Inside Europe's Financial Crisis with Greece's Former Finance Minister, Chuck Blazer's Rise and Fall at FIFA

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 22, 2016

Yanis Varoufakis explains the Europe's Financial Crisis, and details how the United States can help. Tap dancer Michelle Dorrance, a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellow, on the world premiere of “ETM: Double Down,” at The Joyce Theater. Gary Belsky, former Editor-in-Chief of ESPN The Magazine, details the evolution of over 20 popular sports from baseball and football, to fantasy football and poker. How Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA administrator, managed to quietly steal upwards of $20 million from the organization before becoming an informant for the FBI. 

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