Topic Olympics

Or, How The LA Times Missed The Real Story Of Robots At The 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Amazon’s recent sweepstakes for subsidies was a grave and divisive corporate affair. It owes much of its style to the Olympic Games.

We have a full house of NOlympians to talk about everything that’s happened in the crumbling Olympic empire.

We debunk the feel good fuzzies of the LA84 Foundation.

The Olympics pose monumental risks to everyone unfortunate enough to be in their orbit, and this is true especially for athletes.

Did you know that LA isn’t a sanctuary city, in name or in spirit?

We explore how fascists have co-opted and manipulated the platform of mega-sports through the annals of history.

Olympic author and expert Jules Boykoff calls in.

Time to talk about LA Mayor Eric Garcetti

Exporing the history of resistance to the Games with Cerianne Robertson