Hemsworth: If Qatar does want to become a global destination, some of this stuff is just going to have to change. "I think how much it continues to change will depend very much on how vital these global conversations remain," he says. Hemsworth puts his body and mind to their absolute limits in the new Disney Plus series Limitless with Chris Hemsworth.
The people who built Qatar’s stadiums, hotels, and transit systems were employed under the country’s exploitative migrant worker system. Officials promised things would change before the World Cup, but a one-time worker says it’s only better on paper.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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