilling’ restrictions on media Forget ‘sportswashing’: Qatar 2022 is about military might and hard sports power