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Home *Opinion*

What’s wrong with the Olympics and competitive sports? [audio]

by From the Margins
February 25, 2014
Reading Time: 1min read
Vancouver 2010 anti Olympic graffiti
Vancouver 2010 anti Olympic graffiti

Listen to Feb 24 show here

This show’s deal:

– Dissecting the Olympics, not just the one that just finished, but previous ones too.

– Is the competitive drive in today’s sports just part of problematic social relations in our society?
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