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The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression

The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression

Update: 2024-08-06
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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: opening ceremonies (and a can of worms).


We come to you midway through the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. But amid the patriotism, athletic prowess, and sheer spectacle of these games — the most watched and streamed to date, by some measures — there’s also concerns about geopolitical power, human rights abuses, and the facilitation of facism.  


MacIntosh Ross of Windsor University joins us to talk about the uglier facets of the Olympic Games.



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Podcast production by Maura Currie.


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The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression

The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression

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