Outlook Mixtape: blackmail, a brother's quest, losing 31-0
A zero-sum game with a blackmailer; a brother's quest for justice; and how the world's 'worst' football team came back from a 31-0 defeat, saving their coach in the process.
In July 2019 Patricia Franquesa got an email that turned her world upside down. Her computer had been hacked. The hacker had found intimate pictures on there and was now threatening to send them to all of her contacts: friends, family, colleagues, almost anyone she'd ever interacted with online. Confronted by this attempt to shame her, Patricia made a bold decision.
Griffin Dunne grew up in 1960's Los Angeles. His parents would throw regular lavish parties attended by the who's who of Hollywood. Griffin's mother was an heiress, his father a producer and he was the nephew of two famous writers, Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. Following in their footsteps, Griffin made his name as an actor in the 1981 cult classic An American Werewolf in London. Around the same time his younger sister Dominique starred in the Steven Spielberg-produced film Poltergeist. Griffin thought they'd have fun producing and starring in each others' movies for a lifetime. But Dominique was killed, aged just 24, and her death set Griffin on a quest for justice.
American Samoan goalkeeper Nicky Salapu is a record breaker, though his record is not one any footballer would want. He was the goalkeeper during American Samoa鈥檚 31-0 deafeat against Australia, in 2001. American Samoa's future as a team looked like an unending series of losses and humiliation, until new coach Thomas Rongen inspired them to victory.
Presenter: Seyi Rhodes
Producer: Laura Thomas
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