Barbara Keys, "The Ideal of Global Sport: From Peace to Human Rights" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
Today we are joined by Barbara Keys, Professor of US and International History at Durham University, and author and editor of The Ideal of Global Sport: From Peace to Human Rights (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019). In our conversation, we discussed the origins of Olympism’s moral claims, t...
EP234: The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon, Learning Not To Judge and The Comfort of Canine Companionship and The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Susan Brownell shares the story of how the Olympics ended up in St. Louis and the infamous marathon event. Stephen Rusiniak shares about his four-legged son that helped him and his wife through their struggle with infertility. There are over 80 b...
Happiness First: Liu Jiayu (CHN)
Liu Jiayu goes by Birdie because of the height she gets in the half-pipe -- she FLIES. That said, it hasn't always this way. Liu Jiayu started snowboarding at age 11 when the sport didn't really exist in China, so she didn't have people on the mountain she could copy or learn from...she spent her...
Episode 23: Football Fans and Football Fools, the Divine Madness of Sports Fandom
The Two Humans paint their faces and tear their shirts as they investigate why football makes people so damn crazy.
Episode 23 - Football Fans and Football Fools: The Divine Madness of Sports Fandom
An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans
Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr...
The 2024 Olympics: Hidden Agendas and International Politics
Visit us at Network2020.org. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has consistently positioned itself as against the politicization of sport. In The Olympic Charter, the IOC declares that it has a mission “to oppose any political or commercial abuse of sport and athletes.” However, this has ...
The Olympic Marathon Where Drinking Water Was Banned
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Susan Brownell shares how the Olympics ended up in St. Louis in the first place—and culminated in an absolute disaster of a marathon.
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The Olympic Marathon Where Drinking Water Was Banned
On this episode of Our American Stories, the 1904 Summer Olympics marathon in St. Louis looked nothing like the race we know today. Runners competed through brutal heat on dusty roads while cars drove alongside them, kicking dirt into the air. Water stations were scarce because many officials bel...
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | Passing the Torch | 4
The 1904 St. Louis Olympics were marred by controversy and poorly organized events like the marathon. But at least they took place as scheduled. In 1916, after the outbreak of World War I, they were canceled entirely. A century later, in 2020, the Olympics faced another kind of test: a global pan...
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | Passing the Torch | 4
The 1904 St. Louis Olympics were marred by controversy and poorly organized events like the marathon. But at least they took place as scheduled. In 1916, after the outbreak of World War I, they were canceled entirely. A century later, in 2020, the Olympics faced another kind of test: a global pan...
