Podcast / Edge of Sports / Jul 23, 2024

The Trans History Embedded in Hitler’s 1936 Olympics

On this episode of Edge of Sports, author Michael Waters joins the show to talk about his new book, The Other Olympians.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

The Trans History Embedded in Hitler’s 1936 Olympics
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we speak to Michael Waters, author of the book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports. An incredible eye-opening discussion about a part of Olympic history we are simply not taught 

Zirin, Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinian-olympians-paris-olympics/

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On this episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Michael Waters, author of the book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports. An incredible, eye-opening discussion about a part of Olympic history we are simply not taught.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

A Basketball Look Back
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, savant Arya Shirazi joins Dave to discuss what they have learned ten games into the season and what predictions they would do over if they had to do it again. 

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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/nick-bosa-maga-colin-kaepernick/

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Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.

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