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It's the official body responsible for regulating the world's most popular sport, but it is regularly accused of corruption. 

In this episode, we'll look at why this is, some of the biggest scandals in FIFA history, and see what the organisation is doing to clean itself up. 

• Sepp Blatter & North Korea 
• The early history of football
• The founding of FIFA
• Culture of corruption
• FIFA scandals
• How does FIFA choose what country hosts a World Cup?
• Accepting bribes to give South Africa the World Cup
• The 2010 decision to award the World Cup to Russia and Qatar
• The man at the top: Sepp Blatter

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In episode one of Pioneers Of The Continuum, Winston travels back to 1939 and comes face to face with Adolf Hitler.

Will he put a bullet in his brain and change the course of history?

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Guest starring Luke Thompson from Luke's English Podcast.

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British tabloids are notorious for being exaggerated, sensationalist, and stopping at nothing to get a good story. 

In this episode, we’ll talk about the origins of tabloid culture, its early history, and how it persists in the modern day.  

• Tabloids & Oscar Wilde
• What is a tabloid?
• The early history of tabloids
• The difference in reporting style between tabloids & broadsheets
• Gossip in British tabloids
• Phone hacking
• The future of British tabloids
• The digital transition of British tabloids

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In the early 20th century, a disorganised bunch of criminals transformed into a criminal empire and made billions in the process. 

In this episode, we'll learn how it all got started and why you didn't want to get on the wrong side of Charles "Lucky" Luciano. 

• The Murder of Giuseppe Masseria
• Italian History
• Migrational context
• Early criminal gangs
• The Castellammarese War
• The formation of “The Commission”

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Big news. On May 23rd, we are launching a new audio-drama starring your favourite English-language podcasters.

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There are thousands of idioms in the English language. Idioms are often present in the books we read, the shows we watch, and in everyday conversations.

In this episode, we’ll look into the different types of idioms, how to learn them effectively and ask ourselves whether idioms really matter.

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Charming, glamorous, and ambitious. Anna Delvey was a wealthy German heiress who would one day inherit a large trust fund from her father who was a wealthy entrepreneur. But it was all just a facade.

In the final part of our mini-series on Great American Con Artists, we’ll learn about the fake German heiress who managed to trick New York City.

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Imagine paying for an exclusive music festival where you get to party with celebrities and supermodels on a private island, only to find out upon arrival that you got scammed.

In part one of our mini-series on Great American Con Artists, we’ll learn about Billy McFarland and Fyre Festival, the festival in the Caribbean that went terribly wrong.

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It's a tiny rock in the Mediterranean that has become a global hub for online gambling.

In this episode, we look at how this happened, what it means, and how it has fundamentally changed one of Europe's smallest countries.

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It has been called America's most famous hate group and has been terrorising the country for 150 years.

In this episode, we look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan, examining its three distinct phases and murderous ideology.

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