Slaves, greed for profit and visions: What will remain of the World Cup

After the final on December 18, the World Cup in Qatar will be history. However, it can be assumed that the small emirate on the Persian Gulf will also be involved on the big sporting world stage afterwards. In episode 5 of “Licht und Schatten”, the World Cup podcast of Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, you can find out what else will remain of the World Cup and why the progressive commercialization is becoming a threat to top-flight football.

• Editing, interviews and research: Florian Wurzinger and Markus Prinz
• Production, editing and sound design: Markus Prince
• Moderator: Florian Wurzinger
• voiceover: Klaus Mittmansgruber
• Layout Speaker: Klaus Mittmansgruber
• Music: Alon Peretz and Maya Belsitzman with Matan Ephrat
• Interviewees in this episode were: Caroline Adenberger, Max Tunon, Sandra Iyke, Leo Windtner, Andreas Neubauer, Peter Ahrens and Rudolf Muellner

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Episode 1: Tracks in the sand

Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world and has its own philosophy in dealing with its wealth. You can hear what the World Cup, Taliban fighters and 20,000 cows have to do with it in episode 1 of “Licht und Schatten”, the OÖN World Cup podcast

Episode 2: Unfolded

In December 2010, Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup by bribing FIFA officials. In episode 2 of “Licht und Schatten”, OÖN’s World Cup podcast, you can hear how the world football association became an ideal breeding ground for corruption and intrigues.

Episode 3: The right grey

Since the World Cup was awarded, many migrant workers have died in Qatar on construction projects for the World Cup. In episode 3 of “Licht und Schatten”, OÖN’s World Cup podcast, you can hear why they had to work in the emirate in extreme heat and how second-class people were treated.

Episode 4: double standards

Qatar has a huge impact on the football world. You can hear in Episode 4 of “Licht und Schatten”, the OÖN World Cup podcast, whether it is justified to award the World Cup there and why the emirate is not the first country with a problematic human rights situation to host a major sporting event.

Episode 5: What remains?

After the final on December 18, the World Cup in Qatar will be history. You can hear what will remain of this controversial World Cup and why the progressive commercialization is becoming a danger for top-flight football in episode 5 of “Licht und Schatten”, OÖN’s World Cup podcast.

You can also listen to the podcast on all popular platforms:

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TsBdYvYjCcrk8yavY1Psk
• Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/5373867
• Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/subscribe-by-rss-feed?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90b2QtdW5kLXNwaWVsZS5wb2RpZ2VlLmlvL2ZlZWQvbXAz
• Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.de/podcasts/0973669c-54c7-4a58-8908-052046f1303a/licht-und- Schatten

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Source: Nachrichten