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Explicitly described as 'a wonderful book called Football Nation about Brazil and football's importance in the history of Brazil' - discusses Brazil's inequality and how it shaped their football success

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Referenced as a book about the Olympics that was discussed in a previous podcast episode. The hosts cite Goldblatt's arguments that the Olympics should be wound up and reference statistics from his work about the economic impact of hosting the games.

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Tom mentions reading this book about Olympic history and quotes from it regarding press coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. The book is referenced multiple times throughout the episode as a source for Olympic history.

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Jonathan Wilson cites this book to support the point that 'football now is the most universal cultural mode there has ever been' and that it is everywhere in the world.