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February 28, 2022
How Sports Have Been Used to Attack Trans People
Chris Mosier, the first openly transgender athlete for Team USA, answers five questions about the struggle for trans lives.
Dave Zirin
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February 16, 2022
US-Born Children in China Will Have to Choose Between Rival Superpowers
Tens of thousands of kids in China were born in the US to maternity tourists. But at 18, they have to decide which citizenship to keep.
Rong Xiaoqing
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February 10, 2022
The Beijing Olympics Showcase the Need for a Better Politics
We must avoid a cold war while expressing solidarity with all in need.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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January 18, 2022
Akwasi Frimpong’s Struggle to Represent Africa at the Winter Olympics
The IOC bureaucracy should let the skeleton competitor claim his rightful place at the Beijing Games.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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January 11, 2022
What Do the 1984 Olympics Teach Us?
Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim joins the show to talk about his new book.
Dave Zirin
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December 13, 2021
The Year in Sports: Athletes Face Backlash but Refuse to Back Down
This past year’s reaction to the 2020 upsurge reflected—and shaped—broader currents in society.
Dave Zirin
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November 30, 2021
Should We Trust Thomas Bach About the Safety of Peng Shuai?
Chinese Olympian Peng Shuai disappeared after accusing a top party official of sexual assault. She reemerged after weeks to call… IOC President Thomas Bach?
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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November 20, 2021
Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?
With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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November 18, 2021
We Need Barcelona’s Hidden Radical History Now More Than Ever
The 1992 Barcelona Olympics changed a city that in the 1930s wanted to change the course of world history.
Dave Zirin
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October 27, 2021
100 Days to the Beijing Olympics
As the countdown to the Winter Olympics begins, the games are already engulfed in controversy.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff