Love how the channel has come full circle and we're finally talking about turning warm to cold again.

As a 20 year old living in Iran I appreciate you spreading the news about the state of this place right now, people all around me are either dying/being tortured in prisons or facing sanctions on their future job opportunities I always thought that if a nation was being slaughtered by their own government it would break news worldwide and nations would jump to save lives wherever they can ; but it seems like nobody cares anymore. Thanks again richard I’ve Been a fan since 2019 and Will probably be a fan forever if i survive this hell of a country Stay safe everyone and Merry Christmas

i've been waiting for your take on the world cup that stank to high heaven. thank you Richard.

Strongly recommend watching the episode about this from 5 years ago for people who want more Rlewis on Fifa in Qatar: The Richard Lewis Show #92: You've Got To Turn Warm To Cold

Subway in Canada had a tastes of Qatar menu, opened my eyes to what sports washing is

Hey Richard, watching now and wanted to add a bit of context to a story you highlighted! Being from a family that loves football and is Jewish, I dove deep on the Jewish prayer/kosher food report from TJP and its pretty much all false or intentionally misleading. A Rabbi was put in charge and was allowed free reign with the help of the Qatari government to put into place all the needs he felt had to be met for practicing, religious Jews. When the story referenced "securing" places for worship it was in reference to locating zones IN or directly AROUND the stadiums that weren't already in use. Not meaning secure from harassment. Services were also facilitated in churches and mosques. As for food, the Rabbi talked a lot about the cost of importing kosher meats when considered with the amount of practicing Jews going into the country to attend. In the end they waited till the event was underway, gauged the total number and ordered accordingly.

i couldnt care less about football but im always down to listen to richard talk for hours

For some it might not seem much but the work you do by making these videos summarizing the bullshit going on around these public events is massive and so so important. Thank you

This was a proper banger great work Rich.

The attempted pronounciation of Ochocinco had me chuffed to bits. He changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ochocinco in reference to his jersey number being 85 for the Cincinnati Bengals. I think he has some hispanic heritage so he went with the Spanish single digit's spelling. Also because naming yourself "Eight-Five" is a bit on the nose in an English speaking country.

As a German, the saga around the "one Love" armband was so fucking cringe. Like either don't go in the first place/at least wear it or do it like the FA etc. and just kind off ignore the whole debate after the FIFA said "You wear it, you get a yellow." It was pretty obvious that the team got massively distracted by the debate, which meant that anything other than a miracle (our team has the talent but sadly it's all focused on like 4-5 positions and a lot of the other ones are subpar because of that) was never gonna do anything anyways. So it was a lose-lose-lose situation from the start anyways. Would've been such an opportunity to focus on the next EC and send a strong signal towards FIFA at the same time, but no. Now the trust in Flick is completely ruined and the DFB looks like an even bigger batch of clowns. But hey, at least Bierhoff is finally gone.

I hated how everyone made a stand in the first day or so then happily 'forgot' the issues associated with that country and the corruption that allowed it to become the host in the first place.

The way fifa operates it's getting more and more difficult every 4 years to know whether the WC stands for world cup or water closet.

never in a million years i wouldnt've thought of hearing hakan şükür's name in this channel

The Brazilian 24 thing is ABSOLUTELY real. "Macho" conservatives fixated on not being gay will avoid the number like the plague. I mean conservatives are absurdly cringeworthy everywhere in the world (alright, alright, conservatives, leftists are also super cringe don't come at me) and Brazil is the country that elected fucking Jair Bolsonaro a few years ago. That being said, Brazil is a huge country, there are at least a dozen different cultures that stack together to form the "brazilian culture" as we know it, and the "gay number" comes from Jogo do Bicho which is exported from mostly Rio de Janeiro, the cultural dominant region from Brazil (it's our Holywood). So I can kind of understand brazilians from less populated regions not experiencing the "gay number" the same way South West Brazil does. TL;DR: It's a thing everyone knows about but it's essentially only taken seriously by weird/old/homophobic men. Also, if you are a woman coming to Brazil and want to avoid creepy guys on the bus/planes/movies/whatever, pick chair 23, you will at the very least guarantee you aren't sitting next to a Bolsonaro supporter.

a 2 hour long Bread and Circus breakdown? I'm fuckin in there thank ya Rich

We in the West demonize and judge all Russians when they don't risk their safety and lives to condemn or protest the actions of a dictator leading their country. Meanwhile we back out of making a small gesture to support human rights under a threat of a yellow card in football😂

Today I feel gay absolutely creases me every time 😂

As an Argentinian, about the paid actors stuff. We've seen a lot of news relating Bangladesh citizens as massive Argentina fans, they had a whole section in the stadium, and there are dozens of videos of them Bangladesh fans cheering for the team. I wouldn't be surprised if more eastern people, whose teams are mostly dogshit to be completely honest, would find a team to cheer for whenever their national team doesn't play. It's like being a fan of a local shit team but liking Chelsea on the premier league.

