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World Corrupt Episode 6: A Dystopian World Cup
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Sponsor Break: AG1, Carvana, and ThirdLove
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Mid-episode brings three sponsor reads delivered with the hosts' characteristic wit. Tommy plugs AG1 Athletic Greens as his daily nutritional staple, offering a free year's supply of vitamin D and travel packs at athleticgreens.com/corrupt. Carvana's ad takes the form of a bedtime story. ThirdLove rounds out the break with a pitch for its half-cup-size bras. The Hysteria podcast from Crooked Media also gets a cross-promotional mention. Roger's tangential observation — wondering if 'AG1' is Merrick Garland's personalized license plate — keeps the tone light before the conversation returns to more serious territory.
Saudi Arabia led a diplomatic blockade of Qatar — closing the only land border into the tiny peninsula — that only ended in 2021, making their newfound camaraderie at the World Cup all the more striking.
Gianni Infantino opened the World Cup with a 57-minute rant claiming to feel gay, disabled, and a migrant worker — a speech universally condemned by journalists. Tommy argues Infantino's only goal was to signal to Qatar's trillionaire Gulf Arab sponsors that he'll take every bullet for them.
Gianni Infantino gave a 57-minute speech on the opening day of the World Cup in which he declared 'Today I feel gay, today I feel disabled, today I feel a migrant worker.'
FIFA projected $7.5 billion in revenue from the 2022 Qatar World Cup, which Tommy and Roger cite as the core financial incentive behind Infantino's defense of Qatar.
