Game Theory

Hosting the Olympcs & World Cup: Business, Distraction, and Sportwashing

Dec 13, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Lint Door Truffles and the Sweet Tart Ropes Lead My Life
01:54 • 2min
3
Episode 52 - How to Win Christmas
03:24 • 2min
4
The World Cup Is Coming to an End, Isn't It?
04:57 • 2min
5
Athens Shouldn't Have to Bid, but They Should
07:04 • 3min
6
Women's Soccer Is Going to Be Grouped in With the Olympic Conversation
10:30 • 2min
7
Bidding for the Olympics and the World Cup?
12:19 • 2min
8
The World Cup in Brazil
14:10 • 2min
9
Brazil Can't Handle This
15:59 • 2min
10
How to Localize Events
17:37 • 3min
11
The Olympics and the Russian Invasion
20:17 • 2min
12
Russia's Invasion of Crimea
22:26 • 3min
13
The Olympics Are a Masterclass in Controlling Your Population
25:24 • 3min
14
The 2008 Olympics - It Was Not the Snowy Paradise
28:06 • 2min
15
The Zero COVID Policy in China Has Been Reversed
29:44 • 2min
16
The Year of the Tiger
31:17 • 2min
17
The Year the Tiger Was Started
33:01 • 2min
18
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Freet Arrested in the Bahamas
35:17 • 2min
19
Qatari Journalists Shook the Tree a Little Bit
37:07 • 4min
20
World Cup - The Ugly Black Eye
41:16 • 3min
21
FIFA Fucked Over Bill Clinton. I Can't Do It.
43:57 • 2min
22
World Cup 2026 - Is That Really Cool?
45:43 • 3min
23
I Love America and I'm Excited About Hosting a World Cup Match
48:35 • 3min
24
Is There a Korean Unity Flag?
51:25 • 3min