Hey Rich, if you wanna have a chuckle, take a look at Serbias coverage of the croatian fan, miss Knoll, the conspiricy theories that their national TV aired are amazing in how ridicilous they are

I always love listening to your takes, Rich. Take care!

Excellent video as per usual Richard!! Keep it coming

This is gonna be a good one, thanks for the great content!

Thanks for continuing doing this kind of stuff

They stopped serving beer around the stadium, that´s where it ends for me! xD

Didn't even know that crazy shit was even happening in Iran. Thanks for doing what you do rich when you stop it's gonna feel like I got one eye closed, much love.

What I feel is the thing that we fail to recognize the most is the fact that fifa wants to play the role of the international altruistic politically correct organization but at the same time actively chooses to ignore the fact that its actions actually have weight in the world and political climate.

Loved this video. Straightforward, calling things what they are. I wish more people would see this.

Havent watched football. But I will watch your coverage on it. Great episode as always. Keep up the good work Richard!

Today i feel rat king

I hoped for a prem review style vid about the world cup. Thank you very much Richard

You can say that the soccer (hello Brits, give me your salt) during the 2022 World Cup was good. You can also say that Qatar should never have gotten the WC and that they're a backwards nation rife with corruption. These are not mutually exclusive things. People's inability to think in 3 dimensions is infuriating.

Glad to hear this recap. I paid no attention to this world cup. Thanks RL!

Loving the content Rich

Thank you for your work!

Brilliant as always

Enjoyed this broadcast richard. btw, destiny recently said he'd be really interested in speaking with you again, as a fan of you both i would love to see u collab again.

Thank you so much Richard for your work, truly the best public servant I know, we owe you infinitely much

And here I was, thinking you're gonna talk about football. You never disappoint, love you Anders!

Hi Rich, really love your content, I really don’t know why but KZfaq does everything for me to not see your videos, I’m subscribed with notifications on and no notifications show up, if search just “Richard” in the search bar you don’t show up even though I watch about every video you make. Love your content man, hoped you still do more CSGO stuff but I love the political videos as well keep on the impeccable work

The feels like those videos people do about Fyre Fest.

Quality vid, Rich.

Expected Infantini to start talking about the seagulls over the trawler.

I was so shocked how everybody shut Up once the football started, the double standards are so high I wouldnt be surprised If the Taliban could host the next world cup

Great piece of reporting rich

Only thought of this now and surprised nobody did it during the world cup, get some people with T-Shirts of the Rainbow colors and stand next to each other, so technically nobody is wearing a rainbow

The only world cup content i consume

Good Richard Lewis content. 2h of cubicle sitting session saved.

Not wearing the armbands due to the yellow card really showed that these players were fanny's. You stick to your convictions if you truly believe them regardless of the punishment.

Great video.

To be fair the crusaders were allowed in, just not the "weapons" lmao, great video Rich!

"Pulled off the impressive trick of being both exceptionally boring and weirdly aggressive" was pretty funny not gonna lie

We are so lucky to have Rich

Love the Egg Shen t-shirt!

Does anyone know where I can find that clip of the english fans saying we're not bothered about human rights?

Soo much time waited

Already watched live but commenting to appease the algorithmic overlords.

Love it

I was about to watch a bit but richard went deep on this one as always... just because the savages got money doesn't mean they aren't savages. This situation is fucked up on so many levels.

Great content!

Didnt even watch 1 game

The only reasonable protest would of been to not be involved with it, qualify then don’t field a team. England is spineless.

What "ideological battles"? There are countries that respect the human rights and there are ones that don't, end of story.

Croatian fans are 100% legitimate and they are singing a patriotic song written by a bunch of famous musicians during the war against Serbia. Nothing fascistic or anything leading to that, it's actually quite a beautiful song called 'Moja domovina'.

