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Podcast: Unofficial Partner Podcast
Episode: UP495 Joey D'Urso on how football shirts explain the world
Description: Every shirt tells a story. Joey D'Urso, an award-winning journalist from The Times and formerly of The Athletic, joins UP to discuss his new book: More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power.• How the Gazprom sponsorship on FC Schalke 04's shirts reflects Russia's geopolitical strategies leading up to the invasion of Ukraine.• The criminal ties and money laundering schemes highlighted by clubs like Colombia's Envigado FC.• The dark side of the global gambling industry and the rise an...