On this episode of Edge of Sports, author Michael Waters joins the show to talk about his new book, The Other Olympians.
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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.
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.
We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.
Zirin, Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/
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Dave ZirinDave 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.