Just days before the day the world cup started.....FAZE RAIN EXPOSES FAZE CLAN.

It all could have been prevented, if not for the CORRUPTION. I kinda get the Qataris, if you run event on their turf it's gonna be run in accordance to their BS law. Shouldn't happen there in the first place, but as always - money talks.

one year and one day later, Argentina campeón vamoooooooooooo

Thank you that there are still people with morals that realize that Qatar should have never allowed to Host it

Algo

Btw richard, Destiny has said in a recent stream that he would be interested in talking to you, I think it'd be a very interesting conversation given your histories :))

Double commenting, but could be worse. German weizen brewers figured it out! 0,0 alcohol can still taste nice. Paulaner zitrone is forever a 10/10 post-workout drink to me :)

What annoys me the most about the world cup is the fact that so many said "respect their cultural" and things along those lines when it came to the LGBTQIA issues. Oppression of any sort should never be respected and people who kept saying this and saying they aren't oppressed make me sick. As someone who went out with a qatari who is gay and has to constantly hide the fact he is to make sure he isn't imprisoned/ outcast entirely or stoned to death to say people like him aren't oppressed and it's 'tHeiR culTUrE' make me sick and are frankly deluded.

Boy do I love a clown fiesta. Think the world cup takes the crown for 2022

Footy was pretty good though eh. Messi eh. What a player

Dropping an algo comment, but sadly I cant watch this one, it Just makes me too sad to see the world like this

1:21:28 maybe they think since overpopulation is the biggest problem for environment they were very carbon friendly by getting rid of thousands of peasant workers.

Hey Richard, destiny just mentioned on a recent clip that he would like to do some content with you in 2023 I think a collab between you 2 would be amazing ngl

Johnny harris made a good video on why Qatar won the world cup. in short they paid off high ranking FIFA officials to get it done.

Such a great world cup, props to Qatar for hosting this

I hate moral relativism

I know I'm late but hearing all this once again wants to me me tell them to shove it, but telling a Qatari that would confuse them i suppose...

I think the FIFA presidents goal of establishing that western countries are hypocritical during the speech is good but he did it in the worst way. Qatar should be reprimanded for their human rights violations but I kinda agree that they shouldn’t be deviled as the worst place on Earth as if they are the only country where this disgusting shit is going on. Almost all the people who are talked about this were virtue signaling, they didn’t care before and after they will never talk about it again. These are the people calling for change it’s pathetic. They don’t give a fuck about it happening anywhere outside the World Cup . Respect to Richard for making a video about this as most of the talk is dying down, calling out everything that needs to be and bringing attention to the human rights violations that took place during the World Cup and Fifas participation and ableism in this.

The author at about 1:45:00 in needs to keep cs's own stu holden out of their mouth. That's a invite champion you're talking about.

Enjoying you content don't know if you heard Destiny wanting to have a conversation with you; would enjoy a podcast listening to discuss some points of view or current affairs. You were a joy of 2022, for me on many shows; hopefully 2023 is a great year for you all the best.

I didn't (and couldn't) watch a single second of the World Cup because of where it was held. It was an absolute abomination.

They also rigged the WC for their golden boy

That Guardian article reeked of "who hurt you" vibes. Genuinely cringe. Also pronunciation is overrated.

I think the players taking the knee is A minor victory against the Qatary oppression, yes, a lot more could've been done but I don't think that responsibility should be put on the players, these are every 4 years and it is pretty much the ultimate dream of every football player to be part of a world cup, and whilst I also agree the event maybe shouldn't have happened in the first place, the fault is FIFA's for forcing the players pretty much since they know player will never miss a chance to play the very tournament they pretty much live for. So while you focus a lot on player's values I think at least they tried but ultimately higher ups and federations have the last say and are capable of ending these players careers within their own organization and even release them entirely from the national team.

Say what you will about the USAs history on race, but only in the Middle East have I heard someone say "Why did you save him? He's just a Pakistani, we can always get more".

a l g o

I mean, really, you can make reparation cases for almost every awful thing in history. It really doesn't seem like the most productive route to me.

Did you not see how hospitable they were? It is their religion that teaches this. Seems a bit hypocritical and you’re just bitter

Every country in the world is corrupt to some degree but only a few of them can organize such an amazing world cup as this one .

I’m sorry rich I had to skip that infantino speech, sent shivers through my soul 🫣

just in time for work. there better be mention of salt bae either here or in IHIH. algaerhythm