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BUZZING· 79%52m·2026-06-04·History
BUZZING· 79%52m·2026-06-04·HistoryThe World Cup was supposed to bring world peace
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World Cup tickets are going for as high as $45,000. Not in most of our budgets. How did things get so out of hand when the tournament's founder intended to bridge class divides? Today on the show, the origins of the World Cup, from World War I to Mussolini’s fascist Italy, and how it grew into the multibillion-dollar…
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