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In this episode, our guest is Kevin Streelman, who is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour, a deeply devoted Christian and a loving father, husband and friend. Kevin makes abundantly clear that the road to his professional success has… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 7 – Kevin Streelman (“The Gratefully Present Pro Golfer”)
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In this episode, our third on the 2020 Tokyo Games, we hear from two scholars who have been vocal opponents of these Olympics Games: Professor Jules Boykoff of Pacific University and Professor Naofumi Suzuki of Hitotsubashi University. As we heard… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 6 – Profs. Jules Boykoff and Naofumi Suzuki (“The Fighters for Olympic Truth”)
In early 2021, this paper was submitted to and rejected (without a chance for revision) by a leading anthropology journal, on the grounds that it needed “fine tuning”. I didn’t feel like doing that work, because I had been working… Read More »Positive Anthropology
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In episode #5, we again explore issues regarding the 2020ne Tokyo Olympic Games, this time by learning from Professor Victor Matheson about Olympic economics. In particular, Prof. Matheson helps us understand why many citizens around the world, including in Japan, have turned… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 5 – Prof. Victor Matheson (“The Scholar Of Olympic Economics”)
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In this episode, it was a pleasure to speak to Professor Andrew Billings of the University of Alabama about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo and how Olympic television broadcasts shape our perceptions about race, gender, and nationality. Our conversation spanned a… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 4 – Prof. Andrew Billings (“The Scholar Of Olympic Media And Identity”